Taste of the Nation serves up food, wine and beer for charity in Miami Beach

One of the year’s premier walk-around eating and drinking events is coming up at 7 p.m. July 16 at the Loews Miami Beach (1601 Collins Ave.): Taste of the Nation South Florida, to benefit Share Our Strength’s #NoKidHungry campaign to end childhood hunger. 

A ticket to Taste of the Nation, now in its 27th year, includes bites from about 50 South Florida restaurants, plus pours of wines and spirits, and — new to this year’s Taste — a craft beer garden featuring local favorites J Wakefield, Concrete Beach, Wynwood Brewing, Funky Buddha, Biscayne Bay and Miami Brewing Co.

You can also take part in live and silent auctions, view a display of work from local artists, and — with a VIP ticket — get into the main event an hour earlier and eat and drink more at an after-party at Lure Fishbar. 

Participating restaurants include: 3030 Ocean; American Social; Beaker & Gray; Blackbrick Chinese; BLT Prime; Blue Collar; Chef Adrianne’s; Cibo; Edge; Finka; Glass & Vine; HaVen; Joe’s Stone Crab; Kuro; La Mar; Little Palm Island; Loews; Lure; Makoto; MC Kitchen; Meat Market; Mignonette; My Ceviche; Naked Lunch; Naked Taco; Norman Love Confections; Palate Party; Palme d’Or; PB Station; Piripi; Quality Meats; Red Ginger; Red the Steakhouse; Rock Star Pastries; Seagrape; Shake Shack; StripSteak; Sugarcane; Susie’s Scrumptious Sweets; SuViche; Temple Street Eatery; The Café at Books & Books; The Dutch; The Forge; The Oceanaire Seafood Room; The Redlander; Tongue & Cheek; Truluck’s; Whisk; Wild Sea; Wynwood Kitchen; and Yardbird. 

This story was originally published July 9, 2015 at 3:07 AM.