PORT TOWNSEND — With fare ranging from the exotic — such as roast duck curry — to more traditional Northwest stylings like salmon chowder and Dungeness crab dip, Taste of Port Townsend aims to provide something for all palates.
The annual food tour, a fundraiser for the Port Townsend Main Street Program, will offer 14 stops around Port Townsend from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Guests who buy tickets for the food tour also can enjoy a free cider and wine tasting at the Manresa Castle banquet from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. that day.
The tasting will include selections from FairWinds Winery, Christina James Winery, Sorensen Cellars, Eaglemount Wine and Cider and Finn River Farm & Cidery.
The cost of tickets for the tour is $30 for adults and $20 for those 12 and younger.
Those without food tour tickets will be charged $10 for the cider and wine tasting.
Participants who visit 10 out of the 14 restaurants will be entered in a drawing to win “The Tasty Prize,” a prize package of dining and gift certificates.
Participating locations and menu items for the 14 tour stops are:
■ Jordini’s: Dip Sampler (hummus, olive tapenade and feta and artichoke dip), assorted sandwiches, bread pudding with Mom’s caramel sauce.
■ Khu Larb Thai: Garlic green beans, yellow curry noodle, roast duck curry.
■ Pane D’Amore: Mini ciacometti (cheese sticks), cowboy croissants and canele.
■ Muskan Indian Restaurant: Food sampler representing the Tastes of India.
■ Port Townsend Chocolates: Samples of assorted handmade artisan truffles and fudge.
■ Sweet Laurette’s Cafe & Bistro: Mussels dijonaise, beef short ribs and garlic mashed potatoes, lemon and raspberry bars.
■ T’s Restaurant: Salmon chowder.
■ The Belmont: Dungeness crab dip and other selections.
■ The Food Co-op: Crab cakes with fruit cilantro salsa, roasted tomato garlic hummus, summer salmon lemon pasta, garlic pepper beef with horseradish, grilled tempeh with the co-op’s Summer House Marinade.
■ The Silverwater Cafe: Apricot-glazed salmon with jicama and radish salsa.
■ Fins Coastal Cuisine: Prosciutto-wrapped sea scallops with house-made teriyaki and tempura scallions; wild mushrooms over polenta cakes with mushroom broth, truffle oil and Parmesan cheese.
■ Perfect Endings Cupcakes: Chocolate raspberry and sweet lemon petite cupcakes.
■ The Upstage’s Downtown Deli: Samples of traditional East Coast sandwiches, Northwest delicacies and vegan salads.
■ Castle Key Seafood & Steak Restaurant: Signature seafood chowder as well as mini surf and turf skewers from the happy hour menu.
Tickets are on sale at Safeway, The Food Co-op and Quimper Sound in Port Townsend, as well as at Pane d’Amore in Sequim and Bainbridge, and Port Book and News in Port Angeles.
Volunteers are needed to help at the event.
For more information, phone the Port Townsend Main Street office at 360-385-7911.
