Tasting Collective Blog

Where we memorialize some of our past
tasting events with photos and recaps!

California Dreaming Tasting Event

1228 Main in Las Vegas

This Wolfgang Puck offshoot in Sin City's Arts District caught our eye pretty immediately after opening, what with its spots on Eater’s “Hottest in Vegas” List and Thrillist’s “All-Time Greatest in Vegas” lists. That being said, nothing we read from the food experts could have prepared us for how...

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Avant-Appalachian Tasting Event

Haymaker in Charlotte

After our incredible events at The Asbury and The Goodyear House, it was a given that we'd be following Chef Chris Coleman to his new home at Haymaker. But, while our expectations were sky-high, we still can't believe the night we had at this Charlotte Magazine and Southern Living culinary darlin...

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Glory of the Gulf Coast Tasting Event

Café Camellia in New York

After a year of culinary all-stars, we knew our last event of 2023 had to be one for the TC record books. But even we could never have predicted that, shortly after confirming the scorching hot Café Camellia as our December NYC event, this gem would be named one of NY Times' "50 Best Restaurants ...

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Avant-American Tasting Series

Alice in Philadelphia

Philly's one of our oldest TC Chapters, so we've had the honor of being present for plenty of astonishing culinary debuts in our time. If Day 1 of our series at Alice is anything to judge by, we've just had that honor again! Chef/Owner Dave Conn has spent the last decade opening restaurants for J...

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Avant-American Tasting Event

Rye in Dallas

We've launched in a lot of cities in our TC history, rubbing elbows (and clinking glasses!) with some pretty towering culinary giants. But with Rye named to Thrillist’s “Absolute Best Spots" List, Dallas Magazine’s “Top 50 Best Restaurants” ('23), and Eater’s “38 Essentials” List ('23), we knew w...

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