Atlanta food events, Feb. 17-23

• Courtesy of SweetWater Brewing
• SweetWater Brewery’s 17th Birthday Party

Wine dinner? Beer tasting? Cooking Class? Let us know. Send your Food and Drink happs to foodanddrink at creativeloafing.com.

Monday

Social Vinings Mon., Feb. 17, 7 p.m. Paint Nite Eat, drink, and get creative with art instruction and a few glasses of wine. Details

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Tuesday

Watershed on Peachtree Tues., Feb. 18, 5:30 p.m. February 20 for $20 Sample 20 different wines from around the world while enjoying passed bites from Chef Joe Truex. Details

Local Three Kitchen & Bar Tues., Feb. 18, 6:30 p.m. Mouton Noir Wine Dinner pH wine Merchant and Local Three presents André Mack of Mouton Noir Wine along with a prix-fixe dinner. Details

Thursday

South City Kitchen Vinings Feb. 20-Mar. 4, 5 p.m. Taste of New Orleans In the week leading up to Mardi Gras, South City Kitchen Vinings will be bringing a Taste of New Orleans to Smyrna. Details

Friday

Alliance Francaise d’Atlanta Fri., Feb. 21, 7 p.m. Champagne and Chocolate Enjoy an evening of champagne tasting with partner Atlantic Wine and chocolates from Chocolate South and many other Atlanta chocolatiers. Details

Hand in Hand Fri. Feb. 21, 7 p.m.-midnight Beeds & Booze Bar Crawl Celebrate Mardi Gras in the Virginia Highlands. Wear beads and travel from bar to bar indulging in Mardi Gras themed shots with food and drink specials. Details

Saturday

Meehan’s Public House Atlantic Station Sat., Feb. 22 Lucky Pints Participate in Lucky Pints, where guest can drink and wine prizes with proceeds going towards St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a charity committed to funding research to find cures for childhood cancers. Details

Preserving Place Sat., Feb. 22, 5 p.m. Bitter and Tinctures This class offers learning how to preserve herbs and spices and turning them into a liquid spice rack for your bar or kitchen. Details

Sunday

SweetWater Brewery Sun., Feb. 23, 2-6 p.m. 17 Years of Heady Beers Celebrate SweetWater Brewery’s seventeenth birthday where there will be goodies, live music, a special anniversary pint glass, and food trucks. Details

Octopus Bar Sun., Feb. 23, 10 p.m. The Starving Man’s Banquet Chef Ryan Smith, former exectutive chef of Empire State South, is joining Octopus Bar’s Chef Angus Brown and Nhan Le for a nine course dinner with drink parings to help Smith while he prepares for his next venture Staplehouse. Details