Ted Allen @ Taste of Atlanta

California wine country is heading to Atlanta with the second annual Discover Wine with Robert Mondavi tour (formerly known as Crush in the City). Guests are invited to join food authority Ted Allen of the Food Network’s Food Detectives, Top Chef, Iron Chef America, Queer Eye and PBS's Uncorked at the Discover Wine with Robert Mondavi tour at Taste of Atlanta to learn about wine – from winemaking to wine pairing.

Taste of Atlanta, held in the streets of Atlantic Station, is the sixth stop on the nationwide Discover Wine with Robert Mondavi tour bringing an interactive and educational wine experience to consumers. Additionally, the fair features cooking and wine demonstrations and live music/entertainment.

Discover Wine with Robert Mondavi fulfills Robert Mondavi’s vision of enriching life by embracing wine, food and the arts as an integral part of gracious living.  

Allen will be at Taste of Atlanta one day only on Saturday from 11:00 a.m. – 6 p.m. offering cooking demonstrations, wine pairings and more. 

Taste of Atlanta Participating Restaurants

Taste of Atlanta, slated for Oct. 11 and 12 at Atlantic Station in Midtown, has released the names of participating restaurant: 

· Artistry

· Atlantic Grill

· Bhojanic

· Bonehead’s Grilled Fish & Piri Piri Chicken

· Café 458

· Café Dupri

· Copeland’s Cheesecake Bistro

· Desta

· Dogwood

· Dolce Enoteca e Ristorante

· Einstein’s

· Fado Irish Pub and Restaurant

· Fox Brothers BBQ

· Garrison’s Broiler & Tap

· Geisha House

· Hot Stix Stir-Fry Kitchen

· Hudson Grill

· II Mulino

· Jim N’ Nick’s Bar-B-Que

· Johnny Rockets

· Joli Kobe Bakery and Café

· Lobby at Twelve

· Loca Luna

· LowCountry BBQ

· Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament

· Mediterranean Grill

· Metrotainment Bakery

· No Mas! Cantina

· OK Café

· Prime Meridian at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center

· Rob’s Caribbean Café

· Room at Twelve

· Rosa Mexicano

· Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Restaurant

· Sal Grosso Brazilian Steakhouse

· Sambuca

· Six Feet Under Pub and Fish House

· Sogno Gelato

· Straits Atlanta

· Strip

· Sushi Niko Niko

· Sweet Auburn Bread

· Taco Mac

· Taverna Plaka

· The Capital Grille

· The Depot

· The Feed Store

· The Grape

· The Melting Pot

· The Real Chow Baby

· The Sun Dial Restaurant, Bar & View

· The Tenth Thai Cuisine and Lounge

· Thrive

· Vickery’s

· Vinocity Kirkwood

· West Egg Café

· Wolfgang Puck Express

· Zaya

Tickets are $25 in advance, $35 at the event and you receive 10 taste coupons. Saturday and Sunday VIP tickets are $75 in advance until September 15 or $95 September 16-October 12. VIP ticket holders receive 20 taste coupons and entry into the Wine Experience at TWELVE Hotel and Bowling & Brews at Ten Pin Alley. True wine connoisseurs will want to attend the exclusive Georg Riedel wine seminar and receive a set of four Riedel Vitis wine tasting glasses. Limited tickets are available for $195. The first 500 patrons with VIP tickets to arrive at the festival each day will receive a Taste of Atlanta gift bag. Restaurants offer tastes for 1, 2, or 3 taste coupons. Additional taste coupons can be purchased for $1 each. For more information visit www.tasteofatlanta.com.

Quick Bites

The dates for the 7th Annual Taste of Atlanta will be Saturday, October 11, and Sunday, October 12, at Atlantic Station in Midtown.  Tickets will be $25 in advance or $35 day of event for general admission. For more information visit www.tasteofatlanta.com.

Bone Garden Cantina, owned by the folks who created Vortex, is now open at 1425 Ellsworth Indistrial Blvd. on the Westside serving up authentic Mexican dishes. www.bonegardencantina.com.

Downtown Thai restaurant Spoon will open a second location on Moreland Avenue later this summer. www.spoonatlanta.com.

Canvas: Art.Bar.Lounge is now open at 170 Northside Dr. The menu includes items like salmon sliders, jumbo crab cake, grilled chicken kabobs, braised beef skewer, roasted duck sandwiches and more. www.canvasartbar.com.

Dantanna's Surf and Turf, which has a location at Around Lenox shopping center, will open a second location at the old Jocks & Jills in CNN Center. www.dantannas.com.

Culinaire Set For June 4

Experience Culinaire, an exciting night of international flavors, musical entertainment and a unique silent auction, on Wednesday, June 4, from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at the New World of Coca-Cola. Tickets are $75 per person.

Taste worldwide cuisine as many of Atlanta’s favorite restaurants present their specialties. Enjoy wine from all over the world or sip unique dry-ice cocktails. Complete the evening with a bid on your favorite silent auction item to benefit the Atlanta Chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier, including celebrity designed and autographed platters.

Participating restaurants include: Dolce, Prime Meridian, Desta, The Melting Pot, Fox Bros. BBQ, Mitra, Trader Vic's, Chima, Geisha House, Rosa Mexicano and many more.

Come to Culinaire and register to win 2 round trip system-wide tickets on Delta. Drop your business card at the door and tickets will be raffled off at the event. A portion of net proceeds from Culinaire will benefit the Hospitality Education Foundation of Georgia.

For more information, visit www.tasteofatlanta.net/culinaire