Stark Bites: H2 Huth & Harris launches lunch; still waiting on Taste for the Space winner
H2 Huth & Harris Wine Merchants, at 427 Tuscarawas St. in downtown Canton, recently added lunch to the menu.
In a recent Facebook post, H2 Huth & Harris announced it would be serving lunch “H2 style at H2 Nosh this week, now open at street level of the H2 Building!”
Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
The Nosh menu includes appetizers, soups and salads, flatbreads, three kinds of risotto and a variety of sandwiches.
To view the full menu and make reservations, visit h2winemerchants.com.
Wait for Taste for the Space winner continues
Belden Village Mall has yet to announce the winner of its Taste for the Space competition, almost two months after the event. On June 4, the mall hosted the food competition to find a new tenant.
Nine competing restaurants – Big A#$ Salads, Blue Smoke, The Cheesecake Bar LLC, Daisy Pops, iRiE Jamaican Kitchen, Merrybrook Baking Co., Poagies BBQ, SOL Pie Pizza and Taco Buddy – were vying for a total prize worth $140,000. This includes a $50,000 investment and six months' free rent at an eatery space in the mall.
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All nine restaurants shared signature dishes with the crowd. Community members then voted via text message for their favorite restaurant, and the judging panel, comprised of eight people influential in the local food community alongside two Belden Village Mall tenant managers and representatives from the mall’s corporate owner, scored the competing restaurants.
After the event, the mall tallied the votes, reviewed comments and scores from the judges and met with its leasing team to review the top restaurants’ business plans. The idea is to make sure that whichever restaurant is chosen will be able to be a long-term tenant.
Since the event, Belden Village Mall’s marketing and business development manager Alisa Carl, who ran the event, has left the company.
Stark Flavor Coffee Crawl extended to Sept. 3
Stark Flavor announced it is extending its coffee crawl to Sept. 3
The coffee crawl, presented by Travis DeZordo, Modern Woodmen of America and C. Massouh Printing Services, previously was scheduled to end Aug. 1.
The coffee crawl allows people to support local coffee shops and get a prize in return.
There are 12 participating coffee shops: Carpe Diem Coffee Shop, Front Porch Cafe, Muggswigz in downtown Canton and Lake Cable, Ohio Roasting Company, Pioneer Coffee Roasters, Shale Craft Coffee, Speak Easy Coffee, Tremont Coffee in Massillon and Perry Township, Uptown Joe and Whole Latte Love Cafe.
The goal is to fill out your digital passport with stops at all 12 shops. Upon completion, you can choose between a custom-designed T-shirt or coffee tumbler.
To participate, visit starkflavor.com, and create an account. Once you have logged in, select “digital passport series” from the dropdown menu.
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You will need to ask for the Stark Flavor code when you arrive at each shop. Use your phone’s camera to scan the QR code, and click the link when it pops up. This will take you to the Stark Flavor website and automatically check you in to that coffee shop.
After making all 12 stops on the passport, the redeem button on the website will unlock, and you will be able to choose your free reward.
Gervasi Vineyard wins Best of Class Whiskey for Wine Barrel Bourbon
Gervasi Vineyard was awarded Best of Class Whiskey for its Wine Barrel Bourbon at the 2022 Finger Lakes International Wine & Spirits Competition held June 21-23 in Rochester, New York.
About 2,500 entries from 10 countries and 43 states were submitted. Expert judges included the most influential people in the wine and spirits industry.
All wines and spirits were presented blind to the panel of judges. Judges awarded bronze, silver and gold medals, and where it was unanimous, double gold.
“I have been with Gervasi since 2020, and it is a passion of mine to produce award-winning spirits for our guests,” said head distiller at Gervasi Vineyard Shae Pridemore in a news release. “Our spirits are crafted with a specific attention to detail in hopes of keeping Gervasi standards above the rest. I am very pleased and honored with the competition’s results.”
Gervasi Vineyard produces a variety of spirits on-site in its state-of-the-art distillery, including Small Batch Vodka, Sinner’s Blush (Rosé Vodka), Small Batch Gin, Saint’s Desire (Blood Orange Gin), Wine Barrel Bourbon, Brandy Cask Bourbon, Rum Barrel Bourbon, Maple Cask Bourbon, Spiced Rum, Blu Liqueur, Citro Liqueur and Giava Liqueur.
Gervasi spirits are available at all GV Destination restaurants and can be purchased from The Still House, The Crush House and The Marketplace Gift Shop.
“This honor is a real testament of the hard work and dedication our distillery team has put forth for Gervasi Vineyard,” said CEO/General Manager for GV Destinations Scott Swaldo in a press release. “The Finger Lakes International Wine and Spirits Competition is a very highly regarded competition in the industry.”
Reservations may be necessary for Hall of Fame Enshrinement week
Restaurants in the Canton and Stark County area likely will be busier than usual this week thanks to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement festivities.
Reservations may be necessary for restaurants in Canton and surrounding areas. Some restaurants may be booked for private events and parties. Make sure to call ahead and check restaurant websites and Facebook pages before arriving.
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