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The fourth annual A Taste of the Highlands will be held 2-5 p.m. Saturday, May 6, in John Howell Park on Virginia Avenue. Participants include La Tavola Trattoria, Sala, South City Kitchen, the Food Studio, Flying Biscuit, Pad Thai, Vine, Noche. Proceeds benefit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. All-inclusive tickets are $30 in advance until noon May 5, and $35 at the door. www.tasteofthehighlands.com.March of Dimes Dining Out begins at 7 p.m. Friday, May 19 with more than 50 restaurants participating. The list includes Bacchanalia, BluePointe and ONE.midtown kitchen. Tickets are $1,250 for a table of 10, and include food, wine, gratuity and admission to the after-party at Twelve Atlantic Station. Details: www.marchofdimes.com/georgia.

Atlantic Station will host Wine & Dine 2006, a day of al fresco dining on Saturday, May 20. It will include wine tastings, restaurant samples, cooking seminars, fashion shows and live music. More than 100 fine wines will be matched with fare from 20 eateries, and the Atlanta Wine School will hold seminars. Festivities run 12:30-5 p.m. Tickets are $45 in advance, $55 at the door. Children, strollers and those under 21 are not allowed. Benefits the Epilepsy Foundation of Georgia. Tickets: www.wineanddineevents.com.Enoteca Carbonari, a sibling of Bararonda, has opened next door on Peachtree Street in Midtown. Choose from soups, salads and sandwiches for lunch, or select cheese, wine and cured meats to take home.

An eclectic mix of restaurants has been announced for Buckhead’s Terminus 100 ground-floor dining area. Along with Aquaknox, a high-end Las Vegas seafood restaurant, there is expected to be a second location of MF Sushi Bar; Lola, a new Italian concept from Here to Serve; and BrickTop, a Naples-based American cuisine restaurant opening its first location outside Florida.

Crave has opened in East Atlanta Village in the former Iris space. The Glenwood Avenue eatery serves eclectic American, including short ribs, risotto crab cakes and blackened tuna. A large patio and free Wi-Fi are also offered.

Druid Hills Baptist Church will its annual Taste of Intown on Saturday, May 13, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. featuring an artists’ market, kids activities and samplings from local restaurants from 2 to 4 p.m. The church is located at 1085 Ponce de Leon Ave. at the corner of North Highland. For restaurants and details, visit www.DHBC.org

Chicago Nancy’s Pizza has been a hit since it opened two years ago off Ponce de Leon in Atlanta, and is now expanding by open a second location in Buckhead at 3167 Peachtree Rd. The eatery, which delivers, specializes in deep dish, stuffed pizzas.

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