Columbus Underground’s popular event Best Bites: Sweet Treats is returning bigger and better in its third year on Thursday, February 23. The event will be a celebration of all things sugary and sweet in the city! Local dessert fans will get to taste their way through a wide variety of the city’s dessert makers and vote on their favorite of the night.
This year’s event will feature additional space and activities for new and returning guests to enjoy! And with Mardi Gras just around the corner, Arnett Howard will be on stage to get everyone in the spirit with his Creole Funk rhythms all night.
Tickets to the event are on sale now! Entrance to the event includes samples of each featured sweet treat, live entertainment and a cash bar featuring Modelo Negra, St. Brendan’s Irish Cream and Meier’s Wine.
Participating treat makers include Three Kids and a Kitchen, MMELO, J-Pops Gourmet Ice Pops, Rime Time Curiously Crafted Pops, Velvet Ice Cream, Early Bird Food Truck, Elena’s Specialty Cakes, Mrs. Turbo’s Cookies, Lopaus Point, Winans Chocolates + Coffees, Bailey’s Drive Inn Donuts, Dough Mama, Short North Piece of Cake, Nellie’s Natural Ice Pops, Two Little Buckeyes, Fantasy Cupcake, Positively Sweet, LLC, Torlitas, Handel’s Ice Cream, and The Guild House with more to be announced in the coming weeks!
The event will be held at the Columbus Athenaeum from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. and tickets can be purchased here for $25. A limited number of Early Bird tickets are also available for $30 and give ticket holders exclusive entrance to the event at 6 p.m. General Admission tickets are still be available at the door!
A portion of the proceeds from all ticket sales will be donated to the The Columbus Foundation’s Gifts of Kindness Fund, a community-focused fund that helps Central Ohio families with emergency needs. The Columbus Underground Best Bites events have helped to raise over $16,000 for local charities in 2016!
CLICK HERE to purchase your tickets in advance to Best Bites: Sweet Treats on February 23.