Upper West Side: Taste of the Upper West Side Coming May 21-22

There are some who insist that there’s nothing much to taste when it comes to Upper West Side food. But others say there’s plenty to celebrate about the neighborhood’s robust dining scene. The New Taste of the Upper West Side is designed to let you sample a range of area restaurants’ offerings.

A panel on healthy eating, buying local and other foodie verities will kick off this year’s event, which takes place Mary 21 and 22. Then, once you’ve eaten your veggies so to speak, you can pig out on a lavish dessert spread. On May 22, there will be special cocktails and flavors from over 40 Upper West Side chefs.

Ticket prices range from $25 for the panel discussion to $85 for the dessert bash. It will set you back $200 for a VIP ticket to the May 22 food and drink event. If you want to know more, click here.

Taste of the Upper West Side 2010. Photo: www.newtasteuws.com.

Participating restaurants and chefs:
Bar Boulud; Chef Damian Sansonetti
Blue Ribbon Sushi; Chefs Bruce & Eric Bromberg
Café Blossom; Chef Seamus Jones
Calle Ocho; Chef Luke Laru
Cesca; Chef Kevin Garcia
Compass; Chef Neil Annis
Dovetail; Chef John Fraser
Earthen Oven; Chef Durtha Prasad
Eighty One; Chef Ed Brown
Fatty Crab, Chef Zakary Pelaccio
Gabriel’s; Chef Matthew Hayden
Isabella’s; Chef John Lictro
Jacques Torres, Chocolatiers; Jacques Torres
Jean Georges; Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten
Josie’s; Chef Louis Lanza
Kefi; Chef Michael Psilakis
Landmarc; Chef Marc Murphy
Madaleine Mae; Chef Jonathan Waxman
Magnolia Bakery
Nice Matin; Chef Andy D’Amico
Nonna; Chef Sam Demarco
Ocean Grill; Chef Juan Carlos Ortega
Rosa Mexicano; ChefJoe Quintana
Ruby Foos; Chef Shawn Edelman
Salumeria Rosi; Chef Caesare Casella
Shake Shack; Randy Garutti (Danny Meyer)
Telepan; Chef Bill Telepan

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