[Boulder, CO] April 13, 2010 – Some of Boulder’s best chefs will turn up the heat in their kitchens for a tasting experience that can’t be missed on Sunday, April 25 during Downtown Boulder’s inaugural Taste of Pearl event. For four hours (2 – 6 p.m.), attendees will stroll along Pearl Street – in and out of prominent businesses including: Art & Soul, Art Source International, Boulder Arts & Crafts, Boulder Book Store, Common Era, DecorAsian, Earthwood Gallery, Outdoor Divas, Pedestrian Shop, Smith Klein Gallery, Starr's Clothing, Tesla Motors, Weekends and Wenger Swiss Army - while delighting their taste buds with offerings from some of the most well-recognized restaurants in the city (Black Cat, Brasserie Ten Ten, Centro Latin Kitchen, Flagstaff House, Frasca Food & Wine, Gondolier on Pearl, Happy, Jax, Mateo, Q's, Salt and West End Tavern). All offerings will be thoughtfully paired with distinctive wines by Augustina's Winery, BalistreriVineyards, Bethlehem Cellars, Bookcliff Vineyards, Boulder Creek Winery, Desert Moon Vineyard, Dithyramb Winery, Garrett Estate Cellars, Infinite Monkey Theorem, Jack Rabbit Hill Winery, Redstone Meadery, Settembre Cellars, Snowy Peaks Winery, Spero Winery and Turquoise Mesa Winery.
Ticket prices are $52.80 and can be purchased online at http://www.tasteofpearl.com.
A portion of the event’s proceeds will benefit the Emergency Family Assistance Association EFFA, a local non-profit helping those in Broomfield and Boulder counties whose immediate need for food, shelter and other basic necessities cannot adequately be met by other means, and supports their efforts toward financial stability or self-sufficiency. Each year EFAA helps thousands of people by providing food, furniture and financial assistance for rent, home energy, prescriptions and transportation. In the first three months of this year, its food bank distributed more than 143,000 pounds of food through 2,175 visits. EFAA also operates 43 housing units, providing emergency shelter and transitional housing. Each resident family receives case management and access to children’s programming.
Taste of Pearl puts restaurants and wineries in the spotlight and also allows us to highlight some of Downtown Boulder’s distinctive retailers and galleries. It’s also a perfect venue for attendees to explore and support the shop/buy local movement by showcasing our State’s wonderful wineries. All this and benefitting a great local charity too! Terry Benjamin, Executive Director of EFAA is “thrilled that Downtown Boulder has chosen EFAA to be the recipient of the event. It truly is a wonderful opportunity let people see what we have to offer, right here in our own backyard!”
Taste of Pearl is sponsored by Xcel Energy’s Smart Grid, the Camera, OutFront & 5280 Magazine and produced by Downtown Boulder, Inc. (www.downtownboulder.com)
