Omnivore Atlanta

CULINARY COMPETITION: Top chefs from Atlanta will compete next month at the Killer Tomato Festival.

Dine out for a cause or hit a local festival for some food-themed fun this summer in Atlanta. Some notable upcoming foodie events are:

Inman Park Dine Out, July 29th. Participating restaurants in Inman Park will donate a portion of the day’s sales to fund the Inman Park Security Patrol. The list of supporters also includes the Float Spa and Dad’s Garage. Price varies. All day. Inman Park. www.inmanparkdineout.com.

Graveyard Tavern Unibroue Beer Dinner & Swing Night, July 29th. The monthly affair includes passed hours d’oeuvres and three seated courses paired with Belgian-style beers for a fixed price. The food features local and sustainable ingredients. Swing dancing to follow. Reservations are required by email to info@graveyardtavern.com. $35. 7 p.m. 1245 Glenwood Ave. 404-622-8686. www.graveyardtavern.com.

Corks & Forks: A Fine Food & Wine Event, Aug. 29th and 30th. Taste dishes from Atlanta’s top chefs and sample wines and craft beers and ales. There will also be sit-down workshops on tasting and selection. Corks & Forks is held as part of the free Summer Shade Festival in historic Grant Park. $35 in advance, $45 at the gate (the festival is free). Both days 1 p.m.-5 p.m. 499 Broyles Street. 404-521-0938. www.summershade.org.

Attack of the Killer Tomato Festival, Aug. 9th. Prominent Atlanta chefs will be paired with a local farmer to face off in an “Iron Chef”-style competition using tomatoes. Benefits will go to Georgia Organics. Judges will be Bon Appetit Restaurant Editor Andrew Knowlton, Food + Wine freelance writer Danny Bonvissuto, and Southern Living senior food writer Donna Florio. The 18+ event will be held at JCT Kitchen and will feature live music and beer from 5 Seasons Brewing. $50, $45 for Georgia Organics Members, or $90 for VIP pass that includes an open bar. 1 p.m.-6 p.m. 1198 Howell Mill Rd. 678-702-0400. www.georgiaorganics.org.

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A dozen years, hundreds of beers: The Brick Store Pub

As might be expected, the Brick Store Pub is giving you a present on their anniversary. Twenty-seven presents, in fact. In an attempt to outshine its 11th Anniversary celebration from last year that featured 11 special kegs over 11 days, this year the Brick Store will tap 14 kegs over the first 11 days (one a night, plus 2 on Fridays and Saturdays) starting with today’s 2006 Lagavulin barrel-aged J.W. Lees, and including limited, rare, and oak-aged beers from America’s best breweries (and a couple from Belgium, as well). But that’s only the warm up for Day 12, on Saturday, June 27, when a special treat will be tapped every hour from noon until midnight. That’s 13 kegs in all; sort of beer cake with 12 keg candles and one to grow on.

Among the offerings during the lead up are a 2006 Terrapin Big Hoppy Monster barrel-aged in a Jack Daniels cask for 9 months, aka Big Sloppy Monster (6/18); one of the first kegs of the new Duck-Rabbitor Doppelbock (6/21); Sweetwater Double IPA aged on first-run Bordeaux oak (6/23); a wooden cask of t’Smisje Kerst Belgian strong dark ale (6/20); and a firkin of Avery Maharaja (6/25). The run on the 27th includes no less than 5 kegs of Allagash Brewing Company’s top-notch Belgian-style ales (Interlude, Victor, Victoria, Hugh Malone, and the new Confluence), interspersed with three different Oskar Blues beers (Dale’s Pale Ale, Gordon, and 10 Fidy) aged in whiskey barrels from Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey distillers. Start toughening up your liver. (more…)

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I don’t have the full story, but Gravity Pub in East Atlanta is facing extinction, so another pub there, the Graveyard Tavern, is sponsoring a benefit this evening to help save the popular spot.

The Big Wheel Bitches say:

The Graveyard Tavern is holdin‘ a benefit show this Thursday at 8 p.m. and it’s $8 at the door. The Deadtowners, Death of Kings (formerly Das Manics), the Loose Screws and Bitch will be playing and Captain Stabtuggo will be there too to raffle stuff off!!

Y’all go.

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This one occurred in East Atlanta after a couple left the Graveyard Tavern. In this case, it was the robber who was shot and killed. Fox 5 has details.

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