This is always one of our favorite food sampling events. It is hosted each year by Harrisburg Magazine at the Radisson in Camp Hill. This was our 3rd year to be lucky enough to serve food at the Simply the Best Gala. This year we served boneless wings in our Award Winning Almost Everything sauce which I’d highly recommend (Our Hot & Hickory Smoked Honey Barbeque sauce blended together with Garlic and Cajun spices.) along with Garlic Parmesan. The team also served the guests our Arooga’s baseball bat pretzel bits with cheese wiz and small samples of Arooga’s own quadruple distilled Sagoora vodka which were chilled in fun light up shakers. Our Route 15 kitchen staff prepared over 350 pretzel sticks and over 1500 wings to be served at the event!
This is always a fun event because our corporate team is able to attend as guests. It’s nice to sample other restaurants creations and network with people in the same industry. This year we won “Simply the Best Wings” & “Simply the Best Sports Bar” for the 3rd year in a row.
This year over 10,000 people voted for their Simply the Best favorites on the online poll or through the magazine. About an hour into the event, Wink 104’s Denny Logan took the stage and started announcing all of the awards for the 2011 Simply the Best winners. It took about an hour and a half to get through all the different categories. They have winners in all types of categories from Simply the best hair studio, car dealership, landscaper, etc. After each winner received their plaque they were directed to get their picture taken in the silent auction area. This year all proceeds from the silent auction went to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. We were happy to support this cause by donating a nice gift basket with a variety of Arooga’s items. We have been very active in supporting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society the past couple years with the Man and Woman of the year campaign and our Funds for Friends program.
I’d like to thank everyone for all of their votes and support throughout the years and making Arooga’s Simply the Best!
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