Taste of Green in 2017

Are you a self-proclaimed foodie? Do you love supporting local businesses?

Then you’re in the right place! Our 2nd annual Taste of Green Fundraiser is just around the corner and you won’t want to miss it! Join us Thursday, October 26th and enjoy a night full of good eats and local brews from 16 GDA-certified restaurants! Ticket prices are $45. Green Dining Club members and a Friend of Earth Day members get discounted tickets for just $25!

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50/50 raffle tickets and cheerful diners from last year’s Taste of Green

The event will take place at GDA-certified Baileys’ Restaurants‘ downtown event space, Willow, at 10th and Locust. Attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in a silent auction for items donated by local organizations and our generous sponsors. Bonus? Door prizes will be awarded every half hour from beginning to end! 

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All ticket sales support our program in addition to St. Louis Earth Day’s other year-round programs, like Recycling on the Go. Still not sold? Read below to see what our GDA-certified restaurants will be serving up at the Fundraiser, and then purchase your tickets here. There is something for everyone this year, with lots of vegan, vegetarian, and omnivore options – along with a variety of beer from local brewers at our open bar! 

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Kakao serves up tasty, homemade chocolates and candies.

GDA-certified member restaurants never use styrofoam, they recycle, they phase in energy efficient lights, and they set goals to reduce their environmental impact! Support their efforts by eating delicious food, drinking beer, and mingling with St. Louis’s most sustainably-minded people!

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Musicians serenade attendees as they sort recycling, compost, and landfill from last year’s Taste of Green.

 

The Menu:

Eclipse: Mushroom penne pasta made with gluten free penne, asparagus, leeks, ozark forest mushrooms, hemp seed oil, and micro greens; Sorghum glazed pork belly with heirloom tomato and gherkin salad

 

Ferguson Brewing Company: Beer (TBD)

 

Flavor 360: Roasted fall veggie hand pies made with squash, red onion, turnip, fennel, sunchokes, house-made thyme ricotta

 

Guido’s Pizzeria and Tapas: Mini empanadas

 

Hugo’s Pizzeria: Meatball sliders

 

Kakao Chocolate: Assorted handmade candy 

 

L’Acadiane: Crawfish bisque

 

Larder & Cupboard: Spicy chickpea vindaloo (vegan & gluten free); Beer bread pudding a with beer cream sauce

 

Perennial Artisan Ales: Beer TBD

 

Pie Oh My!: Pie samples

 

Salt + Smoke: Pulled pork sliders

 

Sardella: Sweet potato and kale bruschetta (vegetarian)

 

Schlafly Beer: White Lager and Pale Ale

 

Seed Sprout Spoon: Vegan slinger with Mofu scramble, vegan chili, vegan sausage, roasted tomato, red onion, and local microgreens

 

SqWires Restaurant: Chilled couscous salad with eggplant croutons; Noodle-less veggie lasagna; Housemade Free Range Chicken Tamale

 

Urban Chestnut Brewing Co.: Beer samples

-by Aspen Steiner

Thanks to Tiffany Trautwein and Rachel Wilson for the awesome photos from last year! 

Tomatoes are tastiest in the summer.