Taste of the Lower East Side takes place at The Puck Building in SoHo.

The Lower East Side has so many great restaurants that it would take months of dedicated dining to taste them all. Or, you could taste most of them in a single evening at the Grand Street Settlement's Eighth Annual Taste of the Lower East Side on Thursday, April 17th, at The Puck Building. The truly remarkable lineup of restaurants that will be serving food includes Alias, Allen & Delancey, Belcourt, Clinton St. Baking Co. & Restaurant, Falai Panetteria, Freemans, Gemma, 'inoteca, Kuma Inn, Little Giant, Loreley Restaurant & Biergarten, Mercadito, Oliva, Palà, Paladar, Prune, Public, Rayuela, Rice, Satsko, Schiller's, Seymour Burton, The Stanton Social, Suba, The Tasting Room, Thor, Tre, Veselka and wd-50. Whew!

All proceeds of the event (of which Zagat is a sponsor) go to support Grand Street Settlement, a community based multi-service agency; there will also be a silent auction and a raffle drawing for a Sub-Zero wine storage unit (7–11 PM; 293 Lafayette St.; $150 per person in advance; $200 per person at the door; tickets can be purchased online at www.grandstreet.org/taste).