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Tuesday, April 28
The American Cancer Society Presents
Taste of Hope 2009
A culinary, wine and spirits tasting event
featuring over 40 of New York's hottest and most popular restaurants and vendors,
all set within a fun cocktail party atmosphere

* NYC's hottest restaurant & chefs will offer tastings of their most inventive and delicious dishes.
* Demonstrations by NYC’s top chef’s
* Unlimited Open Bar throughout the whole event
* Specialty Wine & liquor tasting
* A chance to win exciting raffle and silent auction prizes.
* Exclusive VIP lounge & gift bag for VIP ticket holders only.
* Featuring DJ Scott Sheehy & Live Music by The Island Boys Steel Pan Calypso Band
* Amazing gift bag for all attendees, valued at over $100

Event Tickets: $150 in advance, $175 at the door
(restaurant tasting, open bar and gift bag)
VIP Tickets: $250, advance sales only
(admission one hour early, chef demonstration with wine pairings, special restaurant tasting,
open bar, VIP gift bag, exclusive cognac tasting, VIP lounge area. )

Featuring cuisine from:
Atria * B. Smith's Restaurant * Bamboo 52 Sushi Bar & Lounge * Beacon Restaurant * Blue Ribbon Restaurants * *Brasserie Les Halles * Buddakan * Butter * Chipotle Mexican Grill * Ciao Bella Gelato * Ditch Plains * Garrett Popcorn Shops * Geisha * HARU * Marcelli Formaggi * Nappants Catering * Oceana * One If By Land, Two If By Sea * Pera Mediterranean Brasserie * Philip Marie * Pranna Restaurant * Ricard Chocolat *Riingo * Roth's Steakhouse * Rouge Tomate * Serendipity 3 * Strip House * Supermac “ Creative Mac & Cheese” * The Good Knife * The Joy of Cheese * The Oak Room at The Plaza* This Is Delish * Tony’s Di Napoli * Tribeca Grill * Uncle Nick's Greek Cuisine * Victor’s Café * Wine Cellar Sorbet

Featuring Beverages from:
Anheuser Busch – Stella Artois, Hoegaarden and Leffe * Bedell Cellars * Brimoncourt Champagne * Clovis Point Winery * Harbes Family FARM & Vineyard * JTE Spirits * Lieb Cellars * Lucid Absinthe * Martha Clara Vineyards * Michael Collins Irish Whiskey * One Natural Experience * Osprey's Dominion Vineyrad * Palmer Vineyards * Pellegrini Vineyards * Tommy Bahama Rum * Vineyard 48 * Voyant Chai * Waters Crest Winery * Wolffer Estate Vineyard * Zipang Sake *

Taste of Hope will assist the American Cancer Society
in raising funds to reach our 2015 goal of saving 5 million lives
by reducing cancer mortality by 50% and cancer incidence by 25%

6:30pm - VIP admission
7:30pm - General Admission
at:
The Metropolitan Pavilion
125 W. 18th St. (between 6th & 7th Ave.)
New York, NY
http://community.acsevents.org/tasteofhopeny
$50 of each ticket is not tax deducible.
Tickets on-sale on-line until 3pm today, then its at the door only.

for more info. contact Caitlin Boyle
212-237-3886
caitlin.boyle@cancer.org