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January 18, 2012

THE VILLAGE VOICE’S FIFTH ANNUAL“CHOICE EATS”

TICKETS ON SALE NOON TODAY

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18TH

VOICE ALSO ANNOUNCES NEW ANNUAL FOOD EVENT

“CHOICE STREETS” FOOD TRUCK TASTING

WITH LIMITED TIME DISCOUNTED COMBO TICKETS ON SALE NOW

New York, NY – January 18, 2012 – Tickets for the The Village Voice’s fifth annual tasting event, “Choice Eats,” are on sale noon today, Wednesday January 18. This year’s foodie-beloved event is guaranteed to be just as successful as years past, when the event boasted 60+ restaurants and food from over 35 nations. Each of this year’s participating restaurants will be hand picked by Village Voice resident food critics, Robert Sietsema and Lauren Shockey. The event will take place on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 from 6:30 – 9:30 PM at the 69th Armory on Lexington Avenue in New York City.

A new event to 2012, the Village Voice is also proud to announce its first annual “Choice Streets” Food Truck tasting event on Tuesday, April 24 from 7:00 – 10:00 PM, featuring over 25 of some of the city’s favorite and highly sought-after food trucks. Set amid the backdrop of the New York Landmark – The Intrepid – attendees will feast onboard Pier 86 and enjoy an evening of fabulous food, drinks and an amazing view of New York City.

Ticket prices for this year’s “Choice Eats” event feature a VIP ($80) and General Admission ($50) Ticket.Ticket prices include complementary food tasting, beverages and entertainment throughout the night plus the addition of “Choice Sweets” desserts throughout the event. The VIP ticket allows guests to skip the line and gain entrance to an exclusive “Choice “Eats” VIP room one hour early at 5:30 for early sampling, a VIP gift bag, complimentary beverages, live demos and a private “Choice Sweets” dessert sampling VIP room.

For a limited time, ticket buyers will have the opportunity to purchase a discounted “Choice Eats & Choice Streets” ticket bundle package for tickets to both events. To purchase tickets visit or click here:

“Choice Eats” is one of New York City’s unique food events where you can sample food from the most sought after restaurants across all the cities boroughs under one roof for one night. Last year the event featured over 60 restaurants from 35 countries and sold out three weeks in advance to over 2,000 of New York’s food enthusiasts.

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About The Village Voice:

Founded by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, and Norman Mailer in October 1955, The Village Voice introduced free-form, high-spirited and passionate journalism into the public discourse. As the nation's first and largest alternative newsweekly, the Voice maintains the same tradition of no-holds-barred reporting and criticism it first embraced when it began publishing over fifty years ago. The recipient of three Pulitzer prizes, the National Press Foundation Award, and the George Polk Award, among others, the Voice has earned a reputation for its groundbreaking investigations of New York City politics, and as the premier expert on New York's cultural scene. Writing and reporting on local and national politics, with opinionated arts, culture, music, dance, film and theater reviews, daily web dispatches, comprehensive entertainment listings, and unrivaled classifieds, the Voice is the authoritative source on all that is New York.

The Village Voice has also created such celebrated events as the Obies Awards, Siren Music Festival, Choice Eats, Web Awards, as well as the most anticipated issues and guides of the year including the annual Pazz and Jop music poll, Best of NYC, and its Spring, Summer, and Fall Preview guides, the Voice is New York's most influential must-read alternative newspaper in print and online at where the site averages 2 million unique users each month.

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