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Neal Heitz, the general manager of Taste of Chicago, said there’s a trick to making the most out of the annual food festival, now in its 44th year and set to run Friday through Sunday.
“OK, it’s definitely my wife’s idea but she will come down to Taste with a large empty Tupperware container — she’ll go online and look at all the items and pick out like six restaurants she wants to go to,” Heitz explained. “She’ll walk through and put the items that she wants into her Tupperware, get something to drink and then spreads out a tablecloth somewhere grassy and really enjoys the food.”
This year, with 39 food vendors and 17 food trucks lining the intersection of Jackson Drive and Columbus Drive, Heitz suggests guests make a couple of run-throughs to hit the mix of returning favorites and some notable new spots.
There are 13 new vendors this year including Arepa George, Donut Dudes, Oooh Wee It is Restaurant, and food trucks Soul & Smoke, Monster Dogs, the Happy Lobster and more.
Read the full story from the Tribune’s Zareen Syed and Ahmed Ali Akbar.
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