COMFORTING CUISINE

Fundraiser aids Troy club

TROY, N.Y. » Brown’s Revolution Hall on River Street in downtown Troy was filled Thursday night with people supporting the Troy Boys & Girls Club.

The Troy Boys & Girls Club hosted its seventh annual Comfort Cuisine for three hours Thursday night.

Comfort Cuisine is a gourmet food tasting and competition where local teams are challenged to bake the region’s best pie. Guests were treated to food and dessert samples, music, a wine pull, green-screen photo booth, silent auction and more.

Participating culinary teams included 99 Restaurant & Pub, Ama Cocina, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, Brick House Tavern & Tap, rabba’s Bar-B-Que, reem Quesadillary, House, Brown’sdaddy Italian Park Famous Brewing Pub, O’Brien’s Grill, Patricelli’s Lunch, Dinosaur Co., Public Flats Car- KaDeli In, Roadhouse, Testo’s & Catering, Restaurant, Sonic Eatery Drive- at

Carol’s at Hilton Place, Garden The Rensselaer Inn-Troy, Trader Joe’s and Troy Boys & Girls Club — Elvira Ford.

Three different awards were given out based on votes of guests in attendance, one for the People’s Choice award, one for Best Dish and one for Best Dessert.

The People’s Choice award went Carol’s Place on Pawling

the People’s Choice award, one for Best Dish and one for Best Dessert.

The People’s Choice award went Carol’s Place on Pawling Avenue in Troy, with the Best Dish going to 99 Restaurant, and Best Dessert was awarded to The Rensselaer at Hilton Garden Inn-Troy.

Organizers said that they were hoping to raise roughly $10,000 during the annual event.

— Nicholas Buonanno

NICHOLAS BUONANNO — NBUONANNO@TROYRECORD.COM Brown’s Revolution Hall filled up quickly Thursday night for the 7th annual Comfort Cuisine fundraiser for the Troy Boys & Girls Club.

NICHOLAS BUONANNO — NBUONANNO@TROYRECORD.COM Rensselaer County Sheriff Patrick Russo, to the right, looks at some of the raffle items at the 7th annual Comfort Cuisine fundraiser.

NICHOLAS BUONANNO — NBUONANNO@TROYRECORD.COM Troy Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year nominee Diamond Owens reads a poem during the club’s annual Comfort Cuisine fundraiser Thursday night as Patrick Doyle, executive director of the Troy Boys and Girls Club looks on.

NICHOLAS BUONANNO — NBUONANNO@TROYRECORD.COM Andrew and Nicole O’Keefe enjoy some food during the event.

NICHOLAS BUONANNO — NBUONANNO@TROYRECORD.COM Cari Summers of Texas Roadhouse restaurant serves some food during the fundraiser.

NICHOLAS BUONANNO — NBUONANNO@TROYRECORD.COM Mark Miron, owner of Park Pub restaurant, cuts up some pulled pork.

NICHOLAS BUONANNO — NBUONANNO@TROYRECORD.COM People enjoy a variety of food during the 7th annual Comfort Cuisine.