Thank you for joining us at the 40th (Ruby) Anniversary of the Taste of Howard County!

benefitting Gilchrist Center Howard County, the only inpatient hospice center in the county.

Questions? Contact Julie Kolankiewicz

Sponsor Benefits Become a Sponsor

To request an invoice, give via wire transfer, or other questions about sponsoring, please contact Diane Daniels

*By attending this event, you granted Gilchrist permission to use any video or photographs taken for publicity or promotion of any program or service provided by the organization. Please note that publicity or promotional use may extend beyond the originally intended purpose and does not expire on any particular date.

The restaurants put the TASTE into the Taste of Howard County!

Alexandra's American Fusion
Bare Bones Bar & Grill
The Collective Offshore & Encore
CURED/18th & 21st
The Elkridge Furnace Inn and Garden House
The Food Market Columbia
Frisco Tap House
Hudson Coastal
JAM
Lib's Grill of Maple Lawn
Lorien Columbia/Harmony Hall
Lutheran Village at Miller's Grant
Manor Hill Brewing
Mike's Gelato
Old Line Kitchen & Wine Bar
Orinoco Coffee & Tea
Oscar's Alehouse
Peter Chang
Pupatella
The Reckless Shepherd
Seasons 52
Silver Diner Columbia
Sobar
Ten Oaks Tavern
Tino's Italian Bistro
Touche Touchet Bakery and Touche Touchet Louisiana Cafe
Xenia Greek Kouzina

Our restaurant stations are FULL. To be placed on a waitlist, please contact Julie Kolankiewicz.
Listing as of 8/1/25

Chairs 

Charles McCabe, McCabe Insurance Associates, Inc.
Linda Sorg Ostovitz, Offit Kurman 

Committee 

Mary Barbera, Community Member
Sherri Collins-Witzke, Harry H. Witzke's Family Funeral Home
Christel Curtis, Best Fence, LLC
Beth Ditman, The Wendy Slaughter Team, VYBE Realty
Jessica Gray, Community Member
Cyndi Gula, Gula Tech Adventures
Patricia Jarava, Community Member  
Gena Johnson, Gilchrist
Kathy Joss, The Vertical Connection Carpet One
Shel Kelley, Paul J. Kelley Jr. Charitable Foundation
Margaret Kim, Higher Ed Prep, LLC
Victor Kim, MD, Dr. K. MediSpa
Pete Mangione, Turf Valley Resort
Sandy Mathias, Keller Williams Realty
Robin Murray, Community Member  
Rick Opatick, Knights of Columbus, St. Louis Council #11898
William "Sonny" Richardson, Community Member
Herman Stewart, Knights of Columbus, St. Louis Council #11898  
Peter Watts, The Five Arrows Media
Steve and Patti Wecker, Wecker Hospitality