Please join us at the third annual

Taste of Manchester

Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 5:30-9:00 pm. 

Tickets are available!  Please click on the Tickets page to purchase.

Whether you love dogs, great food, supporting local businesses or all three, the 3rd Annual Taste of Manchester is for you.  The event brings hundreds of people to 16 participating locally owned and operated one-of-a kind restaurants in greater downtown Manchester. With affordable ticket prices, free and stylish transportation, a feast of food, and proceeds that benefit a new dog park, The Taste of Manchester is a true community celebration that offers something for everyone.

The 3^rd Annual Taste of Manchester will be held on Tuesday, May 15th from 5:30 p.m. to9:00 p.m., rain or shine, beginning and ending at The Army Navy Club of Manchester.  Entertainment at the Army Navy Club will be provided by Mass-Conn-Fusion Jazz Duo, featuring Liz Roberts and Jim Healy.

“Your ticket brings you the tastes of 16 local eateries and caterers,” said event co-chair Dennis Reinholt.  “Ticket holders may enjoy samplings from several restaurants when they start at The Army Navy Club and then walk or take the Abbey Road Transportation limobus between the participating Main Streetand Hartford Road/Charter Oak Street restaurants.  Finish up at The Army Navy Club with coffee, desserts and door prizes.”

Ticket prices, reduced from 2011, are $20 for adults and $12 for kids under 12 years old.  Tickets are limited and on sale now at www.tasteofmanchesterct.com  through PayPal and in person at the Customer Service & Information Center on the first floor of ManchesterTown Hall.

“The variety of appetizer, entrée and dessert offerings will be amazing and entertainment and prizes will make 2012 even better than previous years,” said event co-chair Sharon Hebert.  She reminded attendees, “pace yourselves, you certainly won’t leave hungry!”  Door prizes include gift certificates from local businesses, gift baskets and an autographed poster donated by the UConn Women’s Basketball Team.

Thank you to all volunteers who have given their time to make this event a success!

Proceeds to benefit MDOG: Manchester Dog Owners Group, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which is entering phase 2 of a plan to build a new dog park in Manchester.

Here is the current list of 2012 participating restaurants.

•  Antonio’s Pizza Restaurant
• Brown Sugar Catering
• Cafe Allez:  A Mobile Cafe and Creperie
• The Deli at D & D
• Edible Arrangements
• Great Harvest Bread
• Hartford Road Cafe
• Hartford Road Pizza
• Highland Park Market
• Hungry Tiger
• Lin Garden
• The Main Pub
• Rocco’s Pizza & Grill
• Sukhothai
• Suso Latino Basket
• Woodbridge Pizza

The 2012 Official Cocktail, “The Moonchester,” is made with Connecticut’s own Onyx Moonshine 

Four of our restaurants will offer visitors the 2012 Taste of Manchester Official Cocktail, “The Moonchester”.  Made with Manchester’s own Onyx Moonshine and local honey, this cocktail will be sold at Hartford Road Café, Rocco’s, The Hungry Tiger and The Main Pub. 

 “We are thrilled to be able to incorporate Connecticut’s first legal moonshine into our 2012 celebration,” said event co-chair Dennis Reinholt.  “The Taste of Manchester is all about celebrating our community while supporting local business and a local nonprofit organization.  The addition of ‘The Moonchester’ is frosting on the cake of what is shaping up to be a really great event.” 

Onyx Spirits Company, the producers of Onyx Moonshine opened in Manchester in October 2011.  The distillery is recognized as the best microdistillery in New England for 2012 by Yankee Magazine, and was the official spirit of the 2012 GRAMMY Awards. Visit www.onyxspirits.com for more information. 

Special thanks to:

• Manchester Customer Service
• Abbey Road Transportation
  (providing complimentary Limobus shuttle)
• MindspinTV