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Find Popcornsicles and Celeb Chefs at Taste of Chicago, Opening Today!

Where: Grant Park, Michigan Ave. and Congress Dr. [map], Chicago, IL, United States, 60604
June 25, 2010 at 11:20 AM | by | Comments (0)

The Windy City cooks up its super-popular food festival today, when the Taste of Chicago opens in Grant Park. It's the annual summertime fest's 30th anniversary, and there will be hip-hoppers, celeb chefs and, of course, lots of eats to celebrate.

There also will be lots of people looking to party; the event is the second-largest tourist attraction in the state, the Mayor’s Office of Special Events says. Making special appearances at the 10-day fest, which runs through July 4, are Iron Chef Mario Batali and Food Network darling Giada De Laurentiis, both of whom will hold cooking demonstrations.

But you're likely going to gorge on the offerings from the endless food vendors. Chicago favorite Harold’s Chicken will serve wings and hush puppies while Vienna Beef/Gold Coast Dog will hawk Chicago-style dogs. Stop by the popular Garrett Popcorn booth for a popcornsicle, caramel corn flash frozen on a stick. For a refreshing treat, fest mainstay Original Rainbow Cone will scoop out its trademark colorful stacks of ice cream.

As far as entertainment—which is all free—there's lots of old-school hip-hop on tap: Rob Base, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Bell Biv Devoe and Salt-n-Pepa will push it real good. Trey Songz will offer some new-school hip-hop. Gavin Rossdale and Rob Thomas also will headline.

Admission is free, but to chow down you'll have to buy food and drink tickets. Purchase strips of 12 tickets for $8. That doesn't seem like a lot, but be forewarned that you'll end up spending quite a bit to feast at the fest, since small "taste" portions alone can cost up to four tickets.

Related Stories:
· Taste of Chicago [Official Site]
· Forget the Popcorn! Eat Pigs' Blood Popsicles at the NYC Food Film Fest [Jaunted]
· Food Festivals Coverage [Jaunted]

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