Taste of Bethesda Returns After 3-Year Hiatus

The annual Taste of Bethesda festival is returning Saturday, October 7. 

The event will run from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. with more than 25 restaurant vendors, five stages of live music from local artists and a kid’s activity area, according to the Bethesda Urban Partnership. 

This will be the 31st Taste of Bethesda but the first time it is taking place in three years. The pandemic put the event on pause for two years and last year it was cancelled due to inclement weather. 

Restaurants at the event include: 

  • Ceremony Coffee Roasters 
  • Delhi Spice 
  • Dog Haus Biergarten 
  • Duck Duck Goose 
  • Eat the Change 
  • Georgetown Cupcake 
  • Hawkers Asian Street Fare 
  • Josephine 
  • Kadhai Boutique Indian Cuisine 
  • Levain Bakery 
  • Luke’s Lobster 
  • Maman 
  • Mamma Lucia 
  • Medium Rare 
  • Moby Dick/House of Kabob 
  • Nothing Bundt Cakes 
  • Oishii Ramen 
  • The Original Pancake House 
  • Planta 
  • Poke Dojo & Kusshi 
  • Seventh State 
  • Smoothie King 
  • Spanish Diner 
  • Tacombi 
  • The Red Bandana Bakery 
  • Tout de Sweet 

Admission to the event is free, but Taste tickets can be purchased on site in bundles of four for $5, according to the Bethesda Urban Partnership. Each serving may cost between one to four tickets. 

The event will take place in Woodmont Triangle, which is three blocks from the Bethesda Metro station. 

The Bethesda Urban Partnership is also looking for volunteers with set up or to help during the festival. 

Learn more about the Taste of Bethesda on the Bethesda Urban Partnership’s website. 

Originally published August 8, 2023.

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