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Saturday, September 27, 2025
Launching From: The Tricky Tortoise (Map It)
Check-In Time: 12:30pm to 3:00pm
Event End Time: 5pm
Mac. Cocktails. Community.
Gouda times are back in Downtown Willoughby. Join us for the DTW Shuffle, where 11 local venues serve up their most creative takes on mac and cheese—paired with Tito’s Handmade Vodka drink specials and exclusive retail discounts along Erie Street.
With your event passport in hand, explore the neighborhood at your own pace. You choose the route, you set the schedule. Each stop includes:
- A 3 oz. mac and cheese sample
- Specialty drink deals from Tito’s Handmade Vodka
- Day-of discounts at participating DTW retailers
- Shuffle-only swag (while supplies last)
Text to vote for your favorite mac and cheese as chefs compete for the ultimate bragging rights: DTW’s Best Mac.
Who will win? You decide.Your Ticket Includes:
- Entry and event passport
- Mac and cheese sample at each of the 11 stops
- Drink specials throughout Downtown Willoughby
- Shuffle swag and surprises
Giving Never Tasted This Good
A portion of all proceeds benefits W.A.G.S. 4 Kids, a local nonprofit that trains and places service dogs for children with disabilities. Your appetite helps support families across Northeast and Central Ohio.
Get Your Ticket. Bring Your Appetite.
Spend the afternoon supporting local chefs, sipping Tito’s, and celebrating community in Downtown Willoughby.
About W.A.G.S. 4 Kids
Working Animals Giving Service for Kids (WAGS 4 Kids) has been providing adaptive early intervention services for children with special needs since 2004 - training and placing mobility, autism, & mental health service dogs as early in a child's life as there is a need and an interest. Since 2007, WAGS 4 Kids has proudly partnered with the ODRC and currently hosts 3 training programs where dogs are housed and trained for placement throughout 35 counties of NE & Central Ohio. Proudly hosting the Mac N Cheese Throwdown since 2017. Thank you to all of our DTW business and participants! Learn more: www.wags4kids.org
Passport
Check back soon for a preview of our 2025 passport to prov-alone or with a friend!
Official Passports will be available at the Check-In table at The Tricky Tortoise.
Vote For Best Mac!
Crown Willoughby’s Best Mac ‘n’ Cheese!
HOW TO:
- Scan the QR Code below or text MAC to 66866
- Click the survey link to vote for your choice for Best Mac!
- VOTE for your favorite
- Click “Submit”!
No cash value. Must be 21 to be eligible and a resident of the Greater Cleveland area to participate. Winner will be announced via social media on September 28th and will be contacted by email.
Be a Mac N' Cheese Shuffle Ambassador!
#MACSHUFFLE
POST PHOTOS, WIN PRIZES!
Follow @MacNCheeseThrowdown on Instagram
Post pictures during the event using the hashtag: #MacDownDTW
Each hashtag is an entry to win gift certificates to participating Mac N' Cheese Shuffle local shops + restaurants.
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