The Community Awareness Committee of the Greater Hazleton of Commerce invites the public to attend the 11th Annual Tastes of Greater Hazleton, which will be held this Sunday, October 14th from 12:00 noon to 3:00 pm at a new location for 2018, the Laurel Mall in Hazleton.

Event coordinators have announced that three demonstrations will take place at the event and they will be provided by the Frankie’s Pizzeria & Restaurant, Four Blooms Restaurant and T. Verrastro Beer Distributor.

According to Anna Jean Onuschak of Top of the 80s Restaurant, event chairwoman, “We are thrilled to feature these three very talented, local chefs and business owners at our event. The attendees really look forward to seeing what they have to prepare and then having the chance to sample their dishes”

The event will feature a sampling of signature dishes and products restaurants and businesses from throughout Greater Hazleton. Restaurants and their menus include: Basile’s Italian Restaurant offering penne with vodka sauce, chicken marsala and sausage, pepper & onion skewers; Brass Buckle Restaurant offering ahi tuna tacos; Cinema & Drafthouse offering chicken bacon ranch hoagies; Frankie’s Pizzeria & Restaurant offering sweet thai chili shrimp salad; Four Blooms Restaurant offering smoked brisket sliders, macaroni & cheese, chocolate mousse with Godiva & dark crème de cocoa; Giant Foods offering a tailgate theme of chicken wings, meatballs, cake, store made nachos with store made queso; Honey Hole Winery offering a variety of homemade wines; Keystone Job Corps Center offering roasted butternut squash soup and apple crisp; The Pines Eatery & Spirits offering pot roast and designer mac & cheese; Top of the 80’s offering clams casino, hunter style short ribs and carrot cake; T. Verrastro Beer Distributor Inc providing seasonal and artisan craft beer; Solo Cocina Café & Lounge offering tex mex salad and Cuban panini sandwiches with a side of grapes; Sugar & Loaf Bakery offering offering herb focaccia, honey valley bars and pumpkin chai cake bites with caramel buttercream

 

Tickets are $18.00 in advance can be purchased online at www.hazletonchamber.org (tickets may then be picked up at the door). Or tickets are also available during business hours at the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce office, 8 West Broad Street, Mezzanine Level Suite 1490 in Downtown Hazleton, the Standard Speaker, 21 N. Wyoming Street in Downtown Hazleton, The Laurel Mall, Route 93, Hazleton or T. Verrastro Beer Distributor, 126 N. Broad Street in West Hazleton.

Tickets will include a sample from each of the participating restaurants and enter you for a chance to win tons of doorprizes.

Doorprizes have been donated by participating restaurants and a grand prize, will be provided by T. Verrastro Beer Distributor.

Sponsors for this event include: Luzerne County Visitors Bureau, The Kitchen Gallery & Design Center Inc., Bemis, Miners Bank, The Falvello Law Firm, Hawk Mtn Labs, T. Verrastro Beer Distributor, Grand Central and Citizens Publishing. Media partners for this event include: WYLN TV 35, SSPTV News/SamSon Productions, Standard Speaker, Panorama Community Magazine, The Printmark Group, Latino News, El Mensajero International.

All proceeds from this event will benefit community projects coordinated by the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce.

For more information on the event contact the Chamber office, at 8 W. Broad Street, Mezzanine Suite 1490 in downtown Hazleton or call 455-1509.

PICTURED IN PHOTO:
Event sponsors from the left are Pat Verrastro, T. Verrastro Beer Distributor and Chamber Tastes Committee Member; Bob Caccese, Bemis and Chamber Tastes Committee Member; Mark Matriccino, The Kitchen Gallery & Design Center; Megan Filak, Luzerne County Convention & Visitors Bureau; Sarah Gittleman and De Ann Miller, Hawk Mtn Labs; Paul Baynum, Miners Bank, a division of Mid Penn Bank; Rocco and Lisa Arruzzo, The Laurel Mall, event host; Liz Tolan, The Printmark Group; Patty Collum, Panorama Community Magazine; Denise Sellers, the Standard Speaker; Lisa Schugardt, SSPTV News/Sam-Son Productions; Wanda Black, Keystone Job Corps Center and Tastes Committee Member and AJ Onuschak, Top of the 80’s and Tastes Committee Chair. Missing from the photo are representatives from Citizens Publishing, WYLN TV 35; Latino News and El Mensajero International.