The second annual Best Restaurants Bash! will be held on January 26, 2017 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Jessie Ball duPont Center. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Jacksonville is returning as the beneficiary. Like most Jacksonville Magazine events, it will be a sold-out affair. Tickets are now available here. For sponsorship information or participation, contact Mandy Niesen at (904) 389-3622 or [email protected].

The first annual Best Restaurants Bash featured food and drinks from more than two dozen of the city’s leading restaurants. Only those establishments named in the Jacksonville Magazine’s January 2017 issue as “Best Restaurants” will be invited to participate, making this the premier find food tasting happening of the year. Raffles will also be featured.

Guests will enjoy freshly prepared-dishes, hand-crafted cocktails, delicious beers and live music.  Return back here for more details and more participants!

Participating Vendors include:

• The Bearded Pig/Southern BBQ
• Empire City gastropub
• azurea
• Five Points Tavern
• The Flying Iguana
• Gilbert’s Social
• Kazu Japanese Restaurant
• Slider’s Seafood Grille
• South Kitchen and Spirits Avondale
• Cooper’s Hawk
• Bold City Brewery
• Mojo No. 4
• Moxie
• Ovinte
• St. Augustine Distillery
• TacoLu
• The Tree Steakhouse
• Il Desco
• Metro Diner
• Sweets by Holly
• Biscotti’s
• Bistro AIX
• Black Sheep

Attendees and the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Jacksonville will be the winners at this event. Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Jacksonville serves as a “home away from home,” providing lodging, meals, transportation and a community of compassionate care to families who need to be near a hospital for their child’s treatment. Supporting five local hospitals, RMHC of Jacksonville serves more than 1,100 families a year. In addition to its core program, the Ronald McDonald Family Room^® at Wolfson Children’s Hospital provides a place of respite for more than 25,000 visitors a year. RMHC of Jacksonville continues to serve the growing number of children and families who need its programs as the world-class pediatric services offered in Northeast Florida expand. RMHC of Jacksonville has a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, the largest independent charity evaluator in the United States. To learn more about RMHC of Jacksonville, visit www.rmhcjacksonville.org or call (904) 807-HOME.