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Another spring brings the annual Las Olas Wine and Food Festival, which took place this past Friday, April 29, downtown Fort Lauderdale. The event is a yearly benefit for the American Lung Association, shutting down the restaurant-heavy section of Las Olas Boulevard to tents and pedestrians.
This year, the festival creators grouped as much into long tasting tents as they could, while allowing
It's an unsurprising mix of culinary play and wine sampling from both large producers and small vineyards. I say
Toward the
At the center of the festival, I caught some of the action between chef Andres Teran of JWB Prime Steak & Seafood and chef Franco Filippone of Sette Bello Ristorante, who duked it out during the Battle Sea portion of the Best of the Best Chef Competition. They put their fish-based skills to the test during the 15-minute cook-off. The Las Olas Wine and Food Festival is a potentially four-hour-long event, if you go with VIP, and that can be a marathon when it comes to drinking. Police presence was strong, and I witnessed no real drunken shenanigans. It was, when everything was said and done, a very enjoyable bacchanal.
The Las Olas Wine and Food Festival is an annual event that takes places along Las Olas Boulevard in Downtown Fort Lauderdale every spring and raises funds for the American Lung Association. Visit lasolaswff.com, or follow it on Facebook or Twitter.
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