Whitestone Merchants Association held a special
event, A Taste of Whitestone. On Thursday, May 2 various restaurants and
providers offered what were supposed to be “sample tastes” of their food and
drinks as a way of advertising new and older eateries in the community.
The event was held at Holy Cross Greek Church, 11-05
150th Street from 7 to 9pm. However due to both the raffles and entertainment,
it extended just a bit more. There was
certainly enough space for those to peruse the vendors and enjoy the food while
seated at a table.
“We expected about 200 people”, said Albert
Teekasingh, WMS board member and owner of Restaurant Revival. “More than 300 showed up. Next year we will
be looking to have this event in a larger facility.” Albert shared his award winning chicken soup,
as well as the stew chicken, cornbread, cranberry rice and pepper shrimp.
Due to the efforts of the association,
the event was a true success as each vendor was anxious to serve more than just
a tidbit that only cost a $20 ticket for adults and $10 for children 10 and
under.
WMA posted the following on their facebook page:
“The Whitestone Merchant Association Board would like to formally thank all of
you who made last night’s Taste of Whitestone an amazing, successful event! It
was so great to see our community come together for a fun filled night.”
A special thank you was given to the following
restaurants saying that they “made the magic happen:” Villagios / Sangrias
(both Villagios and Sangrias are owned by Joe Loccisana and hared a table where
both the Spanish Paella as well as chicken marsala and artichoke franchese as
well as a few other Italian favorites); Ginger and Lemongrass and the new Taco
Azul have the same owners, Petra Rickman and Michal Prelovski. The Vietnamese fusion restaurant featured its
summer rolls while the newly opened Taco was running out of churros.
We continue with Clinton Restaurant, Tropical
Revival, CBD SUPERSTORE, Honey Bee Cakes, Sergimmos Salumeria (sampling fresh
mozzarella as they continually made it at the table as well as their caponata
and store made sausage and peppers ); Cascon Cheesecake; Health Kitchen;
Bagel Time, Tasty Grill (who presented one of the largest spreads of Greek
delights that went from appetizers to desserts); Ralphs Ices, Chillato (who
gave samples of their coconut gelato, Ferrara Rocher gelato and strawberry
sorbet); NOCO Catering, Coffee Lab, King Chef, Cherry Valley; Freddys Pizza;
The BLVD, Concettinas; and Aphrodite’s Sweets.
Singer Freddie Lando was
originally supposed to entertain after the meal. However, it was decided to have him croon
Italian songs throughout the event. The
height of his performance was his final number, Nessun Dorma from Puccini’s
opera Turandot.
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