Eight members of Eat Drink Dine Kingsville brought the heat to Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens with their unique takes on all things chili at this year’s annual Chili Fest.
Held on the afternoon of February 7, participants included The Grove Brewing Company, Banded Goose Brewing Co., Butch’s Best BBQ Sauce, Mettawas Station, The Goose Kitchen & Bar, Butcher of Kingsville, Eclectic Love, and the hosting venue, Colasanti’s.
The Grove brought along some of their famous Colasanti’s Donut Beer for the occasion, Jason Baclig provided a few acoustic sets, and 17 local crafters were on hand for a pop-up market.
Kingsville’s Butch’s Best BBQ Sauce was at the annual fest for the first time. Pictured is Ted “Butch” Rocheleau with some of his tasty sauce, accompanied by Joe Colasanti who stopped by for some of Butch’s chili and a donut beer from The Grove Brewing Company.
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Artist Paul Dunn was one of the vendors in the marketplace and brought along many of his originals pertaining to themes such as sports, music and pop culture. Here, Dunn holds a special goalie mask piece that he did and said that three former NHL goaltenders had contacted him after seeing an image of his piece online.
SUN photo by Paul Forman
