Tweedy Mile Street Fair Comes to a Close

As the Fair came to a close, the last of an estimated 250,000 visitors departed and vendors packed up their stations while listening to music being blasted from , a record store on Tweedy Boulevard. 

“[It’s] what I expected,” said Paul Garcia, an employee at the popular  “Beer Bust” game, where contestants tossed softballs into empty beer bottles and hoped to win a prize. “[It was nice] to meet so many new people.” 

It was a more family-oriented crowd than 2011's fair. 

“It was definitely more peaceful than last year," said Jeanine Engols, who was in charge of the "Just Tip Em Over" game booth, where visitors threw balls at wooden stands with springs that had to be knocked over to win. “I had about the same number of customers as I did last year."

Others had hoped for even more customers.

“I had a lot of customers, but expected more,” said Ricca Ayon, who manned the booth from the Culinary School at the Art Institute. “It was sort of what I expected.”

Some vendors, such as Miguel Angel from Little M's Parfum, were happy to see so many Latinos from the communities at the weekend-long festivities.

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