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Asheville Independent Restaurants Presents Taste of Asheville November 17th

Asheville�s premier food event, the Taste of Asheville, will be held on November 17, 2011 at The Venue at 21 North Market Street from 7:00pm � 9:00pm. This highly anticipated annual fundraising event, held by the members of Asheville Independent Restaurants (AIR), will feature food from 37 restaurants as well as wine tasting and beer tasting from local breweries. � We are very excited about this year�s event as it has a record number of participating restaurants and will feature some of Asheville�s top chefs,� says Steve Frabatore, AIR�s president. �These same restaurants are participating in our 2012 AIR Passport, which will be kicked off that same evening �. The AIR Passport program offers discounts at many of Asheville�s top restaurants while encouraging passport holders to try new restaurants.

This year�s AIR restaurants who are participating in the Taste of Asheville and The AIR Passport are (alphabetically): Avenue M, Blue Ridge Dining Room, Blue Water Seafood, Boca, Bouchon, Chai Pani, Chef Mo, Chelseas Tea Room, City Bakery, Corner Kitchen, Creperie Bouchon, Curate Tapas Bar, Dining Innovations, Fiore�s, Frankie Bones, The French Broad Chocolate Lounge, The Green Sage, Homegrown, Horizons, Jack of Hearts, Jack of the Wood, Laughing Seed, Lexington Avenue Brewery, The Lobster Trap, Luella�s Bar-B-Que, Mamacitas, The Market Place, Mela Indian Restaurant, Neo Cantina, Olive or Twist, Pack�s Tavern, Pomodoros , Sunset Terrace, Tupelo Honey Cafe, Ultimate Ice Cream, Vincenzo�s and Vinnies Neighborhood Italian.

A portion of the proceeds from the evening and the sale of the Passports will go to benefit AIR�s �Chefs of Tomorrow� scholarship at AB Tech. Tickets for the event are $70 for a single ticket and $125 for a pair. Tickets will go on sale October 3rd on the AIR Website, for more information on the Taste of Asheville or the Passport, please contact: Amy Garcia, Membership / Marketing Coordinator for AIR at (828) 338-9839.

Tickets on sale now.

AIR Mission
Unite the independent restaurant community of Asheville NC as committed to local people, local philanthropies, local businesses, local food and the local economy, with a promise to preserve the authenticity of our mountain home through genuine food and signature hospitality

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