The Newton Needham Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring Spring Seasonings, a community tasting event taking placed Tuesday, March 31st from 5:30 to 8:00 PM at the Newton Marriott Hotel. This looks to be similar to a lot of the “Taste of…” events, and should be a good time.

Cost is $35 in advance. $45 at the door. Group of 10 tickets for $300.

Call the Newton Needham Chamber at 617-244-5300 for more information, or register online by clicking here.

Participating vendors include:

• Blue Ribbon BBQ
• The Capital Grille
• Neponset Winery
• Cabot’s Ice Cream
• Fiorella’s Restaurant
• Fusion Personal Chef Services
• Giovanna Gelato
• Narragansett Brewing Company

From the site:

The tastiest event of the year! Enjoy stellar food and beverages offerings from the Metro West area, while networking with over 400 people and enjoying live entertainment. The festivities include sampling fabulous cuisine, exceptional wines, and gourmet beers and non-alcoholic beverages from over 30 food and beverage stations provided by local vendors, music and live entertainment provided by Dance Fever, along with a tantalizing silent auction and tempting balloon raffle.

The Boston Symphony orchestra is holding a food drive in conjunction with the Greater Boston Food Bank on March 27th and 28th.

Go to http://www.bso.org/fooddrive to give your donation to help give food to those who need it.

The food drive falls in line with concerts with the works of Ravel, Prokfiev and Stravinsky. Click here for concert details.

Here are some details:

VIRTUAL FOOD DRIVE AT BSO.ORG

The Boston Symphony Orchestra will hold a food drive at Symphony Hall in conjunction with Boston Symphony Orchestra performances on Friday, March 27, at 1:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 28, at 8 p.m., to benefit the Greater Boston Food Bank. Cash donations to the BSO’s food drive can also be made by visiting the BSO’s website at www.bso.org/fooddrive.

Receptacles for the BSO’s food drive at Symphony Hall will be available at both the Massachusetts Avenue and Cohen Wing entrances, before concerts and during concert intermissions on March 27 (1:30 p.m. start time) and March 28 (8 p.m. start time). The BSO food drive can only accept canned food items, including canned tuna, chicken or other meats, canned vegetables and fruit, and canned juices, soups, and pasta. For safety reasons, the Greater Boston Food Bank does not accept baby food, baby formula, and glass containers.

The concerts on March 27 and 28, featuring the BSO performing works by Ravel, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky, with guest conductor Charles Dutoit and violinist Lisa Batiashvili, is part of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2008-09 season, with weekly concerts presented now through May 2. Program and ticket details are available at bso.org.

Just a heads up that STIX is doing a special restaurant week deal, where for $20.09 you can get either TWO lunches or one dinner. This deal goes to March 27th, so hurry up if you want to check it out!

Burtons Grill will be offering a filet mignon dinner for two for 22 bucks on April first. Sounds good!

Steak lovers will be glad to know that it’s no April Fool’s prank that Burtons Grill, a Boston-based restaurant, will be offering a special dinner for 2 including: 2 Filet Mignons for $22 in celebration of the locations 2-year anniversary. “I guess we could have thrown some sort of party to celebrate our newest location’s 2-year anniversary, but in this climate it seemed just to make sense to do something for our customers. People have cut back on dining out and we wanted to do something that would show gratitude to our loyal customers… and also hopefully introduce our brand to new customers,” said Kevin Harron, CEO of Burtons Grill.

The one-day promotion is offered only at Burton’s Grill (Boston) located at 1363 Boylston Street in Boston’s Back Bay on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 from 5:00PM – 10:00PM, and is valid for parties of (2) that make a reservation by calling the restaurant at: 617.236.2236 and ask for the 2-Year Anniversary Special. The Special includes: (2) 9oz. Filet Mignons and (2) Baked potatoes for $22.00 (Gratuity and Tax Not Included, may not be used in association with any other discounts or promotions).

On March 23rd, Solea Restaurant & Tapas Bar will be holding a Port Tasting with Pintxos (A pintxo is a small slice of bread upon which food is put and held there using a stick, which gives the food its name, typical of Basque cuisine, it is usually eaten as an appetizer, accompanied by a glass of libation)

There will be 4 pours with pintxos for $25.

Solea Restaurant & Tapas Bar is located at 388 Moody Street, Waltham.