On Wednesday June 14, we presented another exciting tour in our Tasting Plates series as we explored the Riley Park neighborhood on Main Street.
Attendees enjoyed tasting a selection of honey, along with cheese, crackers and cupcakes all made with their honey to kickoff the event at The Main Street Honey Shoppe. then enjoyed various food and drink stops throughout the area.
Main Street Honey Shoppe
Our Tasting Plate:
- Sample Local and Exotic Honeys
- Honey Baked Apple Chips
- Sweet & Savoury Cream Cheese Appetizer
- Honey Chocolate Raspberry Cupcake
Rocky Mountain Flatbread
Our Tasting Plate:
- Fig & Goat Cheese Salad with your Choice of two slices of flatbread pizza:
Fig & Brie Artisan Pizza
Hot Honey Artisan Pizza
Farmers Market Traditional Pizza (vegetarian)
Our Tasting Cup:
- Shot of Hand Crafted Cocktail:
Earl Grey Gin OR Tripple Berry Mojito OR House Made Lemonade
Bob Likes Thai Food
Our Tasting Plate:
- Mieng-Pla Tu
Marinated tuna fish with fresh Lime, coriander root, chili, fish sauce, kafir lime leaf wrapped with Cha-Pu leaf
- Kanom Jeen Gang-Gai (Thai Chicken Curry ‘Ramen’)
Rice noodle with chicken red curry with basil and greens
Juicery and Co.
Our Tasting Bowls:
Our Tasting Cups:
- Selection of Juices, Nut “mylks” and mini Acai bowls and Vegan Caesar Salad
Caffe Artigiano
Our Tasting Plate:
The Sofia, a crispy savoury pastry filled with asparagus and melted brie
And a mini summer berry salad, skewered
Our Tasting Cups:
Shakerato, , espresso with a touch of condensed milk, shaken over ice until frothy
Iced Brewed Coffee
Iced Latte, tall espresso & milk over ice
Spanish Iced Latte, tall espresso & condensed milk over ice
Iced Tea, brewed strawberry oolong, blueberry tisane * English breakfast brewed, chilled over ice
House Made Italian Soda, choice of Frutti do Bosco Berry or Peach
The August Market
- Blue Heron Cheese:
Our Tasting Plate:
Forest cheese (smoke and truffle) on either our Sunchoke or tomato ‘paper’, with Sunchoke kimchi (from Biota).
- Biota:
Our Tasting Spoon:
Biota Pickled Beet Salad with Blue Heron Blue Cheese and Fresh Basil
- Alami Tempeh:
Our Tasting Plate:
Tempeh, apple, veggies in tahini sauce served on a chip or bread.
- Standard Kombucha:
Our Tasting Cup:
Blackberry & Charcoal, Lemon Ginger, Blueberry Green Tea, Natural
The restaurants, cafes and food producers featured many unique and tasty dishes to our guests to eat and drink throughout the event. Join us for our next tour, Tasting Plates Stadium District on June 14.
By: Richard Wolak
