This year, there are 39 food vendors, 17 food trucks, and about 285 items on the menu. The city said the menu this year is as diverse as ever.
CHICAGO -- The Taste of Chicago, a now-former summertime favorite, got underway on Friday with a slimmed-down event that's occurring later this season than in years past.Many of the same vendors return year after year, but only one has been there from the very beginning: Eli's Cheesecake Company.The establishment was there back on July 4, 1980, for the very first Taste of Chicago, as was Marc Schulman.
'Eventually, the Taste of Chicago was shortened to three days, and for the past two years, it was pushed back into September due to the NASCAR Chicago Street Race taking over Grant Park during the July 4 weekend. Organizers did hold neighborhood pop-up events throughout the city throughout the summer months.'Taste of Chicago is iconic,' said Neal Heitz, manager of the event. 'When you move to Chicago, it's a rite of passage to come down here.
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