'Memorable Meals' event shows Valley's appetite for fundraising

YOUNGSTOWN — YOUNGSTOWN — Specialty foods from about two dozen of the Mahoning Valley’s oldest and best-known restaurants were available for people’s dining pleasure today during the second annual “Memorable Meals Mahoning Valley: Dining Across Cultures” event.

The event featured a wide variety of food including pirogies, stuffed cabbage, corned beef sandwiches, wedding soup, raspberry barbecue wings, meatloaf, monkey bowl salad, tortellini, hot peppers in oil, flat bread and hummus, greens and beans, and mini ice cream pops.

About 350 people attended the event at Stambaugh Auditorium.

The event raised about $15,000 to $16,000, which went to Grow Youngstown, Stambaugh Auditorium and the Tyler History Center.

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