Versailles 3rd Annual FareFest

Hey Everyone!

If you haven't heard, FareFest is barely more than a week away! This is our last big event before the end of the Summer, and we need you to be there to make it completely unforgettable! 

On August 27th, 2011 from 2 p.m-5 p.m, on Fountain Square on Maine Street in Versailles, Ohio, we will celebrate the 3rd annual food, beer, and wine festival that we hope to continue for years to come. Profits from FareFest provide scholarship money for future Versailles Alumni, provide backing for the Darke County Visitors Bureau, and is a great way to support our local restaurants and vendors, as well as a great opportunity to sample some of the little delights that can be found in the area! This years' festival is going to be bigger and more exciting than ever! Along with all of the food, beer and wine you care to enjoy, we will also be featuring spirits as well as live entertainment. The price per ticket is $40 pre-ordered, $45 at the door, and $20 for a food only ticket (we highly encourage designated drivers, we want everyone to have fun AND be safe!) The ticket gets you a commemorative wine glass that is yours to keep, and all that you can eat and drink until the time and/or products run out! Continue on to the next section for specifics.

To include every single food vendor, wine and beer that will be available at the festival would be require the publishing of a novel, and it would be much more information than you would care to read, but here are the highlights!

Wine
The Winery at Versailles, Biltmore Wine Company, Treasury Wine Estates, Easley Winery, Trinchero Family Estates, E&J Gallo Winery, Barefoot Winery, Ste Michelle Wine Estates, Hoepler Winery, Underdog Wine Merchants, Firelands Winer, Specialty Wine Co, Constellation Wines, U.S. Vintage Point, RNDC/General/Pernod, Banfi, The Wine Group, Wente Family Wines, Rodney Strong Wine Estates, Sun Wine Imports, Delicato /Gnarly Head Winery, Brown-Forman Wines, Foley, Frexient, Folio, Kobrand, Majestic Fine Wine, Terlato, Schmitt Sohne.

Beer
Mike's Hard Lemonade, Sam Adams, Twisted Tea, Smuttynose, 21st Amendment, Victory, Wells Banana Bread, Wooden Shoe, Leinenkugels, Great Lakes, Schlitz, McSorleys.

Spirits
Elsa's Bad Juan, Coconut Jack, Bacardi, Malibu, Sazerac.

Restaurants   
The Caroline, Chin's Ginger Grill, The Bistro, King's Poultry, Smokin' Bar-B-Que, Sideliners Sports Bar & Grill, Michael Anthony's at the Inn, LeDoux's, Ghyslain Chocolatier, Coldwater Café, Club 55, Chef Brian Keagan & Lisa McFarren, Fire Pie Pizza Co., Beautifully Dunn Cakes, Bakehouse Breads, and the list keeps growing!

Live Entertainment
Buff Francis of 2X2, Almost Empty (Tyler DeMange, Zach Rosenbeck, and Phil Niekamp), and Danny Schneible.

As if this magnificent list of food and beverage is not enough to get you excited, there will also be an assortment of vendors selling non-food items, such as glass, crafts, and jewelry.

The Fun Doesn't End at 5!

Just because the festival ends early in the evening doesn't mean that the fun has to end too! You are invited to come inside the Inn afterward if you haven't gotten your fill! This would be a great opportunity to check out the new bar if you haven't seen it yet, and a great last chance to sample some of our lighter-portioned Summer seasonal menu items before Fall! If you are interested, please call to make reservations as soon as possible, available seating in the dining room is filling up very quickly, and the time to save yourself a seat is running out.
We really hope to see you all there! Please call (937) 526-3020 to order tickets and/or make a reservation. Also, I would like to offer my greatest thanks for all of you that attended the pizza and beer dinner at the beginning of the month! For those of you who weren't able to make it, I really hope to see you next time, everyone had a great evening and we will definitely be doing similar events in the future!

It's not over till we say it's over!

Happy August everyone!

We are indeed rapidly approaching the end of the season, and though it may feel like the time for bonfires, cookouts, and late night beer-ponging sessions is running dangerously low, we at the Inn still have a couple of fun events planned (we'll even supply the fire-wood, food, and booze).
You've most likely heard by now that there will be a Wood-Fired Pizza and Beer Dinner this Friday, August 5th as a sort of celebration for the bar remodel and the new pizza oven, and it's a great excuse to get a bunch of people together to  eat pizza and drink beer. If you've been to any of our previous beer or wine tasting events, you will expect that its definitely going to stray from the ordinary. We've got some unique and especially tasty wood-fired creations that will be paired with a few of our new craft beers straight from the tap! So, you like artichokes on your pizza? Got it. Applewood smoked cheddar? Done. Eggs? All over it. This event will definitely be an adventure for your taste buds, so we really hope to see you there! It's only a few days away, and it's filling up fast, so call now to make a reservation! (937) 526-3020, the dinner begins at 7:30 and the price is $35 per person including tax and gratuity.

We will wrap everything up on August 27th with our 3rd annual Versailles Fare Fest. This event is still relatively new to Versailles, but we had a great time the past two years, and we hope to be holding this festival for many years to come! This year is going to be bigger and badder than ever, featuring the music of Buff Francis of 2X2, and Almost Empty (Tyler DeMange, Phil Niekamp, and Zach Rosenbeck). There will also be several vendors who specialize in crafts, from jewelry to specialty cakes, and of course, there will be plenty of food, beer, and wine. Try not to fill up though, because we would love to see you inside for dinner after the festival is over. This would be a good night to sample some of the Summer Seasonal Menu items, which feature lighter portions and local, farm raised, organic, free range, and heirloom ingredients! Please call (937) 526-3020 or stop in at 21 W. Maine Street, Versailles Ohio to purchase a ticket. Tickets are $40 pre-ordered, $45 at the door, and $20 for food only for youngsters or non-drinkers.