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“Looking to give the Taste, well, a taste?”
The 39th annual Taste of Chicago takes place July 10th-14th, bringing more than 80 restaurants to the city’s Grant Park.
Last year’s event attracted more than one million visitors, all hungry to take a bite out of some of the city’s best eateries.
If you will be attending “The Taste,” here’s a small synopsis to keep you from biting off more than you can chew:
How much does it cost? Admission into the “Taste” is free. Food and beverage tickets are sold in strips of 14 tickets for $10. Full food portions cost around 10-12 tickets while smaller portions are available at each vendor for three to six tickets. Beverages can be purchased with tickets or credit card.
When is the festival open? The festival will be open from 11am to 9pm on weekdays. On the weekend, it will open one hour earlier at 10am. Ticket sales will end at 8:30pm while beverage sales will end at 8:45pm.
How do I get to there? There is parking available directly under the festival at the Millennium Garages. Three main roads will be temporarily closed at the start of the festival through 4pm. July 15th: Columbus, from Monroe to Balbo and from Balbo to Roosevelt; Jackson, from Michigan to Lake Shore Drive and Ida B. Wells Drive, from Columbus to the Ida B. Wells semi-circle.
What foods will be there? There will be 40 five-day participants, 24 pop-ups, 16 food trucks and more than 300 menu items available. Thirty-six of the food vendors are new to the festival.
What else is there besides food? This year’s event will also feature music each night at the Petrillo Music Shell and the Goose Island Stage
(Information Courtesy Of WMAQ-TV)
