Las Olas Wine and Food Festival! April 21, 2017
Imagine strolling up & down 5 city blocks, and tasting your way through more than 60 restaurants — plus getting to sip and savor hundreds of wine, beer, spirits, and craft cocktails! Congratulations – you’ve made it to the Las Olas Wine and Food Festival! Now celebrating its 22nd year, the American Lung Association’s Las Olas Wine and Food Festival is the nation’s biggest, best, and most celebrated all-inclusive culinary street festivals – and it happens right here in downtown Ft. Lauderdale, on Friday, April 21. That’s when Las Olas Boulevard closes to vehicular traffic, while over 2,000 party-going foodies (like you?) hit the street, and taste their way through unlimited samplings of incredible food, wine, beer, and spirits in a festive party atmosphere. And the best part – it all goes to benefit a worthy cause – the American Lung Association and its valiant efforts to combat lung disease.
Don’t miss this amazing chance to sample more than 60 of Broward County’s best eateries, including: 15th Street Fisheries, 180 Degrees, Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, American Social, BAO Bar & Asian Kitchen, Beehive Kitchen, Big City Tavern, BLT Prime, Bo’s Beach House, BSquared Burgers, Burlock Coast, Chima Brazilian Steakhouse, Council Oak Steaks & Seafood, Crave Rum Cakes, Cupcake Galleria, Delgrosso’s, Gelato Petrini, Gran Forno Pronto, Graspa Group, Grille 401, I Love Mac & Cheese, Indigo, JWB Prime Steak & Seafood, Krispy Kreme, Lobster Bar Sea Grille, Louie Bossi, Mama Mia Italian Ristorante, Menpaw Hot Sauce, MM Catering, Morelia Gourmet Paletas, Naked Crab, Naked Taco, Novecento, Oceans 234, Papa’s Raw Bar, Pelican Beach Hotel, Red The Steakhouse, Rhythm & Vine, Roho Kitchen, Rubio’s Coastal Grill, Seafood World, Sette Bello, Spa Juice Bar, Spatch, Spring Chicken, Spris Artisan Pizza, Stache, SuViche, Temple Street Eatery, Texas de Brazil, The Capital Grille, The Chimney House, Timpano, Truluck’s, Wild Sea Oyster Bar, YOLO, and more!
Plus, of course, you can accompany all this fine fare with endless pours of over 200 wines from 45+ wineries, along with plenty of fine spirits (including New Amsterdam Vodka and Woodford Reserve Bourbon), specially- created cocktails, and dozens of craft beers, including many of Florida’s finest home-brewed.
“But wait – there’s MORE!” In addition to all the food and drink, the Festival also includes Live Entertainment along the Main Stage (at SW 8th Ave.); Access to VIP Lounges for ALL ticketholders; Culinary and Mixology demonstrations; The New Amsterdam Vodka “Rhythm & Vine” VIP Lounge; the venerable Woodford Reserve Speakeasy Lounge; an exclusive preview of Celebrity Cruise’s $1 Billion ultra-cruise ship, The Edge; the popular Craft Beer Showcase; a special Crown Wine & Spirits Pop-up Store; the inimitable DJ Irie keepin’ it jammin’ all night; interactive sponsor displays; and the exquisite Council Oak Steaks & Seafood at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino cove, showcasing its 100% U.S.D.A. prime dry-aged stockyard beef, fresh locally-sourced seafood, and award-winning wine list. AND, don’t miss the 2nd Annual “Best of The Best” Chef Competition, where the 2016 champs will join an expert panel of judges to decide this year’s coveted “Best of the Best” award. And above all else, plenty of socializing, networking and general frivolity amongst a few thousand like-mined party-going foodies as you stroll, sip, and sample your way up and down Las Olas.
The Las Olas Wine and Food Festival is one party you don’t want to miss!
The 22nd Annual American Lung Association’s Las Olas Wine and Food Festival takes place Friday, April 21, 2017 from 7:30 – 10:30 pm, along Las Olas Boulevard (from SE 6th Avenue to SE 10th Ave.) in downtown Ft. Lauderdale. Early release tickets are already sold out, so be sure to get your tickets while supplies last!
Tickets are all-inclusive at $125. Once inside, everything is included – including access to the VIP Lounges for ALL ticketholders! To purchase tickets, or for more information visit www.lasolaswff.com, or call (954) 727-0907.
All proceeds benefit the South Florida American Lung Association @lungsofla, and its mission to fight lung disease, the third leading cause of death in the U.S.
For more information about the American Lung Association, visit www.lung.org
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