Taste of
Evanston 2024
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The Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club will host the 10th annual Taste of Evanston on September 15, 2024 from 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. at the Charles Gates Dawes House, 225 Greenwood Street, Evanston, IL.
Taste of Evanston has been hosted by the Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club for the past eight years. The event offers delicious appetizers, entrees, and desserts from Evanston's most popular restaurants, local breweries and wine shops while raising funds to support two respected organizations: Connections for the Homeless and Reba Place Development Corporation. Funds also support ongoing philanthropic projects of the Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club.
Of the total purchase price per admission ticket, we estimate a value of 50% being applied towards goods and services, so 50% per ticket is tax-deductible. The Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization. Raffle tickets do not apply.
Not able to attend the Taste of Evanston this year? You can still contribute to our cause by making a donation.
2024 Principal Beneficiaries
Event proceeds will benefit two local nonprofits whose mission aligns with affordable housing. Funds raised will help Connections for the Homeless, a non profit organization that helps individuals and families that are homeless or threatened with homelessness to achieve stable housing AND Reba Place Development Corporation - developing safe, decent, and affordable housing that demonstrates how the diverse racial and cultural groups in Evanston can thrive together. Reba Place also sponsors and supports a range of affordable housing options-including modestly priced rental units, housing coops, and affordable condominiums.
2023 Restaurants, Wine Shops and Breweries
2023 SPONSORS
Bon Vivant
Epicure
Linda Gerber
Gourmet
Bruce Baumberger
Foodie
Claudia Cook
Bill Glader
Don Gwinn
Reba Place Fellowship
Ann & John Searles
Steve and Robin Solomon
Sampler
Joan Borg
Paul Brown
Steve Carlson
Stuart Cleland
Kate Collinson
Ross Goldstein
Hillary Hufford-Tucker
Jason Kaiser
Chris & Joy Joyce
Jackie Mack
Jean Saunders
Jeff Snyder
Kathy Tate-Bradish
Ann Weatherhead
Park West Furniture
Taster
Townes Bierman Casas
Sara Furlan
Charlotta Koppanyi
Yves Lassere
Lesley Peters
Susan Prout
Vai Ravikumar
Charles Gates Dawes House
The 1895 Dawes House rests on a two-acre lakefront site. Designed in the French chateaux style, the three-and-a- half story mansion has twenty-five rooms, six bedrooms, six bathrooms and twelve fireplaces. Once home to the 30th Vice President of the United States, the Dawes House is a national Historic Landmark and home to the Evanston History Center. Tours of the house will be available during the event. Click the following for directions here.
Recipes from Participating Restaurants
SOUL & SMOKE
Cupitol
HABIBI IN
SWEET TEMPTATIONS
alcove evanston
Noir d'Ebene
mt. everest restaurant
NaKorn
GOOD TO GO jamaican
peckish pig
Koi
KOI