Taste of Chicago Grant Park
Friday, September 5 – Sunday, September 7, 2025
Noon - 9 p.m.
Grant Park, Buckingham Fountain (Jackson & Columbus)
FREE Admission
Credit cards are accepted by all food vendors, No food tickets will be sold
Taste of Chicago > Grant Park > Plan Your Visit
- AFRICAN FOOD PALACE
- Arepa George
- Badou Senegalese Cuisine
- Banato (Snack Shack)
- Beat Kitchen Cantina - NEW
- BILLY GOAT TAVERN
- BJ's Market & Bakery
- Caseras Sabor Real LLC (food truck)
- ChefLife19/Chef Maurice - NEW
- Chicago Eats Market Place
- Chicago's Doghouse
- Chillafry - NEW
- Churro Factory (Xurro)
- Connie's Pizza
- Crave Cookies (Snack Shack) - NEW
- CUMIN Indian Eats
- Cynthia's Gumbo Express (food truck)
- DAO THAI RESTAURANT - NEW
- Decadent Flavor (food truck)
- Donut Dudes (Snack Shack)
- Doom Street Eats
- El Azteca Sanches Inc (food truck)
- Esperanza
- Franco's Ristorante
- Frannie's Cafe
- Gaby's Funnel Cakes
- Haires Gulf Shrimp (food truck)
- Happy Lobster (food truck)
- Harolds Chicken (food truck)
- Harold's Chicken #55
- Hubbard Inn - NEW
- JJ Thai Street Food
- Josephine's Southern Cooking
- Khmai - NEW
- La Cocinita Food Truck (food truck)
- Lexington Betty Smoke House - NEW
- Lou Malnati's Pizzeria
- Moore Poppin Gourmet Popcorn (Snack Shack)
- Ms Tittle's Cupcakes (food truck)
- Nitro Nostalgia Ice Cream and Board Game Café - NEW
- Ponce Restaurant
- Porkchop
- Prime Tacos
- Robinson's No.1 Ribs
- Sapori Trattoria
- Seoul Taco
- Soul & Smoke (food truck)
- Star of Siam
- T&J Food Services( Sausage Fest) (food truck) - NEW
- Taco Motora Inc (food truck) - NEW
- Tacotlan
- Tandoor Char House
- Tasty Chicago (food truck)
- The Eli's Cheesecake Company
- The Original Rainbow Cone
- The Sole Ingredient Catering LLC
- Thimi's Empanadas LLC - NEW
- Uncle Remus Saucy Fried Chicken (food truck)
- Whadda Jerk (food truck)
- Yum Dum
Free Admission, no tickets will be sold, no seating.
(schedule is subject to change)
DJ for the evening: Mike P
- Chicago Made – Artist/Group TBA
- Terry Hunter
- Lupe Fiasco
DJ for the evening: TBD
- Chicago Made – Artist/Group TBA
- The O'My's
- JoJo
DJ for the evening: TBD
- Chicago Made – Artist/Group TBA
- TBD
- Elvis Crespo
The Goose Island Stage music lineup will be announced in the coming weeks.
Throughout each day, Chicago SummerDance, the largest annual outdoor live music and dancing series, turns Buckingham Fountain Plaza into a dance party with free dance lessons and live music. A celebration of dance in all its forms, SummerDance at Taste of Chicago will give guests the opportunity to learn and dance along to dance styles including Mambo, Country Two-Step, Salsa, Dabke, Swing, Kpop, Cumbia and much more.
(schedule is subject to change)
Noon - 4 p.m.
- Noon - Square Dancing / TBD
- 1 p.m. - Salsa / Maricza Valentin (Latin Rhythms)
- 2 p.m. - Dabke / Phaedra Darwish
- 3 p.m. - Footwork / TBD
Music by DJ Shon Roka
1-4:45 p.m.
- 1 p.m. - Cumbia / Teatro Tariakuri
- 2 p.m. - Swing / Fizz Swing Dance
- 3 p.m. - Kpop / Chicago Dance Studio
- 4 p.m. - Footwork / Mike D Chicago
Music by DJ Jo-Z
Noon - 4 p.m.
- Noon - Dappankuthu / Movement of Desis
- 1 p.m. - Mambo / KR Dance Studio
- 2 p.m. - Country 2-step / Swappin’ Boots
- 3 p.m. - Footwork / TBD
Music by DJ Sandra Treviño
Starts at Noon, Cake Cutting at 12:30 p.m.
SummerDance Stage
Eli’s Cheesecake will host their annual Eli’s Cheesecake Birthday Celebration on the SummerDance Stage, continuing a longstanding Taste of Chicago tradition of cutting a ceremonial 1,000-pound Eli’s Cheesecake. Attendees will receive a free piece of cake following the ceremony, while supplies last.
Featuring family friendly programming.
This outdoor flag exhibition is presented as part of Art Design Chicago, a citywide collaboration initiated by the Terra Foundation for American Art that highlights the city’s artistic heritage and creative communities.
Inspired by Art Design Chicago, dozens of local artists have created flags celebrating Chicago design — past, present, and future. Their work is flying proudly at the Taste of Chicago!
