The Bryn Du Mansion grounds will become a beehive of activity on Saturday, April 27, when the Granville Rotary Club’s Taste of Granville returns for its fifth year, offering the best of area food, wines and beers while raising funds for Rotary’s many local projects.
Tickets are still available for the event, where air temperatures are expected to be in the mid 70s. More than 600 are expected as Rotary shoots for its goal of clearing $25,000 for support of local scholarships and service projects, including a new legacy project to be announced soon.
Taste of Granville, held in the Bryn Du Mansion, its fieldhouse and in the Carriage House, features a wide variety of local restaurants, specialty food retailers, caterers and food service providers. The club will also utilize outdoor spaces to host a Food Truck Rodeo.
A fun feature will be the arrival of the Matesich draft beer trailer fully stocked with beers the company distributes including tap handles and seating on each side of the trailer.
“TOG” will also feature its Silent Auction featuring a Budweiser rolling patio cooler cart with stainless cooler, a $500 Granville Inn Getaway Certificate featuring a one-night stay at the Inn, a $75 gift certificate for dining in the Oak Room or the Inn’s tavern, breakfast for two and a bottle of Granville Inn Cabernet. Also in the auction will be several works by local artists.
Restaurants, markets, caterers and food artisans expected for the event are Alfie’s Wholesome Food, Bailey's Drive Inn Donuts, Bella Cakes by Beth, Buxton Inn, Coco Cat Bakery and Chocolates, Country Fudge, Day y Noche, Denison University Dining Services, Donatos, EatUp!, Granville Farmers Market and Canal Market District, Granville Inn, Happy Goat Gluten-Free Baked Goods & Bulk Food, Kendal @ Granville, Licking Memorial Health Systems, Mai Chau, Moe's Original BBQ, Rooster’s, Snapshots, Steamroller Bagel, Uncle Giant, Weathervane Kettle Corn, Dashing Diner, Dickey's
Frank's & Sammie's, Frostop, Mad Batters, Visionary Meals, and Whit's Frozen Custard.
Matesich Distributing will again feature regional craft beers in all three venues this year. Also on hand will be Buckeye Lake Winery, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, Heidelberg, Camelot Cellars, Three Oaks Vineyard, Rockside Vineyards, Barefoot Wine, Cutting Edge, Wyandotte Winery, Cavalier Distributing, Watershed Distillery, and Simple Times Mixers.
The event will also feature live music in the Bryn Du Mansion by guitarist Tom Carroll and traditional folk music by Flo and Stan.
Granville Rotary directs 100 percent of the proceeds to support the club’s numerous and varied service projects, including five college scholarships, Junior Achievement Biz Town for fifth-graders, Families Helping Families – holiday season, Eradicating polio worldwide, an Ethics and Leadership Conference for high-school students, Food Pantry Network of Licking County, Book donations to Granville Public Library, Granville Rec District’s Concerts on the Green, Inbound/outbound international exchange students, International projects including most recently eighteen water wells in Haiti, Community Shred-It Days, and Red Cross Community Blood Drives.
The club’s Community Legacy Projects are the Bicentennial Clock at Granville Village Hall, the Frazier-Sargent Rotary Softball Complex at Raccoon Valley Park and most recently the Raccoon Creek Bridge connecting the Evans bike path to Raccoon Valley Park.
ROTARY TASTE OF GRANVILLE
When: 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 27
Where: Bryn Du Mansion grounds, Jones Road, Granville
Cost: $40 general admission
How to get tickets: Log onto www.tasteofgranville.org, or Rotary Taste of Granville on Facebook.
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