Free lunch or dinner. Vegetarian food fest. Chili—and lots of it. This weekend, there’s a slew of fun, food events happening around town. Add one or all six of the following events to your calendar and be prepared to eat, drink and have a grand ole time. Cheers to the weekend!
Vegetarian festival: With food samples, cooking demonstrations, kids activities and a bevy of exhibitors, the fourth annual Atlanta Veg Fest will offer something for everyone—vegetarian or not. The celebration will be held from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 in the Easley Conference Pavilion at Atlanta Metropolitan State College. The first 300 attendees will receive goodie bags with sample products and coupons. The event is free, but a $5 door donation is suggested.
Chili festival: Mix more than 100 different types of chili, music, art, food vendors and more and you'll arrive at the 13th annual Chomp & Stomp Festival , which takes place from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7.
A taste of the holidays: Before making your holiday grocery list, swing by The Fresh Market to sample spiral sliced ham, shrimp cocktail, smoked salmon, holiday sides and desserts from 12-6 p.m. Nov. 7 – 8. With two days of tasty seasonal favorites, you may be tempted to forgo cooking Thanksgiving dinner. The Fresh Market would be totally fine with that since you can pre-order an entire holiday meal or order à la carte items. One other thing: there are 14 locations throughout Georgia, including eight in metro Atlanta. That's worth giving thanks for.
Credit: Carolyn Desalu
Credit: Carolyn Desalu
Pop-up brunch: Sundays are made for eating and relaxing. Instead of preparing breakfast or lunch, head to Portofino for a new pop-up brunch series, which kicks off at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 8. Every second Sunday of the month, Portofino will offer scrumptious plates of dill and brown sugar cured salmon, shrimp and polenta, duck Benedict and new pasta dishes.
Sip and sign: Jonathan "The Cocktail Guru" Pogash will be slinging drinks and signing copies of the newest edition of "Mr. Boston's Official Bartending Guide," which he edited, from 6-9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8 at GRAIN .
BOGO free meal: As part of its month-long anniversary, gusto! will offer a buy-one-get-one free lunch or dinner to students and faculty who present their school ID. This promotion will be valid all day Sunday, Nov. 8.
Credit: Carolyn Desalu
Credit: Carolyn Desalu
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