Photos by Sandra Michaud
Taste of Downtown 090118
Taste of Downtown 090118
Steve Lincoln, a volunteer, and Kevin Hubbs, owner, offer samples of Thai Noodle Bowl at Tapas Trees.
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Taste of Downtown 090118
Charmeine Wait and Susan Allen of Silver City MainStreet are there to give out information to visitors.
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Taste of Downtown 090118
Prize baskets from Single Socks.
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Taste of Downtown 090118
Gayle Petrillo of Tucson gets samples of Apple Cinnamon and Ginger Almond bread from Mark Karagas of Jumping Cactus
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Taste of Downtown 090118
Zach Aquino, manager of the Silco Theater, checks off Ron Gabioud’s card. The theater was offering samples of buttered popcorn or kettle corn.
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Taste of Downtown 090118
Jean Smith, holding her Love Local bag, gets ready to enjoy some meatballs and sauce at Vicki’s Eatery. John and Vicky are serving.
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Simon Sotelo III offers some brownies to Wilson Cantwell of San Antonio at the Javalina. Wilson came here for the event.
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Taste of Downtown 090118
Artwork was also being sold at Javalina
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Taste of Downtown 090118
Darrell Milton and Norma Gonzalez came from El Paso to enjoy a Taste of Downtown. Don McCracken of Corner Kitchen was offering a choice of Roast Beef on a Potato Slice or Pulled Pork on a Sweet Potato Slice.
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Taste of Downtown 090118
Alex Daylac of HoneeBeeGoods waits while Breana Martin and Kyle Crater, graduate students at WNMU, decide whether they want a chocolate or vanilla cupcake.
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Taste of Downtown 090118
Fried pickles with homemade Ranch Dressing was the offering at the Little Toad. Chris Arvidson and Andy Housley.
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Taste of Downtown 090118
Cate Bradley serves Paul Michaud a house-made pork sausage steamed in Green Chile sauce at Revel.
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Taste of Downtown 090118
Lydia Hailer and David Vernon will sample chicken crostini at Dianne’s. Bohdi Werber is serving.
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Taste of Downtown 090118
At the Silver City Food Co-op. Judith Kenney, Bea McKinney and Tasha Marshe.
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Taste of Downtown 090118
Barb Fila waits while Chelsea Smith serves her a Peanut Thai Wing at the Fry House.
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The first day of September dawned chilly and wet, but by the time The Taste of Downtown event started, the skies had cleared. It was a beautiful day to wander in downtown Silver City, sampling the wares of 17 local restaurants. The offerings ranged from sweet to savory, with many imaginative variations of old recipes.
All 200 tickets had been snapped up before noon, and some eager samplers had to be turned away. The event raised funds for the Silver City MainStreet Project and also highlighted local restaurants.
Love Local, a concurrent event, had downtown businesses offering deals to shoppers and also supplied free tote bags to customers. In addition, the Southwest Women’s Fiber Arts Collective held a pop-up sale featuring offerings from local fiber artists.