Grab your family and friends and crank up the air conditioning in your car, and take a tour of the best St. Mary’s County has to offer. Ditch the chain restaurants, venture out, and explore one of our county’s independent and unique restaurants that have agreed, starting June 6th, to buy fresh local produce as their ingredients in some of the county’s most sought after dishes. That’s right, June 6th – June 19th is Savor St. Mary’s week, treat your delicate taste buds to some local flavor.
Savor St. Mary’s Official Website: http://www.savorstmarys.com
From spicy Cajun Rockfish with Maryland Goat Cheese to Crab Cakes with a side dessert of strawberries; our local chefs are serving up the freshest and healthiest ingredients from our local farmers and waterman. “Our goal is to drive people to restaurants to make them aware that by supporting our local economy and buying fresh and healthy ingredients from local farmers they are choosing a tastier and healthier solution, that will guarantee the long term success of our local seafood and farming industry.” according to Rob Plant, owner of Blue Wind Gourmet.
Special dishes and events are being prepared around this week. Savor St. Mary’s is running in parallel or conjunction with Maryland Wine Week, June 3 -12, which will feature some of the best locally produced wines at your favorite restaurants. So eat well, drink well and provide a little boost to your local economy and ditch the frozen produce or TV dinners and take your family out for a treat. Savor St. Mary’s participants are listed below and don’t forget that in July, the statewide “Buy Local Challenge,” begins which coincidentally originated in St. Mary’s County.