Roscoe Village Burger Fest
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Taste of Chicago
(Grant Park)
Chicago’s largest outdoor food festival offers the opportunity to sample offerings from Chicago restaurants ranging from small mom-and-pops to mega-groups.
(July 8-10)
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Roscoe Village Burger Fest
(Belmont & Damen)
Most of us like a good burger and this event serves up beef patties on buns as well as two music stages, arts and crafts plus a Kids’ Zone to keep the youngs busy as you pound burgers.
(July 15-17)
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Wicker Park Fest
(Damen & North)
If you’re throwing a fest in Chicago, you have to have some awesome chow available, and this fest has music, food vendors and it’s also held in a restaurant-rich neighborhood.
(July 22-24)
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Taste of Lincoln Avenue
(Lincoln & Fullerton)
Presumptuously promising “local food favorites that you’ve definitely missed over the last year,” Taste of Lincoln Avenue is an iconic festival, with lots of music and food, chowing into its thirty-seventh year.
(July 22-24)
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Lollapalooza
(Grant Park)
Many go to Lollapalooza for the music (understandable, with Dua Lipa, Machine Gun Kelly and others on stage), but many also come for the food, which promises to go way beyond “typical carnival-type fare.”
(July 28-31)
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