Sarasota Opera supporters dine out at Taste of Downtown
The 2019 food and wine festival was held Sept. 21 at the Sarasota Opera House
By
Harry Sayer
| 3:00 p.m. September 21, 2019
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The Sarasota Opera greeted returning patrons with its annual Taste of Downtown food and wine festival Sept. 21 at the Sarasota Opera House.
More than 300 guests took to the Opera House's main stage to enjoy food and drinks from 25 different local vendors including Michael's On East, Tsunami Sushi & Hibachi, Five-O Donut Co., and more.
Proceeds from the day went to the Sarasota Youth Opera, which later performed for the assembled crowd. Sarasota Opera's Taste of Downtown events have drawn in around $75,000 to date.
Helene Provencher and Sylvie Laplante
Gena Smoot, Vikki Kopriva, Dorrie Lussier and Jennifer Tarasi
There were a number of wines for guests to choose from.
Executive Director Richard Russell with Marianne and Lou Cohen
Guests picked up Blistered Brussel Sprouts
Guests mingled on the Sarasota Opera main stage
Patricia Lettis and Esther Sitver
Shari and Amiel Amato
Adriana Mendez and Rocio Rada
Alix Redmonde and Mark Black
Hank Mlynarski and Janet Casserly
Adam and Jaime Still
Travis Rogers passed out raffle tickets
Kerry and Kevin Golumbeck
Kim Kahn and Nancy Wieland
Jay Gordon
Cindy Black, Sharon Merrgian, Danita Ray and Jan Oppenheimer
Angelica Salustri, David Gregg and Jiulia Salustri
Vanessa Philipp and Peter Dunn
Deserts were also offered up to hungry guests.
Janice and Tom Burne with Barb Archbold
Ian, William, Lily and Amber Surrena
The Sarasota Youth Opera performed later in the festival.
Jeffrey Karasawa, Edwin Velasco, Aaron Eckert and Sam Ray from Tsunami Sushi & Hibachi
Natalie Supe and Katelyn Pforzheimer
Clara Ramos and Summer Hayes
Jill Caruso, Kim Kahn and Mary Harper
Donna Twisdale and Dana Cunningham
Diana Mendez, Joanna Lopez, Massimo Gianni and Edgar Mier
