(Chelsea Update would like to thank Joe Yekulis for the information in this story and Kelly Flaherty for the photos in the slideshow.)
A great crowd turned out for the Sixth Annual Taste of Chelsea on Saturday Oct. 8 at St. Mary Catholic Church, and approximately 170 people attended this year’s entertaining event. It was all about supporting the residents of St. Louis Center, who are intellectually and developmentally disabled.
According to Administrator Fr. Enzo Addari, “We couldn’t have been happier with the number of restaurants, sponsors and supporters who turned out for us.”
This year’s restaurants, cafés and bakeries included: Arctic Breakaway, Catered Coffee, Chelsea Bakery, Chelsea Comfort Inn, Chelsea Milling, Common Grill, Cottage Inn Pizza, Fr. Bill’s Rice Pudding, Good Times Kettle Corn, Indian Brook Trout Farm, Laura’s Catering, Mancino’s – Zeeb Rd., Stivers, Thompson’s Pizza, True North Jerky, Uptown Coney Island, Zou Zou’s Café, and Zingerman’s Creamery.
Golling Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge-Ram of Chelsea was this year’s Corporate Sponsor, while “Master Chef” Sponsors included Chelsea Chevrolet-Buick, Chelsea Dermatology, St. Louis Guanella K of C Council #3092 of Chelsea, Lane Animal Hospital, Side Street Garage, and St. Joseph Mercy-Chelsea.
“Sous Chef” Table Sponsors were Ascent Audiology, Chelsea Chiropractic Center, Great Lakes Ace Hardware, Hewitt Chiropractic, Donna Hrozencik, M.D. and Mark Ouimet, H.S. and A., PC, Atty. Peggy Hammerschmidt, In-Chelsea Hair Design, Jets Pizza, Lloyd Bridges Traveland, Riemco Building Co., Staffan-Mitchell Funeral Home and Hon. Judge Kirk W. Tabbey – 14th District Court.
For more information about St. Louis Center, visit www.stlouiscenter.org or call 734-475-8430.
