Welcome to Taste of Cambridge!

The members of the Cambridge Licensee Advisory Board (www.clab.org) invite you to join us for the eighth annual Taste of Cambridge, the city’s premier food festival, featuring over fifty of Cambridge’s finest restaurants.

The Taste of Cambridge (TOC) is a celebration of the diverse dining scene in this historic city. Cambridge is a melting pot of cultures and cuisines, and the 2010 Taste of Cambridge features creative and abundant samples of food and drink from some of this city’s most popular restaurants. Enhanced by a beautiful outdoor setting, live music and a great crowd, the TOC has feet become one of Cambridge’s most anticipated annual events.

The Taste of Cambridge is organized and run by CLAB, which works to prevent underage drinking and to educate and support liquor license holders in their efforts to prohibit sales to minors. CLAB was incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation in Massachusetts in 1997 and has since been a front-runner in non-traditional responses to licensee infractions. As an alternative to suspending licenses, the city encourages the continuity of this licensee moderation group.

Taste of Cambridge attendees will have the opportunity to sample delicious fare from all corners of the city, while contributing to the greater good of Cambridge community as all proceeds from this event benefit our valued charity partners.

This year’s beneficiaries include:

The Cambridge YWCA:
The YWCA is the oldest and largest multicultural women’s organization in the world. Across the globe, we have more than 25 million members in 106 countries, including 2.6 million members and participants in 300 local associations in the United States. YWCA is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

CitySprouts:
The CitySprouts mission is to develop, implement and maintain beautiful, resource-rich school gardens in collaboration with public school communities. Integrated into the curriculum, CitySprouts gardens inspire teachers, students, and families with a deep, hands-on connection to the food cycle, sustainable agriculture, and the natural environment.

The Cambridge Prevention Coalition Trainings Harvard/MIT Collaborative:
www.cambridgema.gov/DHSP2/cpc.cfm

The Taste of Cambridge would not be possible if not for the generous support of our corporate sponsors. We wish to extend our sincerest thanks and appreciation to all of them, particularly:

Harpoon Ale, Cambridge Trust Company, MIT, Boston’s Weekly Dig, how2heroes, Bacardi, The Charles Hotel, Legal Seafood, and the Cambridge License Commission as well as all the outstanding restaurant and beverage vendors who donate their food and resources to this event.

On behalf of the entire planning committee and the Cambridge business community, we thank you for your support, and hope you’ll enjoy the 2010 Taste of Cambridge.

Sincerely,

Denise Jillson
Robin Lapidus
Augusto Lino
Mark Morris

Taste of Cambridge Co-Chairs, 2010