Tickets available for 'Troy Restaurant Tour'

If you'd like to try a variety of local restaurants' fare, the 2nd annual Troy Restaurant Tour may be just the ticket.

The event is scheduled for 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, August 30.

And, speaking of tickets, I have a handful for sale at the discounted price of $20 each. That is $10 off the day-of-the-event price.

The culinary sampling event is a fundraiser to support the Troy Boys & Girls Club services and programs.

Here's how it works:

• Participants get a chance to stroll through Troy, stopping in at participating restaurants to sample their fare. 

• If you plan to go, you'll receive a "tour guide" -- which is a map and menu of participating venues -- that evening. At each venue, a Troy Boy & Girls Club volunteer will direct you to the food. 

• You can start at any venue where you'll pick up your map and proceed at your own pace, visiting restaurants in any order you like

Who's involved? So far ...

Bootleggers On Broadway 
(245 Broadway)

Daisy Baker's 
(33 2nd Street)

DeFazio’s Wood Fired Pizza 
(266 4th Street)

Dinosaur Bar-B-Que 
(377 River Street)

DP Dough
(71 4th Street)

Famous Lunch
(111 Congress Street)

Flavour Café
(228 4th Street)

Francesca’s 
(461 Broadway)

Lo Porto’s Ristorante 
(85 4th Street)

Boys & Girls Club Director Sharon Smith tells me several other restaurants will be added. But, even with the number listed above, that breaks down to just $2.22 per sampling stop. A nice evening, a good way to get to know your city a bit more, and its all for a good cause.

-- Bill Dowd