By Anna Skinner
Savor Westfield held its inaugural event last year, bringing a combined 19 restaurants, breweries and wineries into the Bridgewater Club for 520 visitors to sample. Funds raised went to the construction of a new playground at Oak Trace Elementary School, which hasn’t been updated since the school was built.
This year, the vendors will be reduced to 17 but will feature more Westfield businesses than other Hamilton County businesses. Ticket sales were increased to a maximum of 700. Approximately half have been sold so far.
“This year with so many new Westfield restaurants, we really wanted to concentrate on Westfield, so we took out a few Carmel restaurants and added more Westfield,” Co-chair Adrianne Epstein said.
Tickets are $30 pre-event or $35 at the door. The event runs from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Bridgewater Club, 3535 E. 161st St.
Profits will go toward new computers and software for OTES, as the old equipment has begun to shut down and cause disruptions during student use.
The 78’s will perform live music, and a gift card draw will return. Visitors can purchase a random gift card from one of the featured businesses for $10 to support the Westfield Youth Assistance Program. All gift cards will have a $10 to $25 value. Last year, the gift cards sold out within an hour. Overflow parking is available at Radiant Life Christian Church. Shuttles will be available.
“It gets people who have never been in a restaurant to try it,” Epstein said. “The whole point of this event is raising money for our school, but we are really excited for what’s happening in Westfield, and we want our community to realize they don’t have to travel outside of Westfield to go to a great restaurant.”
Co-chair Michele Lyons said another new addition is the availibiility of online purchasing at savorwestfield.com.
