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Fork Dork: Old Bellevue Serves Up a Taste of Main This Weekend

The Taste of Main will serve food, wine & spa services to benefit the Children's Response Center on Saturday, Aug. 20

Old Bellevue's restaurants are serving up samples of food and raising money for a good cause this Saturday at the third annual Taste of Main event.

The event will benefit the Children’s Response Center, a Bellevue-based non-profit providing services to underage survivors of sexual assault and traumatic stress.

“It’s good for the community. It’s the right thing to do,” said Joe Vilardi, the owner and main man behind . Vilardi also supports the Detlef Schrempf Foundation and the Lenny Wilkens Foundation.

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Vilardi, who has been participating in Taste of Main since it started in 2009, has seen the event grow each year. The participating restaurants on Main Street -- and its side streets -- will foot the bill for the goods and services they provide during the afternoon, so all the proceeds can benefit the center.

“We wanted to bring a little attention to Main Street during the summer,” Vilardi said. “We are so tied in to Main Street, we felt like we had the cache to bring to the event.”

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Participating businesses include , Cantinetta, Tuscan Stone Pizza, , , , , , ,, , , and .

Guests can also indulge in complimentary massages, pedicures and makeovers. Entertainment will include live music and performances, a silent auction and a car and boat show. The will also host a car wash.

If you go

The event will be from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20 throughout business in Old Bellevue.

Passports will be sold on Saturday at booths on Main Street between Bellevue Way and 100th Avenue NE or can be purchased in advance by calling the Children’s Response Center at 425-688-5130 and at participating stores, including Design 10301, La Bijou,, and and .

For more information on Taste of Main, check the , or check their site out on the web by clicking here: http://tasteofmainbellevue.com/

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