Taste of Bloomington Returns Saturday
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WISH) — The Taste of Bloomington is on Saturday. The annual food festival is free to go to, and offers food from more than 70 vendors and live music.
The festival’s organizer, Jordan Davis joined daybreak on Monday to discuss what people can expect. Ethan Lieser also joined daybreak from BuffaLouie’s to talk about what vendors are offering.
“We have an amazing culinary scene in Bloomington. So we want to give people the opportunity to try everything that we have to offer. So it’s free to attend. All the food is $5 or less. Last year, we had 20,000 people and 50 food vendors. This year, we have 75,” Davis said.
The event is on Saturday, August 1 from 3 p.m. – 10 p.m. on Kirkwood. It is free to enter and each booth will price their items at $5 or less.
“Everything’s affordable. Everything’s $5 all across Taste of Bloomington. So that’s super cool. And another special milestone is BuffaLouie’s is celebrating 40 years this year. And as we embark on our 40th anniversary, we also are beginning franchising,” Lieser said.
There is also a huge music lineup of local and well known bands. Here’s the official Taste of Bloomington lineup, with over 70 vendors:

Food Vendors:
- Ale’s Ice Cream
- Aver’s Pizza
- Baked!
- Big Woods
- Bloomington Chocolate Company
- BuffaLouie’s
- Carson’s BBQ
- Chef’s Table
- Coaches Bar & Grill
- Community Kitchen
- Considerate Burrito
- Feta Kitchen + Cafe
- Gables Bagels
- Hawaiian Hoosier
- Hive
- Hoosier Alley
- Japones
- Jenny’s Baking Company
- JS Thai
- La Bodega
- La Dulche Chocolate
- Layali Feast
- Little Black Dog Bakery
- Lost Farm Meal Service
- Macros & Nutrition
- Max’s Place
- Mother Bear’s Pizza
- Mother Hubbards’ Cupboard
- Noodle Master
- Phat Daddy’s BBQ
- Piccoli Dolci
- Pizza X
- Smokeworks
- Social Cantina
- Taste of India
Tastes of Perfection
Kirkwood Restaurants
- Everbowl
- FARMbloomington
- Hartzell’s Ice Cream
- Kirkwood Sweet Shop
- Lennie’s
- Nick’s English Hut
- Osteria Rago
- Soma
- Uptown Cafe
- Village Deli
Food Trucks
- 812 BBQ
- Big Dawg Cart
- Chef Mikki’s Munchies
- Döner Kebab
- Elli May’s Smoked BBQ
- Flam’n Grill
- Garnish Catering
- Great White Smoke
- Jay’s Kitchen
- Kona Ice
- La Poblana
- Mama Duke’s Hawaiian Barbeque
- Pili’s Party Tacos
- Pin’t Up Energy
- Pinoy Garden
- Pierogi Place
- Planted
- Little Bowl
- Rasta Pops
- Segovia
- The Chocolate Moose
- The Pour Pony
- Wagyu Ninja
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