Taste of Edmonton July 23rd – Aug 1st

This is one of the busiest weeks of the year in ‘Festival City’. Between Honda Indy, Taste of Edmonton, downtown tent parties, Heritage Days, and Capital Ex it’s obvious that we try to squeeze as much as we can out of our short summers.

Taste of Edmonton is a kind of sample smorgasbord of the culturally diverse restaurants Edmonton offers.  Located in Churchill Square, downtown Edmonton, this year will feature 40 restaurants and 15 new menu items. The ten day festival is one of the largest outdoor food events in North America, and boasts live entertainment, wine tasting, art, and of course, delicious food.  You buy tickets at the entrance that you then trade for a variety of sample plates, beers, or wine samples (usually $3-5 each). My favorites? Deep fried Mars bar, 1884 Argentinian Malbec, and the BBQ ribs.

Although I won’t get to hit Heritage Days this year because of Big Valley Jamboree I did manage to catch the MSTRKRFT show downtown at www.thetent.ca.

click more to see a few pictures of the weekend…

Tags: food

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