Beer tastings and food specials begin at 2:00 p.m. and run until 10:00 p.m. Restaurants will offer tapas menus to highlight their featured brews. The first 2,500 guests will receive a Food & Brew Fest 7 commemorative 5 oz. tasting mug! Guests may sample one of the restaurant’s featured brews for $1.00. Along with brew tasting and food specials, the event will also offer prize drawings, give-a-ways and entertainment! A day-of-event program will be available at the restaurants and at information booths located at Wilmington Trust Company's Main Street branch and on Elkton Road in the parking lot of Buffalo Wild Wings.
The all day event features the popular “Hops and Shops” Sidewalk Sale Extravaganza beginning at noon showcasing the goods and wares offered by downtown merchants. Strolling musicians and balloon decorations line the street keeping guests in the festive spirit while shopping and strolling down Main Street and Elkton Road. Saranac 1888 Soft Drinks is hosting a root beer tasting stand for kids on the Academy Lawn where kids may receive their very own souvenir tasting cup.
Event attendees can hop a ride on the University of Delaware Fuel Cell Bus shuttle! The Fuel Cell Bus is cutting edge technology that is significantly quieter and more efficient than a regular transit bus, and emits no greenhouse gases!
Participating restaurants and breweries include:
Ali Baba featuring 16 Mile Brewery
Buffalo Wild Wings hosting Saranac Brewery
Caffe Gelato hosting Chimay Brewery and Dogfish Head Brewery
Claymont Steak Shop hosting Erie Brewing Company
Cosi hosting Affligem Brewery
Cucina di Napoli featuring Perroni Brewery and Morretti
Deer Park Tavern featuring Twin Lakes Brewery
Grotto Pizza featuring (TBD)
Home Grown Café featuring Dogfish Head Brewery and Victory Brewing Company
Iron Hill Brewery hosting Stoudts Brewery and Troegs Brewing Company
Kildare’s Irish Pub featuring Palm Breweries, Boon Brewery and Steinberg Brewery
Klondike Kate’s hosting Clipper City Brewery
Pat's Pizzeria & MVP featuring Yuengling Brewery
Santa Fe Mexican Grill featuring Shipyard Brewery
Saigon Restaurant featuring Sapporo Breweries
Stone Balloon Winehouse hosting Victory Brewing Company and Spaten Brewery
Sale extravaganza beginning at 12:00 p.m.
Bloom, 92 East Main Street
Brunswick Blue Hen Lanes, 521 Newark Shopping Center
Clothes in the Past Lane, 56 East Main Street
Flavor, 151 East Main Street
Flip Flop Shops, 148 East Main Street
Formal Affairs, 257 East Main Street
Gecko, 146 East Main Street
Grassroots Handcrafts, 93 East Main Street
National 5 & 10, 66 East Main Street
Romanick Pottery, 170 A East Main Street
SAS Cupcakes, 134 B East Main Street
Switch Snowboards and Skateboards, 16 Haines Street
The Days of Knights, 173 East Main Street
Village Imports Fair Trade Store, 165 East Main Street
You’ve Been Framed, 209 East Main Street
The 7th Annual Downtown Newark’s Food & Brew Fest is sponsored by the Downtown Newark Partnership, Out & About Magazine, Delaware Lottery, Standard Distributing, United Distributors, and Saranac Root Beer.
For more information, please call 302-655-6483 or visit www.NewarkFoodandBrewFest.com.
