Tuesday (May 19) is the date for Preservation North Carolina’s 4th Annual Taste of Downtown Raleigh . This annual fundraiser is a great way to try out that downtown restaurant you’ve been meaning to visit! Here are the details:

Tuesday, May 19 — 5:30-7:30

Reception and tours of the following newly renovated downtown properties:

• Historic Carolina Trust Building (2nd, 3rd, and 5th floors open – there are some terrific interior features of this building)
• Historic Mahler Building (next door to Carolina Trust; reception will be held in the 1st floor art gallery and the upper story condos will be open for touring)
• Foundation Bar (across the street from the Briggs Hardware Building; newly renovated basement level bar with great interior features)
• Briggs Hardware Building (Tour PNC headquarters’ building, see available office space for lease, and take in a short picture show of before-and-after images of our work)

Afterwards, enjoy dinner downtown at one of the sponsoring restaurants offering a buy one entree, get one free opportunity! Restaurants include Sitti, The Mint, Second Empire, The Pit, The Big Easy, The Oxford, Side Street, Sono, Duck & Dumpling, 18 Seaboard, and Raleigh Times.

Tickets are $25 for PNC members, and $35 for non-members (which includes a one-year PNC membership).