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Local restaurants showcase Uptown pride with inaugural Taste of Uptown

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Caitlin Hoop
9/25/14 03:19pm
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From September 24-October 5 people can taste their way through Uptown with various dishes from participating local restaurants.
Harmony Brewing Co.'s Uptown Girl: elderflower liqueur, tequila, fresh lime & lemon juice, finished with orange bitters.

Harmony Brewing Co.'s Uptown Girl: elderflower liqueur, tequila, fresh lime & lemon juice, finished with orange bitters. /Caitlin Hoop

TASTE OF UPTOWN

List of offerings from participating restaurants:

Bombay Cuisine - Uptown Tikka ($15.95)

Brandywine Restaurant - Uptown Savory Steak Crepes ($10.99): Marinated skirt steak w/ pickled onions & peppers, salsa verde, wrapped in masa crepes, served with spicy black beans & Spanish rice.

Brewery Vivant - S'more Tart ($5): Graham cracker cookie w/ smoked chocolate & toasted marshmallow ice cream. All house-made.

Elk Brewing - Uptown Ale ($4.50): Simcoe Pale

Erb Thai - Sweet Potato Curry Chicken ($8): Stir fried sweet potatoes, carrots, snow peas, onions, & cashews in a red-coconut curry topped w/ cilantro & served w/ rice.

Furniture City Creamery - Your Grandma's Davenport ($5): Limited Edition Davenport, prepared w/ fall flavors - pumpkin pie ice cream nestled in a graham cracker davenport.

Global Infusion - Uptown Infusion ($3.85): A tea latte using Creamy Earl Grey loose leaf tea with choice of milk.

Grove - Uptown Mule ($10): 360 Vodka, ginger beer, house-made ginger syrup & fresh lime, served over ice.

Harmony Brewing Company - Uptown Girl ($9): Elderflower liqueur, tequila, fresh lime & lemon juice, finished w/ orange bitters.

The Uptown Get Down! ($14.99): Roasted local eggplant with red sauce, ricotta, fresh local mint & parmesan.

Kangaroo Kitchen & Catering

Raad's Mediterranean Grill - East Hills - Any entree wrap (10% off). Also, free upgrade with a purchase of any of our famous Raad's pomegranate salad.

Spirit Dreams - Uptown Enlighten Me Tea ($3): Ingredients: orange peel, rose hips, hibiscus, lemongrass, bilberry leaves, licorice root, jasmine flowers and chamomile.

Terra GR Restaurant - Pan Seared Halibut ($20): Halibut over local vegetable ratatouille, white beans & sarvecchio. Riesling Wine Flight (4 rieslings for $18)

Michigan Craft Beer Flight (4 beers $12)

The Green Well Gastro Pub - The Rusty Shagg ($5): An exclusive Green Well only beer from Elk Brewery, The Rusty Shagg- A Hopped Amber

Sparkling Green Sangria ($7): Michigan Sparkling Wine from L. Mawby, West Michigan Farm honeydew melon, lime, cucumber, fresh local mint &Brenners Bees honey.

Brown Butter Pecan Pie ($5): Brown Butter Pecan Pie

West MI Farm butter squash creme, Palazollos vanilla gelato. 100% West MI ingredients.

Trattoria di' Stagione - Chicken Saltimbocca ($17): Prosciutto & sage wrapped chicken, served with fingerling potatoes, broccolini & finished with fontina cream.

 
Harmony's special pizza:The Uptown Get Down!: Roasted local eggplant with red sauce, ricotta, finished with fresh local mint

Harmony's special pizza:The Uptown Get Down!: Roasted local eggplant with red sauce, ricotta, finished with fresh local mint /Caitlin Hoop

In an effort to draw attention to Uptown, local restaurants have joined forces. In its inaugural year, Taste of Uptown consists of special dishes and drinks at each participating restaurant which people can taste for the next 10 days. An array of restaurants are participating, and guests can expect to find new beverages, entrees and desserts to try all over Uptown.The complete list of participating restaurants and menus can be found here.

Prices of special dishes and drinks range from $3-$20, based on restaurant and menu item.

The community in Uptown wants to showcase the food these restaurants create, but they also want to share the spotlight of ArtPrize. This multi-day event was purposefully collaborated around ArtPrize, in hopes that people would venture up town to find a quieter place to eat or sample a new beer.

The participating restaurants were all eager to be a part of the Taste of Uptown.

"We see the potential for community and want to be a part of it," shares Eric Karns. "If there is something I can be a part of in my community I want to be a part of it and support Uptown. No question."

 

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