Mt. Airy’s Street Fare: Sip, Savor, Stroll returns to Germantown Avenue

Street Fare: Sip, Savor, Stroll brings tasty bites and beverages back to Mt. Airy on Thursday, September 18, 2014, from 6:00pm to 10:30pm.  Sip and savor gourmet eats and drinks from 50+ of the region’s best gourmet food trucks and local restaurants stationed along Germantown Avenue, between Sedgwick and W. Mt. Airy Avenue. Stroll the Avenue for family fun, live music and handmade crafts. Street Fare is organized by Mt. Airy USA and annually attracts over 11,000 people.  For event updates, visit gomtairy.com, call 215-844-6021, follow @gomtairy on Twitter and like “Go Mt. Airy” on Facebook.

With over 50 food trucks and restaurants there will be plenty of delicious food to choose from

“Street Fare highlights for the rest of the region all that our growing, vibrant restaurant scene and business community has to offer,” said Mt. Airy USA’s Executive Director Anuj Gupta. “We’re thrilled to have such a great early response from food trucks and restaurants. It is a testament to the success of last year’s festival. We look forward to another fun-filled, family-friendly night on Germantown Avenue.”

Street Fare will pair award-winning mobile food vendors with notable local restaurants for a night of street eats, craft brews, handcrafted cocktails and wine. Vending spaces for this year sold out early. Mt. Airy restaurants and businesses will include Cantina Avenida, Earth Bread + Brewery, Herb Scott Catering, Jyoti Indian Bistro, and Trolley Car Diner. Food truck participants will include Braz BQ, The Cow and the Curd, Foolish Waffles, Hot Diggity 2, Ka’Chi, Mac Mart Cart, Mompops, Oink and Moo BBQ, PB and U, Pitruco, Sweet Box Cupcakes, Surf and Turf Truck, The Tot Cart, Undrgrnd Donuts and Vernalicious.

While strolling along historic Germantown Avenue, shop from artisans with handmade crafts organized by Renaissance Craftables. Find a stunning new look inside the Smak Parlour Fashion Truck.  Enjoy fun for the whole family inside our Family Area, featuring locally designed temporary tattoos from Mt. Airy-based Kadillac Tattoo, hairstyles from Culture Hair Salon, plus hand sewing from Handcraft Workshop, and other arts and crafts for the young ones. Entertainment will include live music on two stages from Akil Dasan, Deb Callahan Band, Johnny Showcase, Papo Gely and the Gin Canaries.

“Street Fare is not only a fabulous street festival, it’s a celebration of the continued revitalization of Germantown Avenue,” said Gupta. “Our local neighbors and businesses are excited to play host and the region better come hungry!”