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the Mokena Messenger | September 15, 2016 | 3<br />
Brewing good business<br />
Festival brings area<br />
vendors, community<br />
together for a night<br />
Jason Maholy<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Twenty-four vendors selling<br />
beer, wine, spirits and<br />
food; four bands providing<br />
the soundtrack to a sunkissed<br />
day in the park; and<br />
upwards of 500 smiling people<br />
eating, drinking and having<br />
good times with friends<br />
and family.<br />
That’s a snapshot of the<br />
Mokena Chamber of Commerce’s<br />
13th annual Food,<br />
Wine & Brew Festival, which<br />
went off without a hitch Saturday,<br />
Sept. 10, despite a<br />
morning shower that passed<br />
through the area. The event<br />
was held for the first time at<br />
Main Park, which acted as an<br />
alternative site because of the<br />
ongoing Mokena Community<br />
Park District project at<br />
the usual fest grounds on the<br />
historic McGovney-Yunker<br />
Homestead, at the northwest<br />
corner of LaPorte and<br />
Schoolhouse roads.<br />
The Food, Wine & Brew<br />
Festival showcased primarily<br />
southwest suburban restaurants<br />
and craft brewers;<br />
and the menu included –<br />
among other delights – seafood<br />
jambalaya and shrimp<br />
rolls, chocolate truffle-flavored<br />
and green tea-infused<br />
vodkas, and dozens of wines<br />
and beers. Among the featured<br />
vendors were Harvest<br />
Room from Palos Heights,<br />
Original Island Shrimp<br />
House from Palos Park, Oak<br />
Forest-based Warrior Vodka,<br />
and Baderbrau, a craft brewery<br />
co-owned by Mokena<br />
resident Jason Lubovich.<br />
“We try to put together an<br />
event so that we can show<br />
off the different food, wine<br />
and brew vendors in the<br />
Rich Boskey (left) and his friend Nicki Garrett attend the<br />
Mokena Chamber of Commerce’s 13th annual Food, Wine &<br />
Brew Festival, held Saturday, Sept. 10 at Main Park.<br />
Photos by Jason Maholy/22nd Century Media<br />
Mike Heath of Wild Blossom Meadery and Winery pours a<br />
glass of white wine for a customer.<br />
southwest suburbs to the<br />
people of Mokena, so we<br />
can bring people to Mokena<br />
and see what the restaurants<br />
and breweries have to offer,”<br />
said Mokena Chamber Preident-elect<br />
Troy Griffiths.<br />
“It’s also a good event for<br />
the people of the community<br />
to enjoy some good music<br />
and good food and drinks<br />
and have a good day.”<br />
Chamber President Dennis<br />
Buxbaum said the festival’s<br />
main objective falls in line<br />
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