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Trust members lining up annual 'Taste' for Nov. 5
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| By: ADAM NORTHAM, DAILY LEADER Staff Writer |
October 28, 2009 |
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Fine foods from Southwest Mississippi's leading restaurants will be gathered under one roof next week for the annual Taste of the Trust social.
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More than 20 restaurants from Natchez to Brookhaven will test their trays on the palettes of an expected 400 guests at the event, which begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Brookhaven Recreation Department on Thursday, Nov. 5.
Brookhaven band Ghost Town will provide entertainment, and a silent art auction will be held. Tickets to the event are $25, and may be purchased at We Frame It at the intersection of Highway 51 and Chickasaw Street or by calling Brookhaven Trust board member Sloane Smith at 601-757-4725.
"It's just a fun night to raise money for Brookhaven and things that are going on in Brookhaven," Smith said. "Restaurants and caterers from the area, all the way from Natchez to Summit to Wesson, represent their restaurant and their signature dishes. The public is invited to come in, walk around, taste samples, listen to music ... it's just a fun night to get together."
Brookhaven Trust President Matt Hall said this year's Taste of the Trust would feature longtime contributors like Summit's Dixie Springs Café, which will show off its hot crawfish dip and chipotle seafood pasta; and local favorite Mitchell's Steak and Seafood, which will roll out the steamship round, shrimp and crab bisque and bread pudding.
Taste of the Trust will also welcome newcomers I'm Stuffed Catering, a McComb business that will feature crawfish dip on toasted rounds and chicken cordon bleu; and Brookhaven's Tastefully Simple, a party-style catering business with dishes like Bountiful Beer Bread and Perfectly Potato Cheddar Soup.
"We try and open people's eyes up to some things that are outside of Lincoln County," Hall said. "We live in a small town, so we don't have that many restaurants, especially since we're (a dry county)."
Hall said this year's fundraiser would help pay for the Downtown Façade Revitalization project, a historical preservation project in which the Trust will pay half the cost for interested property owners to refurbish their downtown buildings. The Trust has already had two participants in the program, and have two more lined up.
The next project begins on Nov. 1, and will see the original façade of Lott Furniture on Railroad Avenue restored by removing the metal face to reveal the building's large, arched windows.
"We're trying to take everything back to history as much as possible," Hall said. "It's all about the overall purpose and use of the downtown area as a mixed use area, a live/work community. The new movement in new urbanism is live/work, so we're just bringing live/work into the downtown community and making it viable."
Hall said last year's Taste of the Trust raised around $17,000, and organizers are hoping to topple that number this year.
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©The Daily Leader 2009
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