Alexander’s Highland Market’s pop-up market. File photo
Capital Chefs’ Showcase next Thursday
Baton Rouge Cancer Services will host the Capital Chef’s Showcase Thursday, Sept. 10, at 6:30 p.m.
Food at the event will be catered by more than 30 Baton Rouge restaurants, including Bin 77 Bistro, Chef Don Bergeron Enterprises, Drusilla Seafood Restaurant, Galatoire’s Bistro, Mansurs on the Boulevard, Stroubes Seafood and Steak and the Velvet Cactus.
The event features an open bar, live music, and silent and live auctions with prizes such as a trip to the French Quarter or a weeklong vacation to Colorado.
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Guests can also enter a raffle for a $4,000 shopping spree at Lee Michael’s Fine Jewelry. Tickets for the raffle are $50 and the drawing will take place at the Chef’s Showcase.
LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri and his wife, Karen, are hosting the event as honorary chairs. All proceeds benefit Cancer Services and cancer research.
Tickets to the event are $100 and can be purchased here.
Alexander’s hosting ‘Tastes of the Tailgate’ market this weekend
Alexander’s Highland Market will host a Labor Day Sunday pop-up market featuring tailgate-savvy foods and recipes.
More than two dozen local farmers and vendors will showcase produce and other local products to make perfect tailgating dishes.
Dietitians from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center will be at the market to give nutrition facts and sample healthy tailgating recipes.
Farmers and vendors for the event include Old Soul Pickles, Tres Bien Que, Mom’s Garden, The Big Squeezy, Truly Scrumptious and more.
The market is Sunday, Sept. 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Carrolls’ restaurant one of three Louisiana restaurants named top 100 in the U.S.
The accolades keep piling up for Cody and Samantha Carroll’s Sac-a-lait in New Orleans. The restaurant has now been included on OpenTable’s 2015 list of the 100 Best Restaurants for Foodies in America.
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Sac-a-Lait stood out among the more than 20,000 restaurants OpenTable analyzed to compile its list. The website sifted through more than 5 million reviews written by verified diners to determine the top 100. Sac-a-Lait currently has 90 reviews and about a 4.5-star rating on OpenTable.
There were three Louisiana restaurants on the list, including Shaya and Square Root, both on Magazine Street in New Orleans. New York has the most restaurants on the list (with 12 top restaurants) followed by California (with 11) and Texas (with nine).
It’s not the first time the Carrolls have been recognized on a national level. Earlier this year, the pair announced they have been invited to cook at the James Beard House Oct. 1. The Carrolls also own Hot Tails in New Roads and continue to support the local culinary scene, competing last weekend in Fête Rouge at L’Auberge Casino & Hotel.