Benefit dinner in Bodega

There will be a benefit dinner Sunday July 31 from 5 to 9 p.m.  for the family of John Brady. Brady passed away suddenly last week of heart failure at age 40. All proceeds from the dinner will go to his wife Kelly and baby daughter Vivienne. The three course dinner by chef Mark Maliki is heirloom tomato toasts  with aioli & chervil, grilled chicken breast, creamed corn, fried squash blossoms & rapini, lemon verbena panna cotta with bing cherries. It costs $28. It is sponsored by Mark Maliki, Greg and Elizabeth Schimpf and the Casino. The Casino is located in downtown Bodega on Bodega Highway (Highway 12).