This weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Taste of Charlotte food festival begins. Streets are shut down and dozens of restaurants get involved. The Taste of Charlotte festival will set you back a quite penny or two, but will even support one of one of the most popular festivals in Charlotte.
The information of Taste of Charlotte
The Taste of Charlotte festival will span five city blocks in Uptown Charlotte. The festival will start 11 a.m. on Friday, June 11 and will at 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 13. There will be more than 30 food vendors, entertainment acts, and dozens of national tours. No admission is charged, so the Taste of Charlotte is an excellent place to spend your weekend.
What the Taste of Charlotte will cost you
The Taste of Charlotte festival has free admission, but that does not mean you won’t be spending some cash. Parking and transportation is expensive. Second, there is the cost of food and drinks. Cash money isn’t accepted by vendors. Instead, you have to buy “coins” from the Taste of Charlotte booths or . These coins are about $1.33 apiece, and also you can purchase food and drinks for anywhere between 1 and 6 coins. Everything is sample sized, and food is generally 2 to 3 coins and drinks are 3 to 6. You will probably end up spending $20 to get a full meal of any kind.
Taste of Charlotte for all of the providers
The vendors that are at the Taste of Charlotte won’t be getting the entire $1.33 for every token you hand over to them. Instead, the Taste of Charlotte organization takes a small percentage of the cost of the coins to pay for the organizational and administrative costs. Going to the Taste of Charlotte may seem costly, but might actually be a less expensive way to look into new restaurants if you spend $6 to get a tasting sample of their wares, instead of $30 to try out a dinner at their regular location.
