The sixth annual Taste of Recovery will be held on Saturday, November 2 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the American German Club on 5111 Lantana Road in Lake Worth.  The acclaimed culinary festival will feature bites from top chefs representing restaurants throughout Palm Beach County, as well as entertainment.  Christopher and Joan Finley are event co-chairs.

 

Taste of Recovery will benefit The Crossroads Club, a non-profit organization in Delray Beach that is celebrating more than 40 years in the community. The organization, at no charge, provides a safe haven for anyone whose life has been adversely affected by, or through, the use of addictive substances.

 

The event was founded by Chef Louie Bossi, chef/partner of Louie Bossi’s Ristorante and Pizzeria. Big Time Restaurant Group has been a supporter of the event since its inception.

 

“Taste of Recovery features delicious food from our finest area restaurants, all while supporting an important cause, helping to fight addiction,” said Tony Allerton of The Crossroads Club.

 

Participating restaurants and beverage companies thus far are Louie Bossi’s Ristorante, Bar & Pizzeria; City Cellar Wine Bar & Grill; Elisabetta’s Ristorante, Bar & Pizzeria; City Oyster & Sushi Bar; Rocco’s Tacos & Tequila Bar; Grease Burger Beer and Whiskey Bar; Little Moir’s Catering; Coca-Cola; J&J Seafood Bar and Grill; AJ’s All American Grill; Strong P.O.L.L.O; Caeser’s Famous Ribs; Tim Finnegans Irish Pub; Café Frankie’s Italian Kitchen; Windy City Pizza Delray; and Warren.  A “People’s Choice” Award will be given for “Best Bite,” and prominent local food writers will decide the Critics’ Choice Awards with cash prizes.

 

Judges will be Jan Norris of The Coastal Star and Stet, Mike Mayo, co-host of the Lunchbox podcast and administrator of the Let’s Eat, South Florida Facebook group, and Mary Murray, Executive Editor, Palm Beach Illustrated. The Critic’s Choice 1^st Place Award is $2000. The Critic’s Choice 2^nd Place Award is $1500. The People’s Choice Award is $1500.

 

Vendors will sell a variety of goods and include Perma Frost, Pea Pie’s Studio, Kissed by a Pixie, Jahbuelian Jewelry, House of Onde, Balanced Organics, Lanie’s Apothecary, Heaps Surf Company, Love Your Liver, Fur-Ever Chic Boutique, Designs by Corinne, South Palm Beach County Intergroup Table, Beach Bum Supply Co., and Knotty Goat Studios.

 

Sponsors include Southeast Toyota, Lauree and Phil Vasta, John Snellman of Snellman Construction, Andrew Lesise, Kurt and Nancy Jetta of Neighborlee Development, Chris O’Connor of Slainte, Mike Munger, David Duran of Surplus Giant, Finley Stetson, Craig Robinson of Robinson Casey, Derek Lewis of Razorback, Terry Woods, Caron Treatment Centers, DeGeorge Foundation, Marnie Munger, The Buzz Agency, and Sail Away Media.

 

Interested sponsors can learn more here.

Tickets are $60 prior to the event or $75 at the door.  Tickets can be purchased here.

About The Crossroads Club
The Crossroads Club is not a sober home or treatment center. Rather, Crossroads is a non-profit 12-Step based meeting center that supports an average of 700 people per day who are pursuing recovery from various forms of addiction. Since 1982, Crossroads has been an essential element in the recovery of countless individual residents, snowbirds, and other visitors from around the world.  By providing the space for the recovery meetings to take place, Crossroads has helped empower these individuals to reemerge as positive contributors to the community and would greatly benefit from your support. Crossroads’ mission is simply to provide a wonderful safe harbor for individuals to meet in order to become true to themselves and to be released from the bondages of addiction.