Pizza/Photo: David Hammond
1
Art Dans La Rue
(Oak Park)
Street fair honoring the art and cuisine of perhaps the most evolved food culture on the planet.
(August 1)
2
Taste of Andersonville Dinner Crawl
(Andersonville)
In conjunction with their farmers’ market, and benefitting Care for Real, the local food pantry, about twenty restaurants serve food and drink that a few hundred Andersonvillagers can walk (or crawl) to taste and sip.
(August 9)
3
Festa Italiana
(Taylor Street)
Gather to see who can eat the most meatballs and cannoli.
(August 18-20)
4
Marriage from Heaven
(Arun’s Thai Restaurant)
James Beard award-winning chef Arun Sampanthavivat does his best to prove that perhaps wine, not beer, is the very best booze to pair with Thai food. ($150)
(August 23-24)
5
Taste of Greektown
(Greektown)
If you’re not a resident of Greektown, you probably go there mainly for the food, celebrated in abundance at this street fair.
(August 25-27)
Dining and Drinking Editor for Newcity, David also writes a weekly food column for Wednesday Journal in Oak Park and is a frequent contributor of food/drink and travel pieces to the Chicago Tribune, Plate Magazine and other publications. David has also contributed chapters to several books, including Street Food Around the World, Street Food, and The Chicago Food Encyclopedia. Contact: dhammond@newcity.com