Graze on Grace is November 9th from 12-5. Please see the attached vendor/farmer application and return if you are interested ASAP. Space is VERY limited...First come, first served!

September 16, 2014

Contact: Tracey Leverty, 804-305-0601

tracey@echelon-events.com

Celebrate Good, Clean, Fair Food at Graze on Grace!

Join us for the first annual GRAZE on Grace (www.grazerva.com) food festival, which aims to promote the amazing locally-owned restaurants and food producers that make Richmond, Virginia a great place to live and visit, while highlighting an exciting and growing part of downtown. The inaugural GRAZE on Grace event promises to entertain and satiate an expected crowd of 5,000 with over twenty-five restaurants and at least that many specialty food providers. Hosted by Downtown Neighborhood Association, GRAZE on Grace benefits FeedMore and Slow Food, and is the second happening of a roving food series where close-to-home food advocates are the focal point.

A Fine Fall Feast

The event takes place on Sunday, November 9 from 12-5pm and occupies four blocks on Grace from 4th to 7th Streets. Admission to this fall harvest is free and for just $3 per sample, the public can taste signature dishes from over 25 of Richmond's finest sustainable restaurants. The event will also offer fresh Virginia produce, meats, cheeses, herbs, artisan breads and confections straight from local organic farms and specialty food providers. Wines will be poured by Tap 26, and all local brews provided by Taste the Local program from

Brown Distributing. A music stage will round out the day and entertain in between

small plates.

A preliminary list of restaurants includes Pizza Tonight, The Savory Grain, Mezzanine, Slideways Mobile Bistro, Boka Taco, Pasture, Comfort, Rappahannock Restaurant, Amour Wine Bistro, Mosaic, Lehja and Pig and Pearl. Many more to be added in the coming weeks so please check the web site for an up-to-date list of participants, along with what they'll be serving.

As a part of Slow Food's efforts to provide educational, thought-provoking and award winning screening's focused on food, we are proud to partner with AppleCart to bring you Dog Days.

Dog Days tells the story of an entrepreneur who takes a leap of faith to build partnerships with local mobile food vendors in D.C. to enable them to offer healthier and more diverse options to their customers. The film promotes urban farming and raises awareness around regulation issues preventing the growth of mobile food in D.C. and nationwide. More at

dogdaysthemovie.com.

"The documentary "Dog Days" sheds a soft light on the oft-ignored players in the District's long, long battle to bring better food to the streets." - The Washington Post

Thanks to the Moving Picture Institute (MPI), Dog Days the film is currently being screened on college campuses and at festivals around the country.

Special thanks to Brown Distributing and Downtown Neighborhood Association for their support.

BRING NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS FOR FEEDMORE'S FOOD DRIVE - PLEASE HELP OUR COMMUNITY AT THIS SPECIAL TIME OF YEAR!