You Are Invited to The 1st Annual A Taste of Oakland: Uptown Block Party - TODAY

East Bay Loop, Vail Event Services & A Taste of Oakland proudly present ...   A Taste of Oakland:   UPTOWN BLOCK PARTY   Saturday, October 19th 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Oakland, CA   $20/person 20+ Uptown Venues will provide "a taste" of a specialty dish or cocktail included in the ticket price Partial proceeds will benefit Youth Radio and the Visual Arts Department at Oakland School for the Arts.    For tickets and event details, visit atasteofoakland.com or eastbayloop.com.  Tickets are available online at Eventbrite and also at Airborne Tickets      A Taste of Oakland: Uptown Block Party is a collaboration between East Bay Loop and Vail Event Services (the organizers of the Oakland Block Party, a bar crawl held in Uptown for the last three years) and A Taste of Oakland, an event series that showcases and highlights the offerings of restaurants, retailers and galleries located in Oakland's neighborhood commercial districts.    For photos of the Oakland Block Party 2012,click here.   A TASTE OF ...   Restaurants: an amuse bouche (a taste or sample) of cuisine and discounted signature cocktails ($5).   Bars: Samples of signature cocktails. Tips of course are much appreciated!   Retail businesses: Sales and specials and the opportunity to wine taste* while browsing Uptown retailers during event hours.    *Wine glass required for tasting, available for purchase at the event for an additional $10.00.

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PARTICIPATING UPTOWN VENUES     Donut Savant Luka's Taproom & Lounge Farley's East Anfilo Coffee Sweet Bar Bakery Camber Pican Ozumo Plum Bar Somar Bar Vo's Restaurant Hawker Fare Kitchener Legionnaire Saloon Bench and Bar Mockingbird Hutch Era Art Bar Make Westing Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe Bar Dogwood Uptown Kitchen Kingston 11 Telegraph The Sound Room  Participating Retailers: SoleSpace, Feelmore510, Runway Style House, OwlNWood and Entrez!   **NOTE: ALL TICKET HOLDERS MUST REGISTER TO PICK UP A TASTING MAP AT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: Uptown Art Park - Telegraph @ 19th Street Ozumo - Broadway @ Grand Uptown Participating Venue Map (Preview in Google)     GETTING AROUND UPTOWN   Click (image) to View Venue Map With 25 venues on the map, there is a lot of territory to cover, but you don't have to do it all on foot...   Free Broadway Shuttle 6:00 PM to 1:00 AM Runs along Broadway from Jack London Square to 27th Street every 12 mins with stops every block. This is a fantastic downloadable map that includes public transit and public parking available in Uptown, Oakland: Shuttle Route Map   Also be sure to check out the Google Map by clicking the image or the link below!   Uptown Participating Venue Map (Preview in Google)     A TASTE OF OAKLAND CULTURE & COMMUNITY     Live Screen Printing by students from the Visual Arts Department of Oakland School for the Arts at The White Box (Gallery) Live band at Feelmore510: mikO Tolliver & KiTTiE PeRM, a 3 piece (Bay Area based) Electro-pop-Indie band! Guided Tasting Tours by Localite Tours Grand Opening Runway Style House Boutique Beer Tasting at Solespace ...and much much more!     BUY TICKETS NOW     AFTER PARTY @ ERA ART BAR     oin us right after the event for A Taste of Oakland: Uptown Block Party "After Party" starting at 8 p.m.!   Featuring special guest DJ The Whooligan!  thewhooligan.com Admission is $5 & will be donated to Youth Radio and the Oakland School for the Arts. LOCATION: Era Art Bar & Lounge 19 Grand Ave. @ Broadway oaklandera.com       A TASTE OF OAKLAND: OUR VISION   A Taste of Oakland is an event series that showcases and highlights the offerings of restaurants, retailers and galleries located in Oakland's neighborhood commercial districts. The mission of the founding partners -- two Oakland natives, Helen Wyman (of Oakland Events) and Lamont Dawson -- is to promote local businesses, highlight Oakland's assets, change perceptions of Oakland, build a sense of community between the residents and the business community and showcase the culinary revolution that has become prominent in the food industry, establishing Oakland as a culinary destination. Our vision is to collaborate and partner with existing organizations to establish neighborhood events such as the Uptown Block Party throughout Oakland in order to build brand recognition, establish relationships and generate revenue laying the foundation for a weekend long large scale event similar to A Taste of Chicago, which is a major economic boost and tourist destination for the city.