ARTini Recap

Wow! What an amazing night we had on Saturday, April 27. We had the pleasure of hosting a new mixer called ARTini, and it was an absolute blast! Our guests enjoyed delicious drinks, yummy food, caricature drawings, and wonderful sculptures both in and out of our facility. The event was hosted by Old Point National Bank and featured mixologists from the most prominent restaurants and bars in the region, competing against each other to win the People's Choice Award and the Overall Best Martini Award. Following the competition, our judges, Patrick Evans-Hylton, Stormy Blue, and Danny Devlin, voted for Venture Kitchen + Bar as the recipient of the Overall Best Martini Award, and the guests chose them for the People's Choice Awards. We are thrilled for Venture and extend our congratulations to them for winning both awards. They definitely deserved it.

We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone who came out to support ARTini and helped make the event a success. We hope everyone had a fantastic time and made lasting memories. We want to give a big shoutout to our restaurant partners who provided their tasty drinks and appetizing food: Cibus Chophouse, Circa 1918 Kitchen + Bar, Fin Seafood, The Baker’s Wife, The Grey Goose, and Venture Kitchen + Bar. We also want to thank our generous sponsors, Nancy & Steve Adams, Dave & Val Bowen, Letia & Joseph Drewry, Denine & Doug Miller, Merle Rivas, 110 Gallery - Karen Spaulding, and Molly & Forrest Ward for their support. Last but not least, we are grateful to our wonderful judges, Patrick Evan-Hylton, a trained chef and award-winning food journalist, Stomry Blue, a local food critic, and Danny Devlin, Senior Director for Outreach & Engagement at William & Mary. We couldn't have asked for better judges!

Once again, thank you so much to everyone who made ARTini an unforgettable night filled with laughter, art, drinks, and memories!