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Great Taste of 'Muth raises about $15,000 for pickleball courts

Over 1,000 attend the event, with 31 vendors serving their best dishes

  Some the best food and beverage offerings in Frankenmuth were all part of last week’s annual Great Taste of Frankenmuth.

  Organized by the Frankenmuth Noon Rotary Club, this three-hour event was held for the 32^nd year, on Thursday, March 13. This year, the Taste was split between the Bavarian Inn Restaurant and Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth, with assistance from the Frankenmuth Police Department officers at the South Main Street crosswalk.

  A total of 31 vendor tables were set up for the general public, with the Crest Room and Alpine Room used at the Bavarian Inn and the Main Dining Room and Towne Hall Rooms at Zehnder’s.

  Amy Zehnder Grossi, a noon Rotarian and a longtime organizer of this event, said approximately 1,050 people attended the Great Taste of Frankenmuth.

  While the final financial numbers have yet to be determined, with costs to cover, Zehnder Grossi feels about $15,000 was raised for this year’s selected cause: the Frankenmuth Parks and Recreation Department’s Pickleball Court Project.

  The sport of pickleball has been growing in the Frankenmuth area over the past decade, and the Parks and Recreation Department has its sites on building specific pickleball courts on Franklin Street, near Schleier Street.

  Bavarian Inn housed 17 food and beverage vendors, while Zehnder’s had 14 set up, headline by a whole roasted hog by Zehnder’s.

  Some of the more popular draws, overheard by those in attendance, were Hawaiian burritos and fried pepper cream corn with chips by Poblano’s Mexican Grill & Cantina, beer breaded cod by Michigan on Main Bar & Grill, Swedish candy from SugarRush Sweets, sushi, gyoza and chicken fried rice from Wang’s Bistro, Escovitch fish and Caribbean smoked wings from Flavor Caribbean Cuisine, Marry Me Chicken from The River View at the Frankenmuth Brewery, and popcorn soup and passionfruit cheesecake ice cream from Venture Culinary.

Grossi was pleased with both the vendor and attendee turnout for the event......

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