(Chelsea Update would like to thank Joe Yekulis for the information in this story and Kelly Flaherty for the photos.)
This year’s Ninth Annual Taste of Chelsea event at St. Mary Parish grew even larger, as 25 restaurants, bakeries, and coffee shops rounded out the providers of culinary delights to 140 guests who came out to support St. Louis Center on Saturday Oct. 5.
As an important fundraiser for the center, Master Chef Sponsors who donated $500 included:
Chelsea Chevrolet-Buick, Golling Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Chelsea, 14th District Judge Kirk & Ilona Tabbey, and St. Joseph Mercy Hospital-Chelsea.
Sous Chef Sponsors for $100 included: John Bolakowski, Bordine Farms, Cardinal O’Hara 4th Degree Assembly #0489, Chelsea Chiropractic, Chelsea K of C #3092 – St. Louis Guanella Council, Great Lakes Ace Hardware, Hair by Trios, Donna Hrozencik, M.D. and Mark Ouimet, In-Chelsea Hair Design, Koch & White, Riemco Building Co., Particia Stankey, and WTW Design Group.
Continuing supporters included: Arctic Breakaway, Chelsea Big Boy, Chelsea Comfort Inn, Clear Lake Grill, Common Grill, Cottage Inn, Culver’s, Fr. Bill’s Famous Rice Pudding, Good Times Kettle Corn, Indian Brook Trout Farm, Indian Cuisine – Fr. Satheesh, Jiffy Mix, Los Tres Amigos, Mancino’s, Smokehouse 52 BBQ, Stivers, Thompson’s Pizza, True North Jerky, Uptown Coney Island, and Zou Zou’s Café’. New entries this year included Alber’s Orchards, Brahma Haus, Lake House Bakery, Ugly Dog Distillery, and Zingerman’s Bake House.
St. Louis Center is a residential care facility caring for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and has been in Chelsea since 1960. For more information about the Center, visit www.stlouiscenter.com.
