8/14/10 Bertolli Olive Oil Family Fun Weekends in Little Italy

Saturday, August 14, 2010 from 1pm to 5pm; concert at 4pm

Mulberry Street Pedestrian Mall

Little Italy in NYC

Cost: Free

For all ages

Bertolli Olive Oil Family Fun Weekends in Little Italy to Feature Olive Oil Tastings in Six Local Restaurants and Fun Activities for the Entire Family

Summer in Little Italy will present two special weekends in August, called Bertolli Olive Oil Family Fun Weekends, on Saturdays, August 7 and 14, 2010. The daylong activities will begin at 1 PM and continue through 5 PM.

Bertolli Olive Oil will partner with up to six local Italian restaurants to hold olive oil tastings from 1 to 3 PM on each of those Saturdays. The tastings will take place at a small table on the sidewalk directly in front of each restaurant. Bertolli will also provide sachets (15 mL packets) and recipe booklets for distribution to members of the public.

Each tastings area will be staffed by a Bertolli representative who will encourage passers-by and diners at the restaurant to sample Bertolli Extra Virgin Olive Oil by dipping a piece of bread. Bertolli will also provide 8.5 oz bottles of Extra Virgin Olive Oil to offer to restaurant diners for bread dipping at tables. The guests will then be invited take the bottle home with them, with a limit of one bottle per table.

Restaurants participating in the Bertolli Olive Oil Tastings include: Da Nico, 164 Mulberry Street (between Grand and Broome); Grotta Azzurra, 387 Broome Street (corner of Grand); Il Cortile, 125 Mulberry Street (between Canal and Hester); S.P.Q.R., 133 Mulberry Street (between Hester and Grand); and Original Vincent’s, 119 Mott Street (corner of Hester).

Families visiting Little Italy on August 7 and 14 will also find a number of child-friendly performers positioned along the Mulberry Street Pedestrian Mall, including face painters, balloon artists and even a stilt walker! In addition, a Bertolli representative will be present near the corner of Hester and Mulberry Streets to hand out Bertolli–branded balloons and coloring books to children and families.

And to top off the Family Fun Saturdays, there will be free outdoor concerts from 4 to 5 PM by singing stars Alfio (August 7) and Jenna Esposito (August 14) in the Performance Area on Hester Street between Mulberry and Mott Streets.

http://www.littleitalynyconline.com/news-bertolli.html