Sunday activities abound at third annual Los Altos Village Association event

For the third consecutive year, the Los Altos Village Association is pairing up local wineries with a variety of downtown restaurants and retailers for “Taste of Los Altos Village.” This year’s event, scheduled for 5 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, features 26 eateries and 14 wineries.

Village Association executive director Ted Garrett said downtown visitors will have the opportunity to “experience the cuisine of downtown Los Altos and the vintages of the San Francisco and Silicon Valley wines.”

On the same day, a “Corvette Spectacular” car show will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Main Street, while an antiques and collectibles faire takes over the downtown parking plazas.

Santa Clara Corvettes is sponsoring the car show for the second straight year. Corvettes member Andy Hoepfner said more than 100 cars, from 1953 to the latest models, will be on display. Many of the participating Corvette owners are locally based, Hoepfner said. Car vendors and dealers will be selling T-shirts and other merchandise at downtown intersections. Main Street will be closed to traffic until 4 p.m.

Meanwhile, an antiques and collectibles faire, featuring jewelry, furniture and other items takes place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission for the 25th annual event is $2, with children 12 and under free. Proceeds will benefit this year’s Festival of Lights Parade.

Several restaurants will be participating in the “Taste” for the first time, including Aldo Los Altos, Red Pepper, A Matter of Thai and French Creperie. Veteran participants include Ragusa, Maltby’s, Fiesta Vallarta, Cruz’n Café, Satkar, Main Street Café & Books, Village Pantry, Beausejour, Shanghai Express, Casa Lupe, Baskin Robbins, Applewood Pizza, Armadillo Willy’s, Jamba Juice, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Skip’s Pizza Place and Togo’s.

“Taste of Los Altos Village” participants can purchase tickets and pick up a wine glass at Village Association offices, 319 State St., before sampling hors d’oeuvres and wines at participating businesses. While partaking of the food and drink, visitors will be entertained by several performers, including locally based Blues Cadillac (at the American Legion Hall on First Street), Bell Brothers, Jazz Connection and Felonious Blues.

According to Garrett, the “Taste of Los Altos Village” event is picking up steam, drawing customers to restaurants and retailers that they might not otherwise have visited.

“This is turning out to be the kind of event I had hoped for originally. This is designed to get local folks downtown to see what’s new,” Garrett said.

Garrett added that “Taste” offers an even more expansive array of wineries than was featured at this year’s Los Altos Art & Wine Festival. This year’s participating wineries range from Naumann Vineyards of Cupertino to Concannon Vineyard of Livermore.

Tickets cost $25 and are still available for the event. Download the ticket order form at www.losaltos-downtown.org and fax it to 941-7659. Pickup tickets at the Village Association office this week or at will call the day of the event. For more information, call the event line at 917-9799.