Taste Trenton has expanded to become Ten Crucial Days of Dining
Friday, Sept 13 through Sunday, Sept 22, 2024
Same great deals, new restaurants, old friends, more time = more eating!
WRISTBANDS ARE NOW ON SALE FOR JUST $10.00
AND ARE VALID FOR ALL TEN DAYS
It's Official: 36 Restaurants Waiting to Serve You
Friday, Sept 13 through Sunday, Sept 22, 2024
Same great deals, new restaurants, old friends, more time = more eating!
WRISTBANDS ARE NOW ON SALE FOR JUST $10.00
AND ARE VALID FOR ALL TEN DAYS
It's Official: 36 Restaurants Waiting to Serve You
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Listen to Taste Trenton founder, Bernard McMullan talk about last year's Taste Trenton (2023) on The Trenton Waves podcast! Click on the image or here to listen!
Taste Trenton, the Capital City’s Restaurant Crawl, returns in a new, expanded format as: TEN Crucial Days of Dining on Friday, September 13 through Sunday, September 22, 2024 |
Taste Trenton, the acclaimed Capital City restaurant crawl, returns in a new expanded format beginning Friday, September 13 and continuing through Sunday, September 22, 2024 offering much more time for you to try out more of Trenton’s best eateries.
Once again, food adventurers will enjoy reduced-price dishes at restaurants across Trenton. As in previous Taste Trenton events, there's a dizzying array of cuisine options including Costa Rican, Venezuelan, Dominican, Polish, and Guatemalan. As well restaurants featuring BBQ, classic African-American fare, and other choices, too! And there's stout, whiskey, and ice cream, too!
SPECIAL DESTINATIONS: As in previous years, we've "special" destinations this year and added a few new wrinkles. We are continuing our popular breakfast stops as a way to start your dining day. And we're offering some late night "close-out-day" options, too. What a great way to enjoy Trenton!
Once again, food adventurers will enjoy reduced-price dishes at restaurants across Trenton. As in previous Taste Trenton events, there's a dizzying array of cuisine options including Costa Rican, Venezuelan, Dominican, Polish, and Guatemalan. As well restaurants featuring BBQ, classic African-American fare, and other choices, too! And there's stout, whiskey, and ice cream, too!
SPECIAL DESTINATIONS: As in previous years, we've "special" destinations this year and added a few new wrinkles. We are continuing our popular breakfast stops as a way to start your dining day. And we're offering some late night "close-out-day" options, too. What a great way to enjoy Trenton!
We are pleased to have recruited 36 different restaurants for Ten Crucial Days of Dining. They include eight new restaurants that have opened in Trenton in the past year or so. In addition, we have recruited an additional five established restaurants that are joining the Ten Crucial Days of Dining for the first time. Plus, we are delighted to welcome back several restaurants that had been on hiatus.
Taste Trenton began in 2015 as a project of the Trenton Council of Civic Associations (TCCA) as an effort to re-introduce Trenton’s restaurant scene to the residents of Trenton and surrounding communities after several well-known restaurants in the Chambersburg Restaurant District closed or re-located to the suburbs.
Taste Trenton began in 2015 as a project of the Trenton Council of Civic Associations (TCCA) as an effort to re-introduce Trenton’s restaurant scene to the residents of Trenton and surrounding communities after several well-known restaurants in the Chambersburg Restaurant District closed or re-located to the suburbs.
Trenton, NJ Mayor Reed Gusciora and 1911 Smokehouse BBQ owner Reggie Hallett. Photo Courtesy of 78 Ways Studios' Will Foskey
Here’s how it works: Food tourists purchase admission (aka The Taste Trenton Wristband) for just $10 on this Taste Trenton website. Admission wristbands are valid for the entire 10 day event.
The tour is self-guided; those on the tour select which restaurants they want to visit, how long they want to stay, and which of the specials they want to try. Enter wearing the wristband, display your wristband (and tell them why you are there) and make your selections based on what each restaurant is offering. Enjoy and remember to tip your server! Head off to your next restaurant destination. Repeat each day for each of the 10 days!
Since its launch in 2015 as a one-day event focused on 12 restaurants in Chambersburg, Taste Trenton has expanded to an entire weekend promoting dozens of restaurants throughout the city. Each event has attracted more and more guests, from 150 participants in the first year to upwards of 325 in the next three Taste Trenton events. And now, in hour of our 10th anniversary, we are expanding--by popular request--to 10 days: two weekends and the week between them.
“We believe that getting people to cross the thresholds of restaurants is very important.” Bernard McMullan, Taste Trenton's coordinator, notes. “The tour guides people to the restaurants; the reduced price samples mean guests are not concerned about dropping a lot of money on something they don’t like; and, the restaurant has the opportunity to make these guests return visitors.”
1911 Smokehouse Co-owner, Reggie Hallett, is a strong supporter of Taste Trenton. “When we were invited to join in the second year, we jumped at the opportunity. I can confidently point to 15 to 20 of our regular customers who first came to the Smokehouse for that event, and they haven’t stopped coming.”
The tour is self-guided; those on the tour select which restaurants they want to visit, how long they want to stay, and which of the specials they want to try. Enter wearing the wristband, display your wristband (and tell them why you are there) and make your selections based on what each restaurant is offering. Enjoy and remember to tip your server! Head off to your next restaurant destination. Repeat each day for each of the 10 days!
Since its launch in 2015 as a one-day event focused on 12 restaurants in Chambersburg, Taste Trenton has expanded to an entire weekend promoting dozens of restaurants throughout the city. Each event has attracted more and more guests, from 150 participants in the first year to upwards of 325 in the next three Taste Trenton events. And now, in hour of our 10th anniversary, we are expanding--by popular request--to 10 days: two weekends and the week between them.
“We believe that getting people to cross the thresholds of restaurants is very important.” Bernard McMullan, Taste Trenton's coordinator, notes. “The tour guides people to the restaurants; the reduced price samples mean guests are not concerned about dropping a lot of money on something they don’t like; and, the restaurant has the opportunity to make these guests return visitors.”
1911 Smokehouse Co-owner, Reggie Hallett, is a strong supporter of Taste Trenton. “When we were invited to join in the second year, we jumped at the opportunity. I can confidently point to 15 to 20 of our regular customers who first came to the Smokehouse for that event, and they haven’t stopped coming.”
