{"id":127091,"date":"2025-08-07T19:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T19:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/127091\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T19:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T19:14:10","slug":"taste-of-chicago-albany-park-everything-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/127091\/","title":{"rendered":"Taste of Chicago Albany Park: Everything you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\"><strong>CHICAGO<\/strong> &#8211; Taste of Chicago is serving up global flavors and live entertainment in Albany Park this weekend. Here\u2019s what to know before you go.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/gettyimages-1657129502-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">A woman eats a piece of deep-dish Chicago-style pizza during the Taste of Chicago in downtown Chicago, the United States, on Sept. 9, 2023. Some 35 restaurants and 15 food trucks participated in the 2023 event. (Photo by Vincent D. Johnson\/Xinhua via  <\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">The city\u2019s iconic food festival takes over Kimball Avenue between Lawrence and Leland on Saturday, Aug. 9 from noon to 8 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to bring their appetite and cash or credit as food tickets are not needed.<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">This year\u2019s Taste of Chicago Albany Park edition features more than a dozen local food vendors and trucks, from Senegalese cuisine and Pakistani street food to gourmet cookies, tacos, cupcakes and more. Highlights include longtime festival staples like Robinson\u2019s No. 1 Ribs, alongside new restaurants as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  Here&#8217;s the full lineup of vendors:\u00a0 <\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Arepa George<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Badou Senegalese Cuisine\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Caseras Sabor Real (food truck)<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Cynthia\u2019s Gumbo Express (food truck)\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Crave Cookies\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Dope Drip Caf\u00e9<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">El Taconazo Express\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Miss Tittle\u2019s Cupcakes (food truck)\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Porkchop\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Prime Tacos\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Rickshaw Chicago Pakistani and Indian Street Eats\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Robinson\u2019s No. 1 Ribs\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Soul &amp; Smoke (food truck)<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Star of Sian<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Tasty Chicago (food truck)<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Tropical Smoothie Caf\u00e9<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Urban Tables Inc\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Whadda Jerk (food truck)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <strong>Entertainment Lineup\u00a0<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">The main stage, hosted by comedian Sonal Aggarwal, will feature a mix of live music, DJs and cultural performances reflecting the neighborhood\u2019s vibrant diversity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Schedule (subject to change): <\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">Noon \u2013 Welcome<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">12:15 p.m. \u2013 American Indian Center Drum &amp; Dance\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">1 p.m. \u2013 Los Gaiteros de Pueblo Santo\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">2 p.m. \u2013 Open Dance with DJ BMazed\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">2:30 p.m. \u2013 Bollywood Grooves\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">3 p.m. \u2013 Sones de Mexico\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">4 p.m. \u2013 DJ BMazed<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">4:30 p.m. \u2013 Chicago Immigrant Orchestra\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">5:30 p.m. \u2013 DJ BMazed\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">5:45 p.m. \u2013 Surabhi Ensemble\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">6:45 p.m. DJ BMazed\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">7 p.m. \u2013 FUGU DUGU\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">From noon to 4 p.m., Chicago SummerDance will offer free dance lessons taught by professional instructors, no experience required. Find more details on Taste of Chicago and other Chicago events at chicago.gov.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The information in this article was provided by chicago.gov<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/lifestyle\/things-to-do\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Things to do<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/entertainment\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO &#8211; Taste of Chicago is serving up global flavors and live entertainment in Albany Park this weekend.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":127092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5404,171,5386,1818,1165,50,1072,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-127091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-cook-county","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-illinois","13":"tag-lifestyle","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-things-to-do","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114989083319343138","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}