Taste of Tribeca is May 20 and as always, it’s an amazing show of local restaurants going all-out (you know doing an event like this is not easy, especially when they still have dinner to serve that night) to support the neighborhood and the local schools — PS 234 and PS 150. It’s a 29-year-old event (read some of the history here) and it really is a great way to bump into old friends and try out new restaurants. (Though who am I kidding, I always get the same six bites every year.)

It’s my experience that you can buy tickets day-of, but I always buy some in advance as gifts — for babysitters, my brother-in-law, anyone who did me a solid this past year. Plus you save $5 if you get them now.

The details
Saturday, May 20
11:30a to 3p
Duane Street between Greenwich and Hudson
Single tickets: $60 online with service fee
Four-pack: $215
Day-of: $65

It looks like they still have a Friends Table open in the tent ($1200) that includes reserved seating for six, table service, T-shirts and a gift bag from Taste of Tribeca sponsors.

The restaurants
1803
American Cut
Anejo
Argo
Artesano
Bar 135
Belle Reve
Billy’s
Bubby’s
Buddha Bar
Casa Carmen
Caliza
City Vineyard
Chanson Le Salon
Downtown Yogurt
File Gumbo Bar
Fonda
Gigino Trattoria
Grandaisy
Jungsik
Khe-Yo
L’Abeille
FDNY’s Ladder 8
Locanda Verde
Macao Trading Company
Maman
Max
North Bar
One White Street
Paisley
Pepolino
Serafina
Smyth Tavern
Terroir
The Odeon
The Roxy
Takahachi
Tara Kitchen
Tiny’s & the Bar Upstairs
Walker’s
Warren Peace
Yves
Zucker’s
Zutto

Kids Zone
The booths in the Kids Zone will be activated by local businesses: The Craft Studio, Spotlight Kids, The Coder School, The Fashion Squad School, Dance with Miss Rachel, Ya Ya Preschool and Book Nook Tribeca. And then there’s the demo schedule:
12p – The Fashion Squad School
1230p – Galli Theater
1p – Spotlight Kids
130p – ARC Athletics
2p – Dance with Miss Rachel
230p – Broken Bones Skateboard Club

Underwriters
Finally, there are also a TON of sponsors who have underwritten different parts of the event including Citi, DK Construction, Coldwell Banker, Leman Manhattan, New York Presbyterian, Rachel Glazer from Compass, Laughing Man, EvensonBest and Veterinary Emergency Group.