Celebrate Culinary Delights at 18th Taste Around Avalon 2024
Plus Avalon’s Premier Food Festival Returns with New Flavors
AVALON, CALIF. (May 7, 2024) – Catalina Island is thrilled to announce the return of Taste Around Avalon on Friday, May 30, kicking off Av alon’s Restaurant Week 2024. This beloved annual event, now in its 18th year, invites food lovers to explore the best culinary offerings of Avalon, set against the backdrop of picturesque Catalina Island.
This year’s Taste Around Avalon features an exciting lineup of local eateries competing for the titles of Best Taste in each of four categories: Appetizers/Main Dishes, Sweets & Treats, Cocktails and Non-Alcoholic Beverages, with $100 prize for each of the first prize winners. Attendees can sample a variety of dishes and drinks, casting their votes for their favorites.
“Each year, Taste Around Avalon brings to light the extraordinary skills and inventive spirit of our local culinary artists,” said Jim Lüttjohann, CEO of Love Catalina. “It’s a vibrant and fun atmosphere where the community and visitors alike can indulge in the flavors that make Catalina Island a truly special place to visit. We warmly invite everyone to join us and savor the foods and drinks that define our island.”
Following Taste Around Avalon is Avalon Restaurant Week, Friday, May 31 through Thursday, June 6. Now in its 11th year restaurants from across the city will offer a variety of special and discounted meals to residents and visitors alike.
For more information on the Taste Around of Avalon or Avalon Restaurant Week, please visit the Love Catalina site or get in touch to learn more.
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About Love Catalina Island Tourism Authority:
With 230 members, the non-profit organization Love Catalina Island Tourism Authority is the champion of the island’s business community. The organization fosters a successful economy through the promotion of the island as an attractive destination for travel with a focus on sustainability. For more information, please visit www.LoveCatalina.com and join the conversation on Facebook (www.facebook.com/lovecatalinaisland), Instagram (@lovecatalinaisland), and Twitter (@lovecatalina_).
About Catalina Island:
A picture-perfect island paradise just 22 miles off the coast of Southern California, Catalina is a beautiful, dynamic, eclectic destination with a rich history, wide open spaces, and fresh ocean breezes. Catalina offers 25 lodging properties and 300 vacation rentals, including bed and breakfast inns, seaside condominiums, charming bungalows and hotels. The Island boasts 33 palate-pleasing restaurants, lively seaside bars, and an abundance of on- and off-water activities and amenities. Also, home to eight marine sanctuaries and the Catalina Island Conservancy (with 48,000 acres of pristine protected wilderness), these island treasures offer endless year-round outdoor recreation possibilities. Catalina Island is the perfect getaway all visitors will love. For more information, please visit www.LoveCatalina.com.
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