Four local restaurants earned top prizes during this week’s annual Great Barrington Area TasteFest featuring a delicious menu of tastes from dozens of area purveyors of food and spirits. Throughout the night guests voted for their favorite foods in four categories including “Best Taste”, “Best Entrée”, “Best Dessert” and “Best Spirit” and we have the names of this year’s winners!
Hosted by the Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce, TasteFest was again held at the Chicago Marriott Northwest this year and hundreds of guests turned out to socialize while enjoying a sampling of local cuisine and spirits. At the end of the night, Chamber leaders announced the four winners who received the most votes of the evening. And the winners are…
Best Taste
Francesca’s Famiglia in Barrington for their Mushroom Ravioli
MiaFrancesca.com
Best Entrée
Mandiles Italian Restaurant in Algonquin for their Lasagna Rigatone with Vodka Sauce
MandilesRestaurant.com
Best Dessert
Savory Salads for their Crack Brownies
Savory-Salads.com
Best Spirits
Coopers Hawk Winery & Restaurant for wine
CoopersHawkWinery.com
All of the dishes we sampled at TasteFest were so delicious and I highly recommend you find time to visit these participating restaurants.
Apple Villa Famous Pancake House & Restaurant * Brunch Café * Calibre Coffee * Chatterbox of Long Grove * Chicago Marriott Northwest * Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant * Copper Fiddle Distillery * Francesca’s Famiglia * Georgios Chicago Pizzeria of South Barrington * Great Harvest Bread Co. * Jennie and Vera’s Cookies * Lindy’s Restaurant and Marina * Mandile’s Italian Ristorante & Banquets * McGonigal’s Pub * Pinstripes * Savory Salads Inc. * Slyce Coal Fired Pizza * Tiburon Rum * Tilted Kilt Schaumburg
If you missed TasteFest 2014, we took photos to share a collection of snapshots from the evening.
We’d like to say thanks to the Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce for hosting another successful TasteFest, bringing us all together for a successful evening of tasting and networking our way through the restaurants of Barrington. TasteFest is one of our favorite fall evenings of the season and this year’s event was a great success!
About the Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce
Through the involvement of its nearly 900 Members, the Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce is an organization of businesses committed to advocating and supporting a vibrant economy for the Barrington region.
Since 1969, the Barrington Area Chamber has been facilitating collaboration among the unique communities of the Barrington area including Barrington, Barrington Hills, Lake Barrington, North Barrington, Port Barrington, South Barrington, Deer Park, Inverness, Kildeer, Long Grove and Tower Lakes.
To learn more about the Chamber’s mission and for the list of all Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce members, visit BarringtonChamber.com/list.
