Flavor of Fairhaven a fun event

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The rain put a damper on - but could not stop - this first “Flavor of Fairhaven” day long food and drink celebration.  Most restaurants had great samples for $1 to $2 dollars.  There was a pizza dough tossing contest, and all sorts of other fun events.

Above is part of the crowd that watched the “Chefs Show Down” at the Big Fat Fish Co. restaurant.  These three chefs competed side by side for the audience with great commentary from Pamela, the manager of the Fish. 

Above we have the three judges of the chef’s efforts, from left are John deFreest, Bryant Davis and Tina. (I will find her last name)  Even the judges had many more folks on either side of the photographer watching their tasting and comments. 

Later in the afternoon, the tasting of drinks began.  Above is the action at Dos Padres with Joey serving very small Tequila tastings.  There were also several wine tastings going on and a pub crawl. 

Earlier - late morning - was the “Fairhaven Cup” coffee competition at the Rustic Coffee.  Five baristas from our coffee shops, including Woods Coffee at Boulevard Park, competed.  Above are three of the entries.  We take our coffee very seriously in Fairhaven, as all Whatcom County knows.  Our oldest shop was roasting and grinding beans in 1971.  And of course we consider Boulevard Park to be part of Fairhaven.  Our thanks to Wes Hermann for the photos of the coffees and the baristas below. 

Here are the five baristas.  The fellow on the far right, Peter from Tony’s, won this very friendly competition.

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