{"id":227614,"date":"2021-08-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/no-diets-allowed-at-this-food-focused-event\/"},"modified":"2021-08-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T07:00:00","slug":"no-diets-allowed-at-this-food-focused-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/no-diets-allowed-at-this-food-focused-event\/","title":{"rendered":"No diets allowed at this food focused event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Por MAR\u00cdA INGLATERRA<\/p>\n

The 12th annual \u201cTaste of San Diego \u2013 East\u201d is right around the corner! The fun happens on Monday, Aug. 30 with an offering of a variety of ticket pricing and entry times.<\/p>\n

This has been a challenging time for all of us. The \u201cTaste\u201d is shining the spotlight on one industry that has been hit hard throughout the pandemic \u2014 restaurants, caterers, bars, breweries, wineries, bakeries and other food and beverage related businesses. The numerous stipulations, regulations and need to add outdoor dining, are just a few of the issues that the food industry has dealt with to stay open.<\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s \u201cTaste of San Diego East\u201d will allow guests to interact with chefs and staff from various food vendors, while sampling their delicious items they have prepared especially for this evening. This year sponsors will have an opportunity to be \u201cup close and personal\u201d with the restaurants and business vendors beginning at 4:30 p.m. (a half hour before everyone else.)<\/p>\n

The \u201cTaste of San Diego \u2013 East\u201d will be held at the Town and Country Hotel, 500 Hotel Circle North, in the Pacific Ballroom. Attendees will again be able to \u201ctaste, savor and mingle\u201d in a 13,000 square-foot ballroom with ample space to interact and enjoy the great food samplings prepared by participants.<\/p>\n

The Chamber is thrilled to announce the food lineup for this year: Brew Coffee Spot, Buckboard Catering and Events, Dream Dinners, Edible Arrangements, Hooleys Public House, I-Que BBQ, Lean and Tasty, Little Roma, Los Pinos Taco Shop, Marie Callender\u2019s \u2013 La Mesa, Pick Up Stix, Submarina \u2013 La Mesa, The III Tier Macaron Ice Cream, and Ultimate Catering Concepts.<\/p>\n

\"No<\/a><\/p>\n

Guests will be able to interact and enjoy the great food samplings prepared by our participants and visit with our evening business vendors. Guests will also receive a Chamber Raffle Card when they arrive. Once totally filled out by visiting all our business vendors, it is dropped into the Chamber Raffle box for a chance to win the prize. An Opportunity Drawing has been added this year, which offers five groups of prizes for people who purchase raffle tickets. Guests will place the stubs in the jar\/basket in front of their desired item.<\/p>\n

Ticket pricing, which includes complimentary parking and unlimited visits to all food vendors, are: VIP tickets at a cost of $60 that include three hours of tasting, 5\u20138 p.m.; and General Admission at a cost of $40 for two hours of tasting from 6\u20138 p.m. This is a 21-year-old+ event. All tickets must be purchased in advance, o tickets will be sold at the door. Tickets may be purchased at www.lamesachamber.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"No<\/a><\/p>\n

Sponsors for Taste of San Diego \u2013 East include:<\/p>\n

Presenting Sponsor:<\/strong> EDCO<\/p>\n

Bon Vivant Sponsor:<\/strong> American Medical Response<\/p>\n

Supporting Sponsors:<\/strong> Barona Resort & Casino and SDG&E<\/p>\n

Cr\u00e8me De La Creme Sponsor: <\/strong>Carl Burger Dodge Chrysler Jeep RAM World<\/p>\n

Bon Appetite Sponsors: <\/strong>Amanda Hammett Insurance & Financial Services \u2013 State Farm, AT&T, California Coast Credit Union \u2013 La Mesa, High Tide BEMS, Lily\u2019s Manufactured Homes, and Major Security Services<\/p>\n

Parking Sponsor:<\/strong> Kirk Paving, Inc.<\/p>\n

Logistical Sponsor: <\/strong>Town and Country Hotel<\/p>\n

Water Sponsor: <\/strong>Sycuan Casino Resort<\/p>\n

Audio-Sound Sponsor: <\/strong>A.L. Sound.<\/p>\n

Printing, Design and Video Sponsors: <\/strong>AAA Imaging (printing), Kostedt Design & Marketing (design), McGee Mechanical (video)<\/p>\n

Artistic Designers for the event include The La Mesa Floral Design Shoppe, Fady Events of San Diego and the Lighting Video. The evening will be captured by Photographers Eviezphotography.com and CeCe Photo.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mary England is president of the La Mesa Chamber of Commerce.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By MARY ENGLAND The 12th annual \u201cTaste of San Diego \u2013 East\u201d is right around the corner! The fun happens on Monday, Aug. 30 with an offering of a variety of ticket pricing and entry times. This has been a challenging time for all of us. The \u201cTaste\u201d is shining the spotlight on one industry […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":949,"featured_media":226294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11548","_seopress_titles_title":"No diets allowed at this food focused event","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11547,11548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-la-mesa-courier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/949"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}