Slice, Cakes and Fine Confections was one of the many restaurant vendors at the 2012 Tasteful Event.

Tired of dinnertime monotony? If so, make sure to attend this year’s A Tasteful Event and Business Expo. The area’s finest restaurant and caterers will join together to offer guests simply delectable samples from their menus. Your taste buds will delight in trying everything from Harbor Club’s Salmon Beurre Blanc and Braised Short Ribs to sampling gourmet olive oils and vinegars from Plantation Olive Oil Company.

What a great way to start the week.

However, what’s a night out without a little indulgence? This year’s dessert menu is filled with tasty treats. Italian ice will be provided by Piccolos, while Oconee Sweet Sensations is serving up the old southern favorite, peach cobbler. Pie enthusiasts surely won’t be disappointed, yes that’s right, The Yesterday Café will be bringing their famous Buttermilk Pie. Mouthwatering, right? Well, then make sure not to miss out.

The seventh annual Tasteful Event and Business Expo is a great way to ring in September.

Spend a Monday night with friends and family and find a new favorite restaurant. You may even find someone to cater your next tailgate or Monday night football party.

The evening wouldn’t be complete without atmosphere. This year, guests will be able to enjoy live entertainment by Tim Cadiere and The Washboard Road.

So, on Sept. 9 from 6-8 p.m. head out to Lake Oconee Village and see what’s great in Greene. Enjoy a night filled with great food, superb entertainment, a silent auction, business expo and best of all a night of community.

With the start of fall just around the corner it’s time to find that perfect gift for the holidays. What better way to find that unique gift for the special person in your life or yourself by participating in the silent auction.

Bid on autographed baseballs by your favorite Braves players, specialty items from Lake Area businesses and unique items from Heritage Charity Auction and Awards. A few of the specialty items include framed prints of opening day at Sanford Stadium 1929 and a unique display of Masters Badges from the beginning of the tournament to present day.

Restaurants participating in this year’s event are: A Divine Event, Amici Italian Café, Bulldog Supper Club, Bone Island Grill, da Corrado Ristorante, Dolce Caffe, Harbor Club on Lake Oconee, Oconee Sweet Sensations, Piccolos Italian Steakhouse, Plantation Olive Oil Company, Publix, The Ritz-Carlton Lake Oconee, Spillin the Beans, Washington Grass Inn and The Yesterday Café.

Sponsors for this year’s event are: Gold: BankSouth, Bug House Pest Control, Pathways to Healing; Silver: Farmers Bank, Georgia Center for Sight, NIBCO, Dorsey Lawn Services, Twin Lakes Physical Therapy, Hotel Indigo; Bronze: Spa and Patio of Lake Oconee, New Leaf Homes, Dalton Carpet One, PostNet, Lake Oconee News/Lake Life Magazine; Main Stage Sponsor: Pitter Productions Photography.

Tickets are being sold in advance for $20 and cost $25 at the event. Tickets may be purchased Monday through Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Greene County Chamber of Commerce, 111 N. Main St., Greensboro; BankSouth (Lake Oconee); Exchange Bank; and online at www.greeneccoc.org. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Greene County Chamber of Commerce.

For more details contact the Chamber at 706-453-7592 or visit the website at www.greeneccoc.org.