The Dish March 21 2001
Events
Pricci will present its fourth annual Academy Awards Night on March 25 with an Academy Awards-themed menu, faux paparazzi to welcome guests, a silent auction to benefit the Fox Theatre and prizes. $55 per person, includes three-course meal and all activities. 6:30 p.m.-midnight. 500 Pharr Road. Advanced pre-paid reservations are required at 404-237-2941.
Nosh on a bit of knowledge at Five Sister’s Cafe’s Food for Thought Seminars beginning March 15 with a discussion of jewelry by Lanie Papageorge and a presentation on the importance of dreams by Kathleen Kiley on March 20. A buffet dinner is served at 7:30 p.m., and the speaker begins at 8:15 p.m. $15 per person. 2743 LaVista Road, Oak Grove Center, Decatur. 404-636-6060.
Join Ophelia Santos, owner of Vino!, for a sampling of wines from the Foris Vineyards, along with a four-course dinner. March 28 at 7 p.m. $65. 2900 Peachtree Road. 404-816-0511.
Take a bite of the bayou at the Taste of New Orleans wine dinner at Margie’s Pantry. The four-course menu will include shrimp beignets, crawfish and chicken gumbo, blackened pork loin and sweet potato praline pie. Wines include Calloway Coastal Viognier Reserve, Rothschild Merlot Languedoc Vin d’ Pay and others. March 23 at 7 p.m. $46 per person. 653 East Lake Drive. 404-377-3818 or www.margiespantry.com
The Food Studio presents the wines of Chehalem Winery with a five-course dinner featuring the cuisine of Executive Chef Chris Brandt. March 28. Reception begins at 6:30 p.m., dinner starts at 7 p.m. $80 per person. King Plow Arts Center, 887 W. Marietta St., studio K-102. 404-815-6677.
The wines of La Famiglia di Robert Mondavi will be paired with a four-course dinner by La Tavola Trattoria Exec- utive Chef Heath Miles on March 28. Reception begins at 6:30 p.m., and dinner is at 7 p.m. $55 per person. 992 Virginia Ave. 404-873-5430.
The African Brown Bag invites guests to a series of special Sunday dinners including Southern specialties, cuisines from Cuba, Jamaica and Mexico and others through May 13. Ruth’s Chris Steak House banquet room located in the Embassy Suites Hotel at Centennial Olympic Park. 1-6 p.m. Call 404-658-9085 for reservations.
Classes
Welcome spring with a meal of fresh garden vegetables. Park 75’s Brooke Vosika will create a menu using fresh veggies at Cook’s Warehouse on March 26 at 7 p.m. $45. 549-I Amsterdam Ave. 404-815-4993.
Openings
Alpharetta welcomes the new Wild Times Cafe, a wilderness-inspired restaurant featuring a 30-foot waterfall, an old mine shaft a lodge-style bar and a Silly Shack entertainment area for kids. The menu includes quail salad, a “Campfire Sirloin,” “Wild Ribs” and more. 11105 Statebridge Road, 770-664-6116.??