Michael Lomonaco, who lost his famous Windows on the World restaurant in the World Trade Center attacks, serves as honorary chair for the seventh annual “A Taste of… the Mediterranean” event, to be held by the College of Staten Island Alumni Association. Lomonaco was head chef/director of Windows on the World atop the North Tower since 1997, and has previously worked at Le Cirque, Maxwell’s Plum and the “21” Club.

Association members met this week and finalized plans for the event, which will be held March 9 at 6 p.m. in the college’s Campus Center, Building 1C, on the Willowbrook campus. Tickets will be available beginning Saturday, February 9.

The next committee meeting is scheduled for February 11 at 7 p.m.

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