Michael’s Café and Bakery, 101 Main St., is holding its annual Paws with Paczki adoption event in conjunction with Paws and Whiskers, Toledo’s only no-kill cat shelter. This purr-fect party will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday (aka Paczki Day), when the bakery will host two cats who are looking to find their fur-ever homes.
Stop by to pick up some paczki and 50 cents of every dozen sold will be donated to the shelter. Additionally, all contributions placed in the tip jar for the week will go towards care for the cats.
Available flavors are apple, apricot, Bavarian, blueberry, cherry, chocolate, chocolate peanut butter, lemon, plain, raisin, raspberry, and strawberry. They cost $15.95 per dozen or $1.40 each.
For more information or to place an advance order, call 419-698-2988. Walk-ins are always welcome.
■ St. Paul’s food fests
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 428 N. Erie St., invites you to its upcoming food-themed fests.
At 4 p.m. on March 14, join in a live-streamed St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Pre-order a full holiday dinner (corned beef, cabbage, carrots, red potatoes, and crème de menthe dessert bars), then enjoy a virtual one hour musical program featuring Scott Sopata playing bagpipe, guitar, and tin whistle. There will also be Irish trivia and other entertainment.
The cost is $30, and includes generous servings for two; payment can be made when meals are picked up in the drive-through line between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on the day of the event. Place orders with HeART Gallery director Kate Philabaum: kate@stpaulstoledo.org.
National Grilled Cheese Day will get a unique spin when muralist Kodi Klocinski, owner of Toledo Tattoo Company, will brighten an outside wall of the church. At 4 p.m. that day (April 11), those who donate to the fund-raiser for this project are invited to enjoy grilled cheese sandwiches and root beer floats while watching the colorful transformation of the building and listening to live music.
To donate to the project, go to gofund.me/323c6303 or contact Ms. Philabaum. Any amount is gratefully appreciated.
■ Restaurant Week virtual tap tasting
Celebrate Restaurant Week Toledo, the area’s most delicious fund-raiser for Leadership Toledo, at a virtual tap tasting kick-off event hosted by Patron Saints Brewery founders Aaron Grizaniuk and Eric Pfohl along with Tim McMahon of the Buckeye Community Arts Network. It will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 25.
Tickets cost $35, and a portion of each registration will benefit Leadership Toledo’s youth programs. (Attendees must be at least 21 years old.) Tasting kits can be picked up at Patron Saints, 4730 W. Bancroft St., between 12 and 10 p.m. on Feb. 24 or 12 to 6 p.m. on the 25th.
In addition to the six-pack of full-size beers, tasters will also get a reusable tote, a Restaurant Week passport and a first sticker, and a Patron Saints koozie. The first 100 registrants will also receive a commemorative Restaurant Week Toledo Libbey beer glass, and several randomly chosen kits will also get other perks (restaurant gift cards, T-shirts).
The divinely inspired sampling assortment includes Saints Matthew (stout), Luke (blonde ale), John (IPA), Francis (farmhouse), and Joseph (maple butter pecan stout), as well as a white peach mango Saintly Seltzer.
For more information and to get tickets, go to restaurantweektoledo.com.
First Published February 14, 2021, 4:00 p.m.
