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12 Must Eats At The Rock N Green Tomato Festival

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Fried Green Tomato Pizza at Ron’s

We have exclusive scoop right here ! Yes, Food Adventures  has insider info on what food vendors are coming to Miamisburg on June 10th, and, a 14 piece Elvis tribute band is joining them at this Satuday’s Rock N Green Tomato Festival.  Come get your eat on from 11am until 10pm.

A dozen unique Food Vendors and 25 craft/business booths will be on hand for the event held at Riverfront Park, behind Ron’s Pizza Tavern.   Did we mention Green Beer, a Cornhole tourney,  a Donut 5k, a Green Tomato Pie contest and a kids’ bouncy house and pony area?  There is even a hula hoop contest, face painting at and a dunk tank all day.

But this is Food Adventures, and we are here to talk festival eats –

Bacon Wrapped Chicken Legs from “Q for Everyone”

So here, without a doubt are our patented “MUST EATS” at the Rock N Green Tomato Festival

—GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY FOOD BUS:
Homemade Sandwiches featuring green tomatoes, Burgers, Chicken Salad on Pretzel Bun, Cobbler, Potato Salad, Peanut Butter Pie, Sundaes.  We can’t wait to dive into this menu!

—GREEK STREET FOOD TRUCK:
Street Style Gyros, Baklava  See why this is one of Dayton’s most popular food trucks.  A delicious menu that won’t dissapoint.

—THE HAMBURGER WAGON:
Single and Double Burgers.  For over 100 years, these babies have been a poular street attraction to the ciy of Miamisburg.

—THE ICE CREAM TROLLEY:
Butter Pecan Ice Cream and More. This sinful little trolley will be serving up flavors of cold, creamy ice cream. A cult favorite, get your trolley treats here…

Ice Cream !!

—KONA ICE: 
Blueberry Snow cones and more. Dozens of flavor combinations to keep you cool.

—MG KONCESSIONS:
Funnel Cakes, Deep Fried Oreos, Elephant Ears, Lemon Shakeups.   Carnie food at its best. Get some chin dripping goodness.

—Q FOOD FOR EVERYONE:
Bacon Wrapped Turkey Legs and some of Dayton’s best BBQ. Check out their smoker, made with 3 beer kegs.

Hamburger Wagon Burgers

—RAJUN CAJUN GRILL:
Bourbon Chicken Louisiana Flavors from the owner who is from Louisiana. Time for some Bayou grub !

—RON’S PIZZA: 
Fried Green Tomatoes, Bacon and Green Tomato Sliders. Proceeds from this booth go to the Miamisburg High School Athletic Boosters.  Ron’s will also have Green Tomatoes as an option as pizza toppings inside the Tavern. Green Beer will be served all day inside the tavern, too.

—SCHIAVONE’S
Italian Beef Sandwiches, Meatballs  The legendary Italian name from Middletown is back! We can’t wait to rediscover the familiar tastes of one of the Miami Valley’s favorite restaurant families.

—SHORT ASS FOOD BUS:
Homemade Sandwiches. We cannot wait to try this food truck with the great reputation.

—TOTALLY AWESOME BRANDS:
Kettle Corn, Caramel Corn, Lemonade, Cheese Popcorn, Cookies n Creme Popcorn, Fudge puppies. Some great festival snacks await you at this booth!

—WINK’S TREATS:
Cotton Candy, Cookies, Nachos, Caramel Apple Bowls Some foods that need to be at every festival, made fresh and ready to eat. Snack time !

 

Well there you have it  – the COMPLETE rundown of who will be there.  Expect about 25 craft and business booths as well.

We suggest bringing a folding chair.  With limited seating it comes in handy while listening to the live bands.

FOR A FULL TIMELINE OF THE DAYS EVENTS CLICK HERE

See you at the ROCK N GREEN TOMATO FESTIVAL THIS SATURDAY JUNE 10th from 11am -1opm.

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Fried Green Tomatoes

Kettle Corn

Street Style Gyro from Greek Street

Do You Make An Award Worthy Green Tomato Pie?

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Green Tomato Pie Contest Saturday June 10th

June 10th, 2017 will be a day to mark your culinary calendars.

Calling all cooks, young, old, professional or fly by the seat of your pants. There is a contest and big trophies and bragging rights are at stake for the top 3 spots.  The venue will be the crowded Riverfront Park in Miamisburg at the Rock N Green Tomato Festival, on June 10th.  The pie competition starts precisely at 5pm.

MostMetro is helping organize the festival and Dayton’s favorite foodies,  The Food Adventures Crew will be judging the pie contest.  Will  Chef House, The Big Ragu and Hungry Jax pick your pie?

There is still time to enter the event.

 

HERE’S THE SKINNY ON THE GREEN TOMATO PIE CONTEST:

WHERE:
THE ROCK N GREEN TOMATO FESTIVAL  at Riverfront Park in Miamisburg, behind Ron’s Pizza Tavern near the stage.

WHEN:
SATURDAY, JUNE 10th at 5pm  (the festival goes from 11am – 10pm)

WHAT:
Green Tomato Pie Baking Contest – Whose tastes the best???

Green Tomato Pies

WHY:
 To see who the bragging rights and gets trophies fpr the best Green Tomato Pie !

WHO:
We are expecting professional Pie entries from Ron’s Pizza, Mz. Pickles, Blue Note Bistro, Bennetts Publical (last year’s champ), and maybe Bullwinkles.  We are also expecting some amateur cooks like the “Scanlan Girls.”

HOW TO JOIN THE CONTEST:
Bring your pie to Ron’s Pizza Tavern at 1 s. Main St., Miamisburg, between 1pm and 4pm.  Ask them to put the pie in the cooler for you.  The contest will start at 5pm, last about 30 minutes and trophies will be presented immediately afterwards.

Last Years top 3 were Bennets Publical, Blue Note Bistro and Mz Pickles Sandwich Shop

Contest is WINNER TAKE ALL – with trophies awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place….

 

Other Featured events at the ROCK N  GREEN TOMATO FESTIVAL:

5k Donut Run,  $250 Cornhole Tournament, Hula Hoop Contest, Live Music, Elvis Tribute Band, Food Vendors, Craft Vendors, Kids Bouncy House, Dunk Tank, Hamburger Wagon Burger Eating Contest, Poker Run /Motorcyles, Green Beer at Ron’s Pizza, 

Join us for a Food Adventure Saturday June 10th – A fun time will be had by all.

Below are some pictures from past TOMATO PIE CONTESTS !!

2014 champ, was an amateur !

Bacon topped pie !

Green Tomato Pie pre baked

Whipped Green Tomato Pie

June 10th it all goes down, 2017

Rock n Green Chair Jack Sperry flew in some guest judges from Fairborn in 2016

Will it be savory or sweet ?

Anyone can enter a pie !

If you havent tried Greent Tomato Pie – youre missing out

Oh wow the creativity !

Slicing up a savory pie

Jax and Chef House determine the 2015 champ

Trophies for the winners !

Experiment in your kitchen and give it a try !

Chef House has judged the contest in past years

The 2015 Champs were Amateur cooks !

Elvis would love this

2014 runner up

Raw Material

 

 

Calling All Cornholers: $250 is Waiting

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$250 Prize to the winning team !

Are you a cornhole player? Can you throw that bag filled with corn? Can you knock it through the hole or leave it dangling on the board for points?

Then come one, come all to the Rock N Green Tomato Festival .  They are having a $250 winner take all tournament on Saturday July 23rd.  Teams check in at 11:30am.

Cornhole at the Rock N Green Tomato Festival

WANT TO PLAY?  DOWNLOAD THE SIGNUP SHEET —> HERE

This is the 6th Annual Rock N Green Tomato Festival, and the Cornhole tournament has become a tradition as well.  This is one of Dayton’s biggest tournaments, but the atmosphere is laid back and background activities are live bands and food and craft vendors.   It is a perfect chance to bring the family, a few lawn chairs and let them listen to the free music and enjoy the kids activities as well.

 

Grab a Green Beer before or after at Ron’s Pizza

HERE’S THE SKINNY ON CORNHOLE:

— It is essentially a bean bag toss towards a board, 33 feet away

— You get 4 bean bag tosses each turn

— Object is to accumulate points by throwng your bag into the hole, or landing it on the board

— The strategy is to also keep your opponent from scoring points

— The first team to score 21 points, wins

 

The following is a list of terms commonly used in cornhole.  (For the record, we at Food Adventures have been using words like “Dirty Rollup” and “Slippery Granny” for years under different circumstances).

  • Ace or cow pie: A bag landing on the board, worth one point.

    Throwing the bags

  • Back door or Dirty Rollup: A cornhole bag that rolls over the top of a blocker and into the hole.
  • Backstop: A bag that lands past the hole but remains on the board creating a backboard for a slider to knock into without going off the board.

  • Have you ever thrown a “Slippery Granny?”

    Blocker: A bag that lands in front of the hole, blocking the hole.

  • Cornfusion: When players or teams cannot agree on the scoring
  • Cornhole: A bag that falls in the hole, which is worth three points.
  • Cornucopia: A player possessing a wide variety of skills
  • Dirty bag: A bag that is on the ground or is hanging off the board touching the ground.
  • Flop: Type of toss without rotation or spin.

    Full House

  • Grasshopper: A bag that bounces off the grass or ground and lands on the board for a point.
  • Screaming Eagle: A bag that flys beyond the board without hitting the board.
  • Slippery Granny: Scoring three bags in a row on the board only.
  • Gusher, double deuce, Cornholio, or Four Bagger: Four cornholes by a single player in a single round.
  • Hanger: A bag on the lip of the hole ready to drop.
  • Hooker: A bag hitting the board and hooking or curving around into the hole.
  • Jumper: A bag that strikes another bag on the board causing it to bounce up into the hole.
  • Leprechaun or Clover: When a player attains all four bags onto the board without getting any into the hole.
  • Po-lice: The cornhole referee

    It’s a family affair

  • Sally or Shortbag: A weak toss that and lands on the ground before reaching the board.
  • Shucker: When a player throws a bag and it knocks an opponent’s bag off the board.
  • Skunk, whitewash or shutout: A game that ends in an 11–0 score.
  • Slider or a White Castle: A cornhole bag that slides into the hole.
  • Swish: A bag that goes directly in the hole without touching the board.

    Elvis Tribute band will be performing

  • Shotgun: Throwing all your bags at once.

This isn’t just a great day for Cornhole. It is a great opportunity for a Food Adventure.  And that’s what we will be there for.. Food and live music…

MUST EATS AFTER A CORNHOLE MATCH AT THE ROCKnGREEN TOMATO FESTIVAL:

A double Hamburger Wagon burger is good Cornhole Fuel

— RON’S PIZZA patio and dining room will be open, featuring a full menu.  Let us suggest the deluxe pizza, extra sauce with a special drink of the day – a“Green Draft Beer.”    

— If you are feeling really competitive, you can also enter the HAMBURGER WAGON Burger eating contest!

Choose your weapon

— The ICE CREAM TROLLEY is always a cool stop on a summer’s day of cornhole

— SAUCY SWINE O’s – A food truck with smoked meatballs, pulled pork, chicken and brisket. And ooh that BBQ sauce!

We will see you at Miamisburg’s Riverfront Park, downtown, behind Ron’s Pizza.

So July 23rd, stretch out those hamstrings, crack those knuckles and roll your wrists.  Get loosey goosey and let the bean bags fly!

Join the Food Adventures crew at the Rock N Green Tomato Festival, 2016.

Are you a Dayton foodie like us?  Then “like” us on Facebook by clicking HERE.

It promises to be a Banner Year !

 

 

Rock n Green Tomato Festival to Feature Pie Baking Contest !

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Delicious pie

Green Tomato Pie – Can you make the best one?

Calling all bakers!!  Miamisburg needs you.  Saturday June 14th is the 4th Annual Rock N Green Tomato Festival.  One of the features is a “GREEN TOMATO PIE CONTEST.”  

Can you bake the best pie?  Do you have what it takes?  Can you be the champ?  Prizes will include 1st, 2nd and 3rd place trophies.  Register and prove you have the skills to make the most delicious pie of them all!

The judges for this contest are the only locals with mouths big enough to fit the bill, Chef House, Hungry Jax and Big Ragu from Food Adventures !

 

***TO ENTER THE BAKING CONTEST, Fill out and send in this form by June 11th !  —> click here for form

You have to register by June 11th, then bring your pie to Ron’s Pizza house at 5:30pm on June 14th.  The contest begins at 6pm.  Ron’s will keep your pie warm or cold for you at your direction.  The Food Adventures Crew are serious eaters, and are sure to have their taste buds tuned up and ready for the test …  Are you kitchen savvy enough to win?  Then get your oven mitts, pie crusts, and baking pans ready for this Green Tomato Pie Baking Contest.  But most of all, you have to sign up !

Green Tomato Pizza

Green Tomato Pizza? It was Delicious !

 

This event promises to be a festive Food Adventure at Miamisburg’s Riverfront Park!

The Rock N Green Tomato Festival is relatively new, but has picked up a loyal following in 4 short years.

This cozy festival is a blast and a MUST EAT on your summer list of festivities.  It is a friendly, fun atmosphere with plenty of food and drink.  Speaking of which..

We also have a side contest***  WANT TO WIN DINNER with THE FOOD ADVENTURE CREW at the Rock n Green Tomato Festival for you and a friend?  Then comment on the story below and tell us why you deserve it!  One winner will be chosen at random, and they may bring a guest and meet us at the festival at 4pm.   It looks like Hamburger Wagon Burgers and Ron’s Pizzas are on the menu !  You cant beat a free dinner for you and a pal with 2 original Dayton Food Adventurers!

Fried Green Tomatoes

We love the Fried Green Tomatoes at the festival

 

*******FESTIVAL INFO*******

WHAT: ROCK N GREEN TOMATO FESTIVAL

WHEN: SATURDAY JUNE 14th from Noon – 11pm

WHERE:  Downtown Miamisburg, next to Ron’s Pizza At Riverfront Park

WHAT ELSE:  

— CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT $250 to winner – click here to enter –

— LIVE MUSIC from Noon – 11pm   – schedule of bands here –

Hamburge Wagon Burger

This Hamburger Wagon Burger didn’t last long on our plate

 

— 5k RUN/WALK at 10am – click here to register –

— FOOD AND MERCHANDISE VENDORS – -want to be a vendor? CLICK HERE –

— HAMBURGER EATING CONTEST

— KIDS GAMES and BOUNCY CASTLE

— HULA HOOP CONTEST

— JITTERBUG CONTEST

 

*****For all the event info visit: www.rockngreentomato.com/   *****

The Food Adventures Crew will see you there !  Don’t forget to comment on this article for a chance to win dinner with them  the night of the festival !

Browse through our Food Adventure photo gallery below from past 3 years of “Rock n Green Tomato Festivals.”    Also, “like” Food Adventures on Facebook by clicking HERE !

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