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Taste of Greene diners pick their favorites — do you agree?
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This year’s “Taste of Greene County” event held April 5 at the Nutter Center on Wright State University’s campus attracted 1,200 hungry people — a record in the 12-year history of the event.
Toni Weideling, membership services director for the Beavercreek Chamber of Commerce, recalls the event’s early days when it would draw a few hundred people. This year, “We had more than 400 people come in just the first 15 minutes,” Weideling said. (Click here for photos of the event and if those shots just whet your appetite, click here for even more photos at the event.)
The crowd ate, ate, and ate some more, then filled out ballots in several categories identifying their favorites. No fancy-schmancy “expert panel of judges” here — all of the “Best Of” awards are determined by “the people”. And the people’s votes have been carefully tabulated.
The overall best-of-show restaurant — winner of the “People’s Choice” award — was Abuelo’s Mexican Food Embassy in Beavercreek (note to Abuelo’s web site folks: it’s Beavercreek, not Beaver Creek). City Barbecue placed second, and the Hilton Garden Inn third, in the People’s Choice best-overall award.
But there were many other winners in many other categories, so here are the official results, as reported by the Beavercreek Chamber of Commerce, which organizes the Taste of Greene County:
Best Appetizer
1st place: Qdoba Mexican Grill
2nd place: TGI Fridays
3rd place: Quaker Steak and Lube
Best Soup/Salad
1st place: Brio Tuscan Grille
2nd place: Max & Ermas
3rd place: Abuelo’s
Best Entree
1st place: Abuelos
2nd place: Beef O’Brady’s
3rd place: City Barbeque
Best Dessert
1st place: Ele Cake Company
2nd place: Edible Arrangements
3rd place: BD’s Mongolian Grill
People’s Choice
1st place: Abuelo’s
2nd place: City Barbeque
3rd place: Hilton Garden Inn
Best Decorated Booth
1st place: Hope Hotel
2nd place: BD’s Mongolian Grill
3rd place: Abuelos
So … what’s your take on the results?
Officials at the Beavercreek chamber suspect attendance might have been even greater had the event not conflicted with the spring break of some local schools.
The event will move a little later in the calender next year, to April 18, 2010, chamber officials said.
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By Debb Wilder
April 13, 2009 1:37 PM | Link to this
I work for Times Community Newspapers and several of us attended and was very very pleased with the attendance, the food and the people that attended were all so friendly. The booths were decorated great and the food was awesome. We felt sorry for Milano’s..they must have miscalculated attendance vs sandwiches as they ran out not even 45 minutes into the event and then could not get another delivery until the event was almost over. Once again it was great ….and Thanks…I will come again…DebbBy Bonnie Payne
April 17, 2009 10:30 AM | Link to this
There needed to be more trash cans around. Seemed to be plenty of food. I didn’t participate in the auctions, but it didn’t seem like that went over that great. I don’t think it was advertised much. Also, the event itself wasn’t advertised that much, but the crowd was good. Food was good too.