Residents are gearing up for a popular event downtown that’s designed to showcase local businesses while raising food for the New Canaan Food Pantry as well as gently used eyeglasses and hearing aids for the Lion’s Club of New Canaan.
Scenes from the 2017 Taste of the Town Stroll in downtown New Canaan. Credit: Eden Neleman
The eighth annual “Taste of the Town Stroll” runs 6 to 8 p.m Thursday and will feature more than 15 stores, businesses and restaurants offering food and prizes.
To earn a map of those locations and participate in the Stroll, people should bring (unopened and unexpired) goods—such as coffee, juice boxes, crackers, pasta sauce, canned stew, canned chicken, mayonnaise, tea bags and family-sized snacks—to the area out front of the Playhouse on Elm Street.
Scenes from the 2017 Taste of the Town Stroll in downtown New Canaan. Credit: Eden Neleman
For those seeking a one-stop shop for an appropriate donation for the pantry, Walter Stewart’s Market has generously put together bags of goods with a retail value of $30 that the cornerstone New Canaan business is selling for $20.
“It is our pleasure to team up with the Chamber and support this fun event again this year,” said Doug Stewart of Walter Stewart’s. “We hope to help stock the New Canaan Food Pantry with much-needed groceries.”
Outside the Playhouse, New Canaan Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Tucker Murphy and other volunteers will supply participants with a map and also accept “completed” maps from those who visit all 15-plus locations for entry into a prize drawing (prizes include gift certificates, goods and massages).
Scenes from the 2017 Taste of the Town Stroll in downtown New Canaan. Credit: Eden Neleman
“This year one thing we are really excited about is it seems to be more geared toward the east side of town, and there are a couple of locations that nobody has been in before,” Murphy told NewCanaanite.com. “So and we think everyone is going to be thrilled to see some of these new locations.”
Asked what makes the Taste of the Town Stroll—or just “Stroll” as it’s commonly known—so popular, Murphy said: “Everybody coming back into town and seeing everyone. It’s like a family reunion. And also just enjoying the beautiful downtown on a beautiful night. Weather is going to be great.”
Kevin and Jennifer Mardorf at the 2017 Taste of the Town Stroll in downtown New Canaan. Credit: Eden Neleman
The forecast calls for a clear and comfortable evening.
This year’s Stroll, a “food-raiser,” is sponsored by the Chamber and Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties.
we’re getting ready!!