Taste Of Bethesda: Restaurants, Ticket Info, Parking

BETHESDA, MD — Get your taste buds (and stomachs!) ready: Taste of Bethesda returns Saturday, Oct. 5.

Nearly 50 restaurants will line Norfolk, St. Elmo, Cordell, Del Ray, and Auburn avenues from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in celebration of downtown Bethesda's food scene. Visitors can sample dishes from popular eateries such as The Halal Guys, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Mamma Lucia, Jaleo, and Georgetown Cupcake.

Produced by the Bethesda Urban Partnership (BUP), this rain-or-shine event will also feature five stages of entertainment and a kid's corner for face painting and arts and crafts.

Each year, more than 40,000 people attend the food and music festival, according to BUP.

Admission to Taste of Bethesda is free. But if you want to taste different foods, you must buy a ticket by 3:30 p.m. Five dollars will buy four tickets. One serving costs one to four tickets.

Taste of Bethesda is located three blocks from the Bethesda Metro station. If you're driving, there will be free parking in downtown Bethesda's public garages. The free Bethesda Circulator will take visitors to and from the Bethesda Metro station and public garages.

Here's a list of participating restaurants:

• Alatri Bros.
• Benihana
• Bethesda Curry Kitchen
• BGR The Burger Joint
• The Big Greek Café
• Brickside Food & Drink
• Casa Oaxaca
• Chef Tony's Seafood
• CherCher Ethiopian Restaurant
• Curry Place
• Dog Haus Biergarten
• Duck Duck Goose
• Flanagan's Harp & Fiddle
• George's Chophouse
• Georgetown Cupcake
• Guapo's Restaurant
• Häagen-Dazs
• The Halal Guys
• Hanaro Sushi
• Henry's Sweet Retreat
• Jaleo
• Kadhai Boutique Indian Cuisine
• Leo & Liv
• Lotus Grill & Bar
• Mamma Lucia
• Medium Rare
• MoMo Chicken & Grill
• Morton's The Steakhouse
• Mussel Bar & Grille
• The Original Pancake House
• Passage to India
• Peet's Coffee
• Poke Dojo
• Quartermaine Coffee Roasters
• The Red Bandana Bakery
• Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery
• Ruth's Chris Steak House
• Silver: New American Brasserie
• Smoke BBQ
• Smoothie King
• Tandoori Nights
• Terrain Café
• Tout de Sweet Pastry Shop

Entertainment schedule:

• St. Elmo Stage
  • 11:15 a.m. – Moonshine Society (Blues)
  • 1:45 p.m. – Caz Gardiner (R&B/Soul)

• Cordell Avenue Stage
  • 11:30 a.m. – Heather Aubrey Lloyd (Folk)
  • 2 p.m. – Patrick Alban (Salsa)

• Norfolk Avenue Stage
  • 11:15 a.m. – 8 Ohms Band (Soul)
  • 1:45 p.m. – Chopteeth (Afrofunk)

• Auburn Stage
  • 11 a.m. – Tepua Hio Hio (Polynesian)
  • 12 p.m. – Furia Flamenca (Flamenco)
  • 1 p.m. – Dynamic Dance Team (Hip Hop)
  • 2 p.m. – Soul In Motion (West African)
  • 3 p.m. – Rhythmaya Dance (Kathak/Indian)

• Veterans Park
  • 11 a.m. – Kristin Callahan (Jazz)
  • 1:30 p.m. – Sweetnova (Folk-Pop)