Taste Of Fairfield Event Details Announced

FAIRFIELD, CT — October is shaping up to be a big month for "foodies" in Fairfield. The third annual food-lover's party of the year — Taste of Fairfield — will be held on Sunday, Oct. 7 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the outdoor tented patio area of Southport’s Delamar Hotel. Taste of Fairfield, which is organized by Fairfield Magazine — part of multi-magazine media company TownVibe, helps kick off Fairfield's Seventh Annual Restaurant Week, which begins Oct. 8.

“Foodies and other fun-loving folk can enjoy tastes and sips from more than two dozen restaurants and specialty markets from the Fairfield area, all in the spacious courtyard of the Delamar and Artisan Restaurant,” according to a press release announcing the Taste of Fairfield event. “In addition to fine cuisine, craft cocktails, Josh Cellar and Layer Cake wines, craft beer, microbrews, and sweets, there will be live music from hot local rock band Ellis Island along with hip pop-up shops, like the Two Oh Three, Mack and Ro/Saltwater, The Secret Ingredient Girls, Wooster Street Meats, and hipV vintage jewelry.”

TownVibe publisher Geoffrey Morris said, “Good things happen when people connect over good food.” Read more from the press release below:

Kids will have a ball – and a bounce – in the Taste of Fairfield Kids’ zone where there will be a Bounce House Family CT bounce house, cookie decorating by Connecticut Cookie Company, edible cookie dough treats, face painting, and crafts for kids. Back by popular demand, Lisa Marie Rollieri, local psychic medium of “Angels Speak” will be doing readings and donating proceeds to Operation Hope. Matt Storch of Match Burger Lobster and the just opened Match Taco will do a special chef demo.

The participant list includes Artisan, Asylum Distillery, Atria, B.Good, Fairfield Cheese Company, Fairfield Craft Ales, Fairfield Wine & Spirits, Flipside Burger Bar, Fred, Granola Bar, Hub & Spoke, Josh Cellar & Layer Cake Wines, Diageo’s Ketel One Botanicals, Kindred Spirits, Litchfield Distillery, The Little Pub, Lobstercraft, Maplewood, Ola Latin Kitchen, Old Post Tavern, Owl’s Brew, Pepsi, Shearwater Coffee, BE Chocolat, Sono Baking Company, Toto Restaurant, Walrus & Carpenter, and Yalla Organic.

The event kicks off Fairfield’s Annual Restaurant Week and a special “chances to win” table with great prizes along with a food drive benefits charity partner Operation Hope. Sponsors on board include Atria, Clearview, Josh Cellars/Layer Cake, Kindred Spirits, Maplewood Senior Living, Redline Restorations, US Bank, Sacred Heart University, and Jaguar Land Rover Fairfield who runs the popular “foodie ferry” shuttling guests from local parking lots at Trinity and Southport Congregational churches to the event. The whole event is powered by Northeast Generator.

General Admission tickets cost $55: including food, drink, and entertainment. VIP admission—with access to the Atria lounge costs $100 and includes ongoing food service, unlimited drinks from the Kindred Spirits VIP bar, entertainment, private valet parking, and a TV. Tickets may be purchased online at tasteoffairfield.com. Guests under 21 years old are $20 and children under 10 are free. The event is tented, happens rain or shine, and Star 99.9 will have a radio crew on site.

For more information contact Robin Phillips at rphillips@townvibe.com or 203-913-3824.

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