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Mac 'n' Cheese Throwdown
#MacDown
APRIL 15, 2023
Downtown Willoughby | Erie Street, Willoughby, Ohio 44094 (Map It)
Check-In Location: Wild Goose, 4144 Erie St. | Check-In Time: 12:30pm to 3:00pm
Shuffle your way down Erie Street as 12 locations show off their tastiest twist on America's favorite comfort dish. It's chef vs. chef as YOU DECIDE who takes home ultimate bragging rights of being named "DTW's BEST MAC!" Who's it gonna brie?
Gouda times! Each location will serve up their best mac & cheese dish, and will also offer a drink special from our partners, Tito's Handmade Vodka! Several of our locally owned DTW retail shops will also be offering day of discounts with your event passport! BONUS: portion of proceeds benefits local charity, W.A.G.S. 4 Kids - the force behind the FirstEnergy Mac N Cheese Throwdown.
Your ticket includes your event passport which features all participating locations and their dish, your mac & cheese sample at each location, event SWAG and your discounted drink special.
You can decide where you go, in what order, and how long you stay at each location!
Giving never tasted this good.
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
Official Passports will be available at the Check-In table starting at 1pm at The Wild Goose.
Eat To Win
Complete the form below and upload a picture of your passport with all stamps visible by April 16th, 2023. Click "Submit Your Mac n' Cheese Passport Here”
No cash value. Must be 21 to be eligible and a resident of the Greater Cleveland area to win. Winner will be chosen via a random drawing on April 17th and will be contacted by email.
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.
WHAT YOU GET: Admission to the event, Tastes from 12 Locations (Value $40), live entertainment, SWAG and coupons to our locally owned DTW businesses (Value $40+). Enter to win $250 in gift cards!
Live. Love. Give. Eat. Drink. Play.– Local.
Sponsored by the DTW Bar & Restaurant Association. Portion of proceeds benefit local charity W.A.G.S. 4 Kids, a 501 c3.
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