A Taste of Colorado

This used to be a great event where little up-​and-​coming restaurants could show their stuff and allow eaters everywhere a chance to find a new culinary gem. Nowadays, this festival has turned into carnival/​fair food and isn’t much of a tastebud tango, but rather a gut bomb.
They still have great entertainers and musicians, but I don’t think I’ll go back anytime soon.

The Taste of Colorado was extremely fun — the ticket system is the only thing I am not a huge fan of. I don’t mind paying a little extra at a special event for food I can find outside of the event, but it just didn’t work for me this time around. I tried loaded nachos from a booth serving macaroni and cheese — in the end I paid $ 26 for a boat of a giant potato chip with cheese, bacon and sour cream. Now, every single bite of this was delicious but the cheese only covered half of the chips because there was so much in the boat. I also don’t think one nacho boat should ever cost $ 26. There was a lot to look at — all of the vendors were really unique. My son enjoyed story time — the little play put on by the library — it was a great idea to sit down for a few minutes!

Seriously overpriced food and drink. Wayyy overcrowded and total sensory overload. I live here and will not come back. Waste of time. And money.

@ATasteofCO Celebrating it’s 32^nd year in 2015, Denver’s Taste of Colorado is good family fun.
500,000 people make this four-​day Labor Day Weekend festival jubilee the place to be in Denver. With 50 area food establishments, 275 marketplace artisans and vendors, six stages with all sorta of music and entertainment plus educational programs promoting the diverse cultural and western heritage of the region! No admission fee!
The prices were not bad. I remember it being more expensive. You definitely get your monies worth. Even the ‘taste’ portions are large. The ice cream scoops were huge!
Originally named Festival of Mountain and Plain, it was established in 1895 as a carnival. Closing in 1902, and, after many years, it was brought back to Denver in 1983.
Taste of Colorado has something for everyone. And the food is amazing. The vendors selling wares are good as well. It’s just great times all around.
Bring an empty stomach. You’ll be glad you did. Try something exotic. You’ll be really glad you did.