Get your forks ready for a chance to sample a host of local
cuisine at the Taste of Douglas County, the area’s largest and
longest running food festival.
The Taste celebrates its eighth year at the Douglas County
Events Center with more than 50 restaurants from Douglas County and
along the Front Range attending.
Event organizer Mike Boyle, host of the Mike Boyle Restaurant
Show, promises this year’s event will deliver a choice of tastes
for every palate, at a value he says is unmatched in Colorado.
“In my over 19 years of doing restaurant shows and radio and TV,
I’ve attended many food fests in the state, and in my opinion this
is far and away the best food venue for the value,” Boyle said.
“Residents all up and down the Front Range can sample restaurants
they’ve heard all about — for not a tremendous amount of
money.”
Boyle hosts the Taste of Colorado with the help of local
restaurateur John De Lay, owner of Pegasus Restaurant. Pegasus is
among the locations where advance discount tickets are available to
purchase for $10.
Visitors will have the choice among a host of restaurants from
throughout Douglas County, including John Holly’s Asian Bistro,
Brio Tuscan Grill, Outback Steakhouse and LoDo’s Bar and Grill.
Adults will have a choice of liquor samplings while kids and the
young at heart can enjoy a selection of pizza, pastry, ice cream
and dessert.
The Taste extends beyond the boundaries of Douglas County this
year to welcome the Craftwood Inn of Manitou Springs, voted one of
the top 10 restaurants by the largest reservation system in
Colorado, Boyle said. The Craftwood Inn is among those restaurants
noted for its Colorado cuisine such as wild game, duck and wild
boar. Boyle compares the restaurant to the state’s more popular
destination establishments.
“When you have the opportunity to get one of the top 10
restaurants in the state, I think we should get them,” Boyle said.
“I think they will be doing something exciting.”
The Taste of Colorado begins at 5 p.m., Aug. 19 at the Douglas
County Events Center. Advance tickets are available for $10 at
select locations and online through noon the day of the event.
Tickets purchased at the door are $20. The events center box office
will open at 4 p.m. Latecomers can purchase discount $10 tickets
the day of the event at Pegasus Restaurant in Castle Rock. Tickets
for children 6-12 years old are $10 at the door, or $5 in advance.
Children five years old and younger are free.
For a list of participating restaurants, to find ticket
locations or to purchase tickets online, visit the website at
www.tasteofdouglascounty.com.
For more information contact Boyle at 303-93-0017 or De Lay at
720-217-5706.
