100 Museum Dr
Newport News, VA
23606
Museum: 9am - 5pm
Park and Noland Trail: Open
100 Museum Dr
Newport News, VA
23606
Museum: 9am - 5pm
Park and Noland Trail: Open
A tremendous thank you to everyone who joined us for a food-tasting event of HISTORIC proportions!
The SOLD-OUT evening was filled with scrumptious dishes, lively music from Astro Entertainment, special guest appearances by Abraham Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln, and Frederick Douglass, a coffee station from Firehouse Coffee 1881, and wonderful sponsors.
Top caterers and restaurants from Hampton Roads prepared their best interpretations of 19th-century dishes, and we congratulate the following for garnering these distinct awards:
The Gourmet Gang – Maryland Crab Soup
People’s Choice Best Soup or Side
The Catering Company – Poulet a la Marengo
People’s Choice Best Entree
Chef by Design – Apple Dumplings
People’s Choice Best Dessert
The Catering Company – Poulet a la Marengo
Judges Choice Best Presentation
NEST Kitchen + Taphouse – Force Meat-balls
Judges Choice Best Overall
The Catering Company – Poulet a la Marengo
Ironclad Chef Award for Historical Accuracy
Join us next year when History Bites celebrate its 10th annual mark!
The Mariners’ Museum and Park is honored to receive the Virginia Green Certification for its annual fan-favorite event, History Bites. It is the Museum’s commitment, in both its mission and as part of the Virginia Green program, to promote and encourage our guests to partake in sustainable practices. This year all serving materials at History Bites will be compostable and disposed of in an industrial composting facility.
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