Chicago’s Annual Food Festival
One of Chicago’s most anticipated festivals each year is Taste of Chicago. While usually occurring in June or July, this year’s event was in September due to Grant Park’s backed-up summer entertainment schedule. After checking out Printer’s Row Lit Fest nearby, we did a short walk to the food festival and enjoyed delicious options. Read below to see what we tasted!
Taste of Chicago Food
Taste of Chicago Offerings
Taste of Chicago consisted of 35 food vendor booths and 17 food trucks. There was also a wine garden, cocktail lounge & garden, beer hall, Goose Island rail car, main stage, SummerDance stage, and a Lifeway Foods family village area. All around the nice view of Buckingham Fountain!
What We Ate
- Sapori Trattoria – Pesto Gnocchi ($10) and Nonna’s Meatball ($5)
- Tacotlán – Beef Quesabirria ($5)
- Gaby’s Funnel Cakes – Deep Fried Oreos ($5)
Everything we tried was delicious! It was affordable and had perfect portion sizes for sharing.
I’m happy to report that the event was stress-free and more organized this year. In the past, Taste of Chicago had lengthy security lines at the entrance and you had to buy food tickets to get items from the booths. It caused extensive wait times and disorganized ordering. Now, there are more entrances, security lines are much shorter, and tickets are no longer required (can pay with credit cards or cash).
Have you been to Taste of Chicago? What was your favorite food there? Let me know in the comments!