cleveland magazine 2011 silver spoon awards party ticket giveaway - take 2

Thanks for NOTHING blogger.com.

You were down this past Thursday/Friday causing me not to be able to post and my readers not to be able to comment. THEN to add insult to injury you removed thousands of posts and comments (including my Silver Spoon Awards Party post below and over 50 reader comments/entries) promising you would restore them.

I waited patiently all weekend hoping you'd do as you said in regard to restoring the posts to no avail.

So it's Sunday evening and I'm having to re-post my content from Thursday and have to ask all my readers to re-comment in order to enter to win, and all the inbound links created for this post are now dead.

Thanks a lot, jerks.

End Rant.

So sorry guys, if you entered to win two tickets to the Cleveland Magazine Silver Spoon Awards Party last week you're going to have to comment again to be eligible to win.

If you twittered, don't worry about doing that again I can still see those, but please leave a second comment again telling me you did so.

Sorry for the inconvenience, you can blame blogger.com for this one.... ___________________________________________________________________

I enjoy Cleveland Magazine.

They recently featured me in their City List issue, I've been named best blog by their readers in '09 and '10 and their managing editor Jim Vickers is a pretty cool dude.

{Sidenote: If you still think I write a pretty cool blog please vote for me in that category in that category in the online Cleveland Magazine Best of Cleveland readers poll.}

So yeah, you could say I'm a fan - particularly because the foodie in me looks forward to the Cleveland Magazine Silver Spoon Awards Party every year.


This year is the 17th annual Silver Spoon Awards Party honoring Cleveland's best eateries is being held Thursday, May, 26th from 6 to 9pm at the Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center.

The strolling food and wine event helps raise awareness and funds for the Arthritis Foundation Northeastern Ohio Chapter via a live and silent auction. There's also a Hot in Cleveland VIP lounge and over 30 Silver Spoon Award winning restaurants showcase their wares.

The 2011 restaurant participants are: Aladdin's Eatery, AMP 150, Angelo's Pizza, Bac Asian American Bistro & Bar, B Spot Burgers (VIP lounge only), Bubba's BBQ, Buckeye Beer Engine, Chocolate Bar, Chinato, DANTE Restaurant, Deagan's Kitchen & Bar, Dim & Dem Sum (VIP lounge only), First Watch, Geraci's Restaurant, Great Lakes Brewing Company, Hot Sauce Williams, India Garden, L'Albatros, Mama Roberto's, Pacific East, Paladar, Pearl of the Orient, Pier W, San Souci, Sushi Rock, Sweet Melissa, The Greenhouse Tavern (VIP lounge only), Tucky's, Ty Fun and Whole Foods Market.

a.k.a. a lot of awesome places

You can purchase general admission or VIP tickets, $85 and $135 respectively, online here.

OR

Win a pair of general admission tickets here on the plum!

To enter, leave a comment on this post telling me which of the participating restaurants you're more excited to try.

For an extra entry tweet about the contest including a link to this post (http://bit.ly/l2zE0N) and my twitter handle (@clevelandsaplum) then leave a second comment telling me you did so.

Don't forget to leave your contact information in your comment if I don't already have a way to get a hold of you. I'll announce the winner on 5/19.

Good luck to all who enter!