Mac & Cheese Festival Sets Return To Red Bank

RED BANK, NJ — Enjoy an afternoon of "cheesy goodness" when the Red Bank Mac & Cheese Festival returns this fall.

Set to take place on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 1-5 p.m., the second annual festival is described as "a citywide food crawl — think bar crawl, but for Mac & Cheese instead."

Throughout the event, participants will be able to stroll through Red Bank and try food samples from participating restaurants, the event website says.

Ticket options for the festival are as follows:

General Admission Ticket

• A sample of each restaurant's featured Mac
• 25% off all Good Times Vapes and Gummies at Canopy Crossroad (must be 21+ w/ valid photo ID)

VIP Ticket

• A sample of each restaurant's featured Mac
• 25% off all Good Times Vapes and Gummies at Canopy Crossroad (must be 21+ w/ valid photo ID)
• A sample of Good Times Gummies from Canopy Crossroad (must be 21+ to redeem w/ valid photo ID)
• Skip-the-line ability
• An exclusive Mac & Cheese Festival T-Shirt (value of $25)
• A free cookie from Jersey Cookie Girl

Once attendees arrive at the festival, they can check in at Urban Coalhouse on 2 Bridge Avenue, where they'll receive their Mac Passport (required to participate). Check-in will end at 3 p.m.

Once checked in, visitors can head to participating restaurants in any order of their choosing and at their own pace.

Passports will be marked off at each stop (one passport equals one sample per guest list). The event will be held rain or shine.

The locations currently participating in the festival include:

• 26 West on the Navesink
• Char Steakhouse
• Dublin House
• JBJ Soul Kitchen
• Local Smoke BBQ
• Patrizia's
• Pazzo MMX
• Robinson Ale House
• Sally Boy's
• Street Kitchen & Pub
• The Melting Pot
• Toast
• Urban Coalhouse
• Coney Waffle [Sweet Treat]
• Jersey Cookie Girl [Sweet Treat - VIP ONLY]

Mac & Cheese vendors and varieties are subject to change, event officials said.

To learn more or purchase tickets to the festival, you can click here.