Peabody Rotary's Taste Of The North Shore Food Lineup Takes Shape

PEABODY, MA — Nearly two dozen restaurants, breweries and specialty shops are set to be part of The Rotary of Peabody's Taste of the North Shore set for Danversport.

The annual fundraising event will be from 6 to 8 p.m. at the 161 Elliot Street location. Tickets are $100 and include two admissions and a chance to win the $10,000 raffle.

Tickets can be purchased here.

Food items include those from several different nationalities and regions, including Italian, Greek, Mediterranean and Mexican.

Restaurants, breweries and shops scheduled to attend as of this week are: Amigo's Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar, Bagel World, Brother's Restaurant & Deli, Capones, Chick-fil-A, Coastal Mass. Brewing, Crack'd Kitchen & Coffee, Danvers Pizza & Subs, Golf Lounge 18, Granite Coast Brewing, Grove at Briar Barn Inn, Harbor Sweets, In the Game, Ithaki, Kouzina, Mexicali Bar & Grille, PVMHS Cunilar Arts, Perfecto's Caffe, Rumson's, Tesoro Cucina, Toscana Ristorante, Treadwell's Ice Cream and the Wardhurst.

Organizers said more food vendors are being added daily.

"We look forward to hosting a fabulous event this year, and are excited to return to Danversport," Club President Rob Lowell said. "Rotary's signature event allows us to help students and many others in our community."

The Taste of the North Shore is Peabody Rotary's biggest fundraiser of the year and raises money to fund projects throughout our community including: student scholarships, meals for those with food insecurity, the revitalization of Peabody playgrounds, and partnerships with dozens of local organizations to make our community stronger.

Three hundred raffled tickets will be sold for the $10,000 grand prize, along with a limited number of $20 mystery bags with a range of prize values inside(a minimum of $25 in each bag, some as much as double that amount). There will also be the popular stock-your-cellar wine and beer raffles with dozens of bottles and silent auction items available.

Those interested in being a food vendor, sponsor or attendee, or would like to donate items for our auctions, can go to the Taste website here.

Event sponsors include: Platinum Plate: Atlantic Semi; GraVoc; Maclean, Holloway, Doherty & Sheehan; North Shore Bank; Ruggiero Family Memorial Home; The Savings Bank; Gold Plate: Holden Family; The Y; Classic Faces Day Spa; Rockland Trust Bank; Holden Oil; Silver Plate: Yellow Jackets; Citizens Inn; Altova; Rousselot; Institution for Savings; Dan Johnson & Faye Kolhonen; Cora Operations, Inc.; Krohne; Peggy & Jody Pedro; Bronze Plate: Gordon-Reed Family; Sarah J Consulting; Epstein & Drooks, LLC; J C Hicks Property Services.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)