It’s Time for the Taste of Tyler

TYLER – The 33 Annual Taste of Tyler comes to Harvey Hall Tuesday night. From 6:30 to 8:30, you will be able to sample the food and beverages from nearly three dozen Tyler restaurants. Along with the food and drink there will also be entertainment. There will also be a cook-off featuring high school teams. This city-wide event raises money to support ProStart, a High School Culinary Education Program across North East Texas. A member of the East Texas Restaurant Association, Roger Lumley with Papacita’s, says there are 17 schools and they help those schools with a $1,000 donation each year.

This education program provides students with the opportunity to learn the art of cooking and managing restaurants through a classroom environment. The program also creates pathways to earning college credits while still attending high school. Lumley says “these students are the future of our restaurants.”

Advance tickets to the Taste of Tyler are available at Papacita’s Restaurant and all Tyler Dairy Queen Locations. Advance tickets are $25. If tickets remain, they will be available at the door for $30.

Participating Restaurants
Aspen Creek Grill
Bruno’s Pizza
The Catch
Catering Tyler
Clear Springs Restaurant
Cork
Corner Bakery Cafe
Cotton Patch Cafe
The Country Meat Market
Dakota’s Steakhouse
East Texas Medical Center
The Grove Kitchen & Gardens
Gusano’s Chicago-Style Pizzeria
Jack Ryan’s Steak & Chophouse
Jason’s Deli
Kool Kakes by Dylan
Mercado’s Café/Pasado’s
Newk’s Eatery
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom
Oliveto Italian Bistro
Outback Steakhouse
Papacita’s of Tyler
Piada Italian Street Food
Potpourri House
Rudy’s BBQ
Slim Chickens
Specialty Kitchen & Bakery
Texas Roadhouse
Traditions Restaurant and Catering
Villa Montez
Villaggio del Vino
Yamato Hibachi Steakhouse