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The Taste of the Back Bay is this coming Thursday, March 27th 6:30-9:30--tonight!--at the Prudential Skywalk, and will benefit the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay, which works to "…combat community deterioration, to preserve and protect the architectural beauty of the Back Bay, and to further Back Bay’s residential character."

Tickets run $85-$100 per person, but if it's anywhere as good as Taste of the South End was, it should be quite an event. You can buy tickets online here.

From the site:

This year's Taste of the Back Bay will be held at the Prudential Skywalk on Thursday, March 27th 6:30 - 9:30 pm. We're putting together another stellar assortment of the best food and drink Back Bay and Boston have to offer. This fundraiser benefits NABB's operations and numerous community programs, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the international travel program at the Snowden International School on Newbury Street.

Underwriting and Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Watch this space -- more details will follow. For more information. or to be added to the email list please email nabbinc@verizon.net

This committee's cast of hardworking and dedicated volunteers helps to ensure successful events, and provide an important source of ongoing financial support for NABB's work.

Get the list of participating restaurants after the jump! Image from Wikimedia Commons. For more articles like this, go to The Food Monkey website.

The restaurants present include:

• 33 Restaurant & Lounge
• Azure
• Bauer Wines
• Best Cellars
• Blu
• Bonfire Steakhouse
• Boston Beer Company
• Bouchée
• Cafeteria Boston
• Clarendon Wine Co.
• Coastal New England Wines
• Cold Stone Creamery
• Deluca's Market
• Eastern Standard
• Great Bay
• Harpoon Brewery
• Infusion DiaboliqueT Bourbon
• Jasper White Summer Shack
• Kashmir
• L'Espalier
• Legal Sea Foods
• Mantra
• Petit Robert Bistro
• Sasso Restaurant and Bar
• Sorellina
• Stanhope Grill
• The Oak Room
• Top of the Hub
• Turner Fisheries
• Vlora Restaurant