VENICE, CA Inside Out Community Arts’ The Taste of Abbot Kinney will be held on Sunday, October 23, 2011. The redesigned event includes a VIP Tasting Package (3:00 – 6:30 pm), and a Tasting Tour Package  (4:00 – 6:30 pm).  

2011 Event Chair, Joe Miller of Joe’s Restaurant- celebrating his 20th Anniversary on Abbot Kinney–will headline the VIP Reception that will be hosted by The Food Network’s Adam Gertler and will include a DJ, live music, exclusive tastes, cocktails and demonstrations from some of the street’s Executive Chefs including Joe Miller and Yoshi Shima.  

Participating Restaurants Include:

Joe’s Restaurant
Lilly’s French Cafe & Bar
Primitivo Wine Bar
Otheroom
3 Square Cafe & Bakery
Hal’s
Casa Linda
The General Store/Pop Up Gallery
Abbot’s Habit
Lemonade

Event highlights include food and wine tastings from participating Abbot Kinney restaurants and local wineries, an opportunity drawing of fine hotel & restaurant packages and an Event Book that will feature recipes and Chef Bios.  The event benefits Inside Out Community Arts, instrumental in changing the lives of LA’s under-served middle and high school youth since 1996 with after school arts education.
Ticket packages must be purchased online in advance of the event. See below for details.

Order Tickets Here: www.insideoutca.org

VIP Reception + Tasting Tour – 3:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Ticket Price: $100 (online only)

From 3:00 PM – 4:00 pm, the VIP guests will enjoy a relaxing environment with a live DJ and chef demonstrations by Chef Joe Miller of Joe’s Restaurant and Bar Pintxo, and Yoshi Shima of Shima.  From 4:00 – 4:30 PM VIP guests can get an early start/VIP only on the Tasting Tour, or stay at the reception space a little longer. 

Restaurant offerings in the VIP reception will include: Yoshi Shima’s spicy tuna roll, avocado roll, and radicchio & cabbage salad,  vegetarian paella tastes from Event Chair Joe Miller of Joe’s Restaurant, appetizers from Gjelina, select wines from Calstar Cellar and Primitivo, as well as Primitivo’s signature stuffed medjol dates.  Additionally VIP guests will enjoy The Tasting Kitchen’s signature Bloody Mary with Kanon Organic Vodka, and an assortment of treats from Creme Caramel LA.  Additional surprises await, along with a VIP Only gift bag filled with exception treats.



The reception venue at 901 Abbot Kinney will stay open until 6:30 PM music and access for all guests to our Silent Auction and Opportunity Drawing.  All guests will receive the exclusive Inside Out Community Arts Taste of Abbot Kinney Event Book with recipes, bios and insider info from the chefs and mixologists of Abbot Kinney.

All guests are invited to take part in our Silent Auction featuring hotel packages at Hotel Erwin, Hotel Wilshire, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, sculpture and paintings by Ellie Riley, and other items.  All guests are also invited to participate in our Opportunity Drawing which will feature special items from Abbot Kinney merchants, tickets to LACMA’s “California Design” exhibit, and packages at local restaurants including James Beach, Gjelina and Terranea Resort.

Please note: Winners of Silent Auction and Opportunity Drawing will be announced the week after the event.

Order Tickets Here: www.insideoutca.org
 
Reception + Tasting Tour Package: 4:00 – 6:30 PM
Ticket Price: $60 (online only)

Tasting Tour ticket holders will enjoy tastes from all participating restaurants on the street from 4:00 – 6:30 PM. 

Guests will enjoy a relaxing environment with a live DJ and chef demonstrations by Chef Joe Miller of Joe’s Restaurant and Bar Pintxo, and Yoshi Shima of Shima.  

Restaurant offerings in the VIP reception will include: Yoshi Shima’s spicy tuna roll, avocado roll, and radicchio & cabbage salad,  vegetarian paella tastes from Event Chair Joe Miller of Joe’s Restaurant, appetizers from Gjelina, select wines from Calstar Cellar and Primitivo, as well as Primitivo’s signature stuffed medjol dates.  Additionally VIP guests will enjoy The Tasting Kitchen’s signature Bloody Mary with Kanon Organic Vodka, and an assortment of treats from Creme Caramel LA.  The reception venue at 901 Abbot Kinney will stay open until 6:30 PM music and access for all guests to our Silent Auction and Opportunity Drawing.  All guests will receive the exclusive Inside Out Community Arts Taste of Abbot Kinney Event Book with recipes, bios and insider info from the chefs and mixologists of Abbot Kinney.

All guests are invited to take part in our Silent Auction featuring hotel packages at Hotel Erwin, Hotel Wilshire, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, sculpture and paintings by Ellie Riley, and other items.  All guests are also invited to participate in our Opportunity Drawing which will feature special items from Abbot Kinney merchants, tickets to LACMA’s “California Design” exhibit, and packages at local restaurants including James Beach, Gjelina and Terranea Resort.

Please note: Winners of Silent Auction and Opportunity Drawing will be announced the week after the event.

Order Tickets Here: www.insideoutca.org

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