A Taste of Buckhead

Went to this last night with my foodie girlfriend. We were extremely impressed! We have never been to this event before, but we will certainly be back next year. It was certainly well attended, but not overcrowded. It was easy to get to all of the food and drink stations, and there were not really any lines for anything. It was a great opportunity to sample some of the best dishes from the premier area restaurants. We certainly filled up our dining calendar with places to go for the next year. Very well managed and presented event.

Am really looking forward to this year’s Taste of Buckhead, which as I understand it has evolved into a 100% food-​focused event featuring star chef Linton Hopkins of Restaurant Eugene.

Yay! Today is Taste of Buckhead Day! This is one of my favorite spring events in this part of town. Put on by the Buckhead Business Association, this year there are new restaurants and vendors participating along with the usual suspects. BBA puts a ton of time and effort into putting on this event, complete with awesome food stations from local restaurants, raffled-​off prizes (good stuff like a magnum of excellent wine donated by Ruth’s Chris and a basket of luscious goodies from Sephora, among other items from the 35 participating vendors.)
As usual, Buckhead outposts like Brio and Capital Grille will be among the 18 restaurants proffering treats, and this year corporate sponsor Cousins/​Terminus will represent with Flying Biscuit and other vendors from the Terminus complex. Tickets are just $ 10 and there’s a cash bar; the early reception starts at 5pm with the full event beginning at 6 at the Marriott.
Can’t wait for tonight! (I’ll write a PS to note what’s the best of the food later tonight, of course!)
My PS…
Fave food picks of the night: the pulled pork sammy from Bricktops, Brio’s vodka pasta (and my love Michelle was there as a «host» not working — smooches to you and Julien!), and yummy tomato pizza from Pizzeria Venti (maybe I misjudged you in the past). My friend loved Capital Grille’s lobster mac n cheese and the Lime taco station seemed really popular. I thought Genki was a little stingy with just one roll (the Dynamite) proffered on plates with 2 pieces each and a side of their standard noodle starter. The only real negative would be the fact that the «cash bar» (that took credit cards) wasn’t ready when the 5pm reception started, and then the machines weren’t working for drink ticket purchase promptly enough, prompting confusion and waiting for basic access. Otherwise, night/​event well-​done! Look forward to 2013!