M Street Treats

Save room for your stomach this weekend: it’s that time of the year again. The 18th annual Taste of Georgetown kicks off this Saturday at 11:00 a.m.
An amalgamation of over 30 of Georgetown’s finest restaurants, the event features more than 60 dishes, bringing to light the plethora of cultures and traditions surrounding the neighborhood. Drop by the Wisconsin Avenue and M Street location to sample a taste (or ten) of the delicacies.
Entry to the event is free, but this is no free lunch. Each taste is $5, and five tickets can be bought for $20. The high prices of the respective restaurants present at the event, however, almost warrants the high ticket price. The event will feature nearly every Georgetown restaurant, from Baked and Wired to Chipotle to the Degrees Bistro at the Ritz-Carlton.
Alcoholic beverages of all sorts will abound as well. The Washington City Paper Pavilion opens at 12:00 p.m., allowing anyone over 21 to enter into the magnificent world of wine, spirits, and craft beer tastings. One tasting ticket is $3, with the option of adding three more tastes for an extra $7.
These prices may seem on the ridiculous side for a food-tasting event, but rest assured: your money will go towards a good cause. The funds raised will go to the Georgetown Ministry Center to assist the organization in its goal of finding long-term solutions to the problems faced by the District’s homeless. Last year, Taste of Georgetown raised over $38,000 for the GMC, the largest donation to the organization to date.
So this Saturday, you can help the GMC collect even more money for a noble cause by doing what you would on any other sunny Saturday afternoon–eating overpriced food on M Street.