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Pride tour feasts its way through southeast
by Jennifer Birkland
Correspondent
A fl eet of Tri Delta Transit shuttle
vans whisked nearly 250 hungry
participants around southeast Antioch
on Sunday afternoon as they enjoyed
a smorgasbord of delicious food and
beverages courtesy of the Kiwanis
Club of the Delta and a host of Antioch
eateries.
The annual Pride of Southeast
Antioch restaurant tour stopped at
10 locations along the Lone Tree Way
corridor, where restaurants presented
a complimentary spread to ticket
holders. The nearly $3,000 in proceeds
will be distributed to several
local charities.
“It was most defi nitely a success,”
said event organizer Kay
Power. “Everyone had a wonderful
time and we raised money for very
good causes. Most of the proceeds
will stay in our community to help
libraries, schools and other children’s
programs, but Kiwanis is an enormous
international organization
that supports children of the entire
world.”
Diners like Joy Motl could feel
good about indulging in some of Antioch’s
tastiest treats since the event
was held in the name of charity.
“Kiwanis is such a great organization.
It’s a real easy way to contribute
to their cause,” said Motl,
a three-time tour goer. “When we
fi rst came to Antioch 30 years ago,
there weren’t that many restaurants.
But now we have so many beautiful
choices. An event like this is just so
much fun.”
Photo by Jennifer Birkland
The Pride of Southeast Antioch restaurant tour stopped at 10 eateries
along Lone Tree Way on April 27, including Johnny Carino’s, above, for an
Italian spread.
The tour began for most at Lone
Tree Golf Club’s The Bistro, where
diners enjoyed a variety of salads,
sandwiches, barbecue ribs and baked
beans.
Then it was off to El Rey Taqueria
for authentic Mexican cuisine, specifi -
cally roasted pastor meat, taquitos
and fl autas with green sauce.
At Go-Go Yoh Go, mango, passion
fruit and raspberry iced teas plus
frozen yogurt helped participants
beat the heat.
Starbucks, in the Bluerock Shopping
Center, provided a buffet of iced
coffees and teas, petite vanilla scones,
brownie bites, egg salad and turkey
sandwiches, turkey havarti sandwiches
and fruit and cheese trays.
Quiznos Sub, also in the Bluerock
Shopping Center, presented its
specialty: a variety of sandwiches and
cold drinks.
Schooner’s Grille and Brewery
greeted participants with an outdoor
buffet featuring the restaurant’s
famous artichoke spinach dip with
house-made tri-colored tortilla chips,
the Deer Valley salad, penne Napoli,
Schooner’s brownies and bread pudding
with whiskey sauce.
In addition to a variety of ice-cold
smoothies and blended iced coffee
drinks, the Bagel Street Café served
quiche, sandwiches, muffi ns and
bagel chips.
Uno Chicago Grill, renown for
its deep-dish pizza, served up rattlesnake
pasta, pizza skins, Vidalia onion
rings, chicken and wine penne pasta,
roasted eggplant, spinach and feta
pizza, barbecue chicken fl atbread
pizza, and breadsticks.
Johnny Carino’s Italian spread
featured a house salad with chianti
vinaigrette, Italian nachos with chicken
and sausage, breaded calamari,
spaghetti with meat sauce and penne
chicken with Alfredo sauce.
Antioch High School student Amber
Cudney particularly enjoyed India
4 U’s diverse menu, featuring chicken
pakoras, vegetable pakoras and Naan
bread.
“This is my second time doing
this tour,” Cudney said. “You get a
lot of food for 15 bucks and it’s all really
good. But I like the fact that India
4 U had a more diverse menu.”
Event organizers also presented
eight tour goers with gift certifi cates
from participating restaurants in the
Special Prize Drawing.
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