la dolce vita

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La Dolce Vita. Living the Sweet Life. And yes, I do live the sweet life from time to time. You too, can live the sweet life for a while on Thursday, Oct.13, 2012. That sweet life includes tasting food from some of the finest chefs in the area and sipping on artisan spirits and fine wines. Purchase Tickets here. This year, you can also win a taste of the sweet life by supporting the 2012 participating restaurants and wineries. The contest begins on Thursday, September 22 and ends on Sunday, October 9, 2011, and the winner will be announced on Monday, October 10.

The rules of this contest has three parts:

1. Entrants must check-in on Foursquare.
2. Share their experience on Twitter by tagging @LaDolceVitaAtx.
3. Include the hashtag #ilpalio to be qualified as a contestant.

The contestant who dines and drinks at the most participating restaurants and wineries during the weeks prior to the event will be deemed the winner and receive two free tickets to the event ($250 value). List of participating restaurants and wineries below.

PARTICIPATING A Taste of Italy in Austin Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas

RESTAURANTS: Andiamo Ristorante Austin Cake Ball

Blue Star Cafeteria Cannoli Joes

Chez Zee American Bistro Cho Sushi

Cuatro’s Creative Creations

Cuvée Coffee Contigo Austin

Driskell Grill & Bar East Side Showroom

Eddie V’s Prime Seafood Eleven Plates & Wine

Flemings Steakhouse Imperia

J. Black’s Feel Good Lounge Judges’ Hill Restaurant

Kerbey Lane Café La Sombra Bar and Grill

Malaga Tapas and Bar Maudie’s Tex-Mex

Moonshine Patio Bar & Grill The Melting Pot Restaurant

NoRTH Modern Italian Cuisine Objects of Confection

Paggi House Palmer’s Restaurant Bar & Courtyard

Parkside Ranch 616

Satay Restaurant Sao Paulo’s Restaurant

Get Sum Dim Sum Siena Ristorante Toscana

Sterling Affairs Catering SugarPOP Sweet Shop

Sugar Tooth Bakery SWB Southwest Bistro at the Hyatt

Tacodeli Taj Palace Indian Restaurant

Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine TenOak Bourbon House + Lounge

Texas Coffee Traders The Backspace

The Belmont The Carillon Restaurant

The Roaring Fork Urban: An American Grill

VIVO Lake Creek Word of Mouth Catering

Zed’s Restaurant Whole Foods Market Lamar Culinary Center

WINE & SPIRITS Becker Vineyards Brennan Wineries

PARTICIPANTS: Fall Creek Vineyards Inwood Estates Vineyards

Llano Estacado Winery McPherson Cellars

Paula’s Texas Spirits Pedernales Cellars

Pleasant Hill Winery Republic Tequila

The Vineyard at Florence TipsyTexan

Torre De Pietra Vineyards The Vineyard at Florence

Twin Liquors

And now for some photos from last year. *I attended as a media guest.

Sweet cars go along with the sweet life. Wasn't it gracious of me to lend them my daily driver for the event?

And there's my other car. Not only is does this event have fantastic food and drink, the location is pretty awesome.

Lamb chops from Roaring Fork. This and the green chile pork stew are probably my two favorite dishes at the Roaring Fork.

And the carving of a large piece of meat always makes me happy.

I found some macarons towards the end of the night.

And then there were these things. I'm not exactly sure what they were meant to be called, but they were 1. neat 2. different 3. purple and 4. slightly creepy.

Photo courtesy of Bread and Butter PR.

I'd have more photos of the event, but I was likely too busy stuffing my face to take photos before the sun went down. That is the sweet life. Hope to see ya there!