Misti Hale was pleasantly surprised when she was informed that she had been selected as the grand prize winner of the fifth annual EmporiYum! event.
For being named the grand prize winner, Hale took home gift certificates from participating restaurants which are good for a year of dining out. While collecting her winnings at the Emporia Gazette offices Friday, Hale spoke with KVOE News and says while she doesn’t have any immediate plans for how to spend her winnings, she has an idea of what they may go towards.
EmporiYum! is an annual event that celebrates the local restaurant business as part of Emporia’s Restaurant Month. This year’s event was organized in partnership between the Emporia Gazette, the Flint Hills Technical College Culinary Arts program, King Liquor, US Foods and KVOE. Over the last month, customers at 20 different restaurants had the chance to enter for weekly gift card drawings by scanning a QR code or leaving their information in a drop box at the participating businesses.
The participating eateries included:
*627 Event Space
*Amanda’s Bakery
*Billy Sims BBQ
*Bobby D’s Merchant Street BBQ
*Boomtown Cafe
*Bruff’s Sports Bar and Grill
*Casa Ramos
*Gambino’s
*Gourmet-To-Go
*Gustoso’s
*Las Catrinas
*Planet Sub
*Radius Brewing
*Rolling Hills Bar & Grill
*Schrockbier Old Smokehouse
*Taqueria Agaves
*The Cliff
*Union Street Social
*Wagon Wheel
