Taste of Lakewood 2017 Is Set For June 11

From the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce: The Taste of Lakewood, presented by the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce and Cleveland Magazine, will be held on Sunday, June 11th from 1-7pm at Madison Park.

The Taste of Lakewood is a no-admission fee, outdoor day-long food and music festival that celebrates Lakewood’s reputation as a great food destination. Thirty of Lakewood’s best restaurants - including Forage Public House, Angelo’s Pizza, El Carnicero, Barrio, Georgetown, Mars Bar, Salt, and Sarita - will be on hand to sell their food to a hungry audience dining al fresco, enjoying a selection of craft beers and wines, and listening to great music on the park grounds. The Taste of Lakewood has served as a coming-out party for Lakewood's newest restaurants and this year is no exception: Yuzu, Upper Crust Pizza, LBM and Distill Table will make first-time appearances at the event.

Outstanding event sponsors make the Taste of Lakewood possible. FireSide Band and Where's Jimmy? will perform on the First Federal Lakewood Stage. Kids are welcome to pot a pepper or tomato plant in the Good Food Kids Garden tent sponsored by Cleveland Clinic Lakewood, and new for 2017: attendees can charge their mobile devices in the Good Tech Tent sponsored by NetworkinGuys, and vote for their favorite food vendor by participating in the Dollar Bank Dollar Challenge.

For those who wish to have reserved tent seating and parking at the event, the Taste of Lakewood VIP ticket ($50) offers both, plus servers who will bring food to your table, a VIP bar, two drink tokens, and a VIP-only raffle ticket to win a complete dinner for four at Pier W.

A portion of the proceeds from the Taste of Lakewood supports the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce scholarship program, established to reward and assist college-bound high school seniors from St. Edward and Lakewood High Schools.

Now in its 14th year, the Taste of Lakewood is one of the region's "must attend" events of the summer. Check out participating restaurants, purchase VIP tickets, catch up with Taste of Lakewood Blogger Robin Suttell, and sign up to volunteer at the 14th annual Taste of Lakewood: visit www.tasteoflakewood.com.

The 2017 Taste of Lakewood is generously supported by the following sponsors: Cleveland Magazine (Co-Presenting Sponsor), Convey360 (Co-Promoting Sponsor), First Federal Lakewood (Good Tunes Stage Sponsor), Cleveland Clinic Lakewood (Good Food Kids Garden Sponsor), Dollar Bank (Dollar Challenge Sponsor), West Life and Heidelberg Distributing Company (Silver Sponsors), NetworkinGuys (Good Tech Tent Sponsor), Melt Bar & Grilled, Lasting Impressions Event Rental, ML Sound Design LLC, Lakewood City Schools, and Lakewood Urgent Care (Bronze Sponsors), Pier W (VIP Sponsor), FirstEnergy Corp., Men’s Cuts, Jakprints, Omni Lakewood Ltd., Eric Lowrey/BHHS Lucien Realty, Erie Design, and Neff Brothers RV (Friends of the Taste Sponsors), Dave Robar AIA, The Keep It Local Project, Santa Margherita USA, Cindy Marx Lakewood City Council At Large, Lakewood Hardware, and Conexo Communications (Contributor Sponsors).

Photo courtesy of Rick Uldricks