The Atlanta Meatball Festival rolls into town on Sunday, August 30. The second annual event presented by TasteATL (the management company behind Taste of Atlanta) takes place at Belle Isle Square in Sandy Springs from 1 – 5 p.m.

On offer are all types of meatballs from traditional beef and pork meatballs to seafood and chicken versions. More than 20 restaurants are participating, including:

• 1Kept
• 4th & Swift
• Bhojanic
• Cibo e Beve
• Colletta
• Community Smith
• Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse
• Double Zero
• Food 101
• Madre + Mason
• Makan
• Max's Wine Dive
• Morelli's Ice Cream
• No. 246
• One Flew South
• Rathbun's
• Rosebud
• Saltyard
• Seven Lamps
• Smoke Ring
• St. Cecilia
• STK Atlanta
• Table & Main

Atlanta Meatball Festival 2014 Samantha Shal Photography www.samanthashal.com
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Atlanta Meatball Festival 2014
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Festival attendees and select judges get to vote for their favorite meatball presented by the participants. The top three winners of the Meatball festival will go on to compete in the “Meat Brawl Throwdown,” at the Taste of Atlanta festival, September 25-27 in Midtown at Tech Square.

You can get tickets now available online at AtlantaMeatballFestival.com. Tickets include entry to the event, meatball tastes, entertainment and more. Beverages are available for purchase. Children 10 and under are free with a paid adult. Tickets cost $25 now through August 30 and $30 at the gate. Proceeds from the event will benefit Second Helpings Atlanta, a local charitable organization.

I have two tickets to give away to one randomly selected winner. Here’s how to enter:

  1. Send an email to nedra.rhone@ajc.com
  2. Write "Meatball Festival" in the subject line
  3. Enter before 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, Aug. 20

I will announce a winner here on Friday, Aug. 21 and will contact the winner directly via email.

Thanks for entering!

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