Join Taste mag for tasty event The Oakville Beaver's sister publication Taste magazine is hosting an exclusive event for the first 100 people to walk through the door to celebrate the publication of its second issue. The food event will take place tomorrow (Thursday) at the Harbour Banquet Centre's Blue Room. It starts at 6 p.m. The free event is hosted by Taste and will include free food, drinks and goodies to be taken away. Only the first 100 people will be admitted. Guests will have a chance to taste the foods of Whole Foods Market, Compass Lounge, Kind Foods, EarthFresh Foods, Popcorn Indiana and Matt & Steve's along with wine from Mike Weir Wines and Dos Equis beer. The banquet centre is located at 2340 Ontario St. Family night WITH A MOVIE: Dr. Diane Meyer (left), her husband Stewart Williamson and their children Holly and Ricky watch a movie earlier this month in the parking lot of the Meyer Chiropractic Health Centre. 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