Mac & Cheese Festival

Ready your belly to be filled with lots and lots of cheese-smothered starches. The Lake City’s inaugural Mac and Cheese Festival is offering plenty of delectable dishes for your sampling pleasure, from the chefs of 14 local restaurants, including Crafted Tap House + Kitchen, Mac Daddy’s, Bardenay Restaurant and Cosmic Cowboy Grill. As they compete for the Golden Noodle and People’s Choice awards, each restaurant will try to tempt your tastebuds with creative and unusual variations on this kid food fave. Wash it all down (and get ready for a carb-induced nap) with featured adult beverage pairings from Daft Badger, Bombastic Brewing, North Idaho Cider or Post Falls Brewing. The mac and beer package ($25) includes six mac tastings along with six 6-oz. beer tastings; all-ages packages are $15 each, and include six samples. Extra tasting tickets for both noodles and booze are offered on site throughout the event. Unfortunately if you haven’t already pre-ordered your admission, you’ll have to hope for day-of tickets when you show up to the event. (These are included if you reserve a room at the Resort.)

Sat, Jan. 13 from noon-6 pm • $15-$25 • All-ages • Coeur d’Alene Resort Plaza Shops • 210 Sherman Ave. • bit.ly/2EljNTi