Junkfood

This year's Taste of Boston is this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, September 18-19, 2004. It will again be held at City Hall Plaza, from 11am to 6pm on Saturday, and 12pm to 6pm on Sunday.

This is the event where you purchase tickets for $1 each and use them to buy food from restaurants and vendors who set up booths. Prices are from 1 to 5 tickets, depending on the menu item. The proceeds go to charity, the Greater Boston Food Bank. Other attractions include local celebrity chefs giving cooking demonstrations, free concerts, and kids activities. General admission is free.

Last year's best food and biggest surprise was Bickford's Pancake House which was promoting their new seafood menu by serving samples of lobster roll. Amusingly, according to their web site, Bickford's has now re-branded itself as "Bickford's Grille", an upscale family restaurant concept.

The Taste of Rhode Island is also the weekend after, September 25-26, 2004, in Newport.

http://www.tasteofboston.com/
http://www.bickfordsrestaurants.com/
http://www.newportfestivals.com/Taste_of_RI/