Taste of Florham Park 2023
An Event of the Florham Park Rotary
The Taste of Florham Park will be held on Monday, May 8, 2023 from 6-8 p.m. at the Vanderbilt-Twombly Mansion on the campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University in Florham Park. Just a short drive from the center of Florham Park, enter either via Park Avenue or Madison Avenue.
The annual festive food extravaganza that benefits the Florham Park Rotary Scholarship Fund, which rewards Florham Park students who have a record of community volunteerism and who are seniors in local high school. Florham Park’s eating establishments graciously provide samples of their best dishes. Local purveyors of fine wine, beer and spirits greet guests with samples of their offerings, as do other local merchants. The Taste is a must attend party for food lovers. It is also a celebration of the best of Florham Park and an opportunity to enjoy the evening with family and friends – and neighbors – at a historic mansion.
General Admission (event entry at 6 p.m.) $50 (includes a door prize chance and a tour of the Mansion). Tickets may be purchased at the Florham Park Diner (182 Ridgedale Avenue), at the Event, or by check mailed to Florham Park Rotary, PO Box 40, Florham Park, NJ 07932.
The Taste of Florham Park includes a “Tricky Tray” with merchandise from many local vendors and other contributors and event sponsors. Tricky Tray tickets are sold separately at the entry, with each ticket composed of three Tricky Tray chances, and with the stub participating in a Door Prize drawing, together with General Admission stubs.
Revenue sources for the Taste are ticket sales, auction and raffle proceeds and corporate sponsorships. Local food establishments and other businesses are invited to participate in either the food presentations or in the Tricky Tray and Door Prizes – or both. For further information, please contact Florham Park Rotarians George Gregor (917 848 0982) or Peter Nicolas (973 476 8189).
This is the fourth Taste of Florham Parkand second consecutive held at FDU. In 2020 it was held at FDU, just prior to the Pandemic. In 2019, many will recall it was held at the Memorial First Aid Squad where it overflowed with guests, thus leading to this fabulous venue of the Mansion, which when built in the late 1800s was one of the 10 largest homes in the United States.
The Taste of Florham Park is a fun town-wide fundraiser that rewards scholarships to students growing up in a town that prides itself as “A Community of Volunteers”.
