West Chester Recreation Presents
The 31st Annual
Chester County Restaurant Festival

Gay Street in Downtown West Chester
Sunday, September 19^th, 2010
Noon – 5:30 PM
(Rain Date September 26^th, 2010)

The 31^st Annual Chester County Restaurant Festival will be held on September 19^th (rain date September 26^th), from Noon until 5:30 pm. You’re invited… and this event is totally free to attend.

The Chester County Culinary Challenge is back by popular demand. Four chefs will compete to win the title of the best chef in Chester County. They will cook an appetizer, entrée and dessert.

More than 50 restaurants are participating, with nearly 110 arts & crafts vendors and information booths, three stage areas for live music and the “Church Street Café,” where patrons can sit and relax with a pint of refreshing brew.

All restaurant booths will be on Gay Street between Matlack Street and Darlington Street. Vendors will be on High Street from Market Street to Chestnut Street.

Parking in all Borough of West Chester garages is $3.00 for all day

NO PETS ALLOWED. We love them too, but please, leave your pets at home for this food-related event. Anyone accompanied by a pet will be asked to leave.

Participating Restaurants and Vendors

Restaurants

Capt’n Dick’s BBQ/Baxter’s 101 Nick’s Cafe Limoncello Rams Head Bar & Grill Margaret Kuo’s Mandarin Restaurant Blarney Stone Purple Picnic People Mid-Atlantic Food Services Straughen’s Catering Benny’s Pizza Alberto Cafe t/n Teca Jazmine Thai Gadaleto’s Seafood Market Riverstone Cafe/Winner’s Circle Sports Grille The Red Sombrero Kitchen Kreations Barnaby’s Mile High Steak and Seafood

Tindaro Festival Ludwig’s Inn & Oyster Bar Numzees Tavern and Grill Hickory House Catering Jimmy John’s Pita Pit Tripple Fresh The Mediterranean Spence Cafe Dixie Picnic Landmark Americana Kildaire’s Doc Magrogans Mo’s Rhythm Kitchen Doghouse Burgers Firecreek Restaurant & Bar Kelly’s Caterers & Adams Ribs Pace One

Mas Mexicali Cantina Ryan’s Pub DeStarr’s Restaurant & Bar Italian Social Club Iron Hill Brewery Olive Branch Pietro’s Prime Nonna’s Big Easy Saloon Bull Durham’s Texas BBQ and Steakhouse Side Bar and Restaurant Carlino’s Specialty Food & Catering Simon Pearce Mabel’s Barbeque Empire Pizza and Grille New Haven Pizza

Specialty Food Vendors

Strawberry Dan (smoothies) D’Ascenzo’s Gelato Dippin Dots (frozen treat) J&J Kettle Korn Fresh Fruitcup Caffe Gelato

Fudge Delight Inc. (fudge) Cupcakes Gourmet Sherri’s Crab Cakes Maggie Moo’s Ice Cream Tony Latino Bobby’s Sr Soda (soda)

Nuts About West Chester (nuts) West Chester Scoop (ice cream) Fruit Flowers Precious Pickles The Master’s Baker

WestChesterDish.com Choice Awards

The WestChesterDish.com Choice Awards return this year at the 2010 Chester County Restaurant Festival. Restaurants enter to win awards in three categories: Best Appetizer, Best Entrée, and Best Dessert. Festival goers will choose the winners by sending special text message votes using their cell phones. Bring your phones, and make your voice heard! Check out the 2010 Choice Awards entries…

Chester County Culinary Challenge

Starts at 2:30 pm in front of the historic court house on High St.

Back by popular demand, The Chester County Culinary Challenge! Four chefs will compete to win the title of the best chef in Chester County. The Challenge will consist of three rounds. During the first round, each chef will prepare an appetizer; the second, an entrée; and the third, a dessert. At the beginning of each round a surprise ingredient will be introduced. If the surprise ingredient is incorporated in the dish of that round, bonus points will be awarded. Each dish will be judged by a panel of local foodies. At the end of the competition the winner of the 2010 Chester County Culinary Challenge will be crowned.

Live Music & Dancing

There are three locations with eight different bands performing throughout the day. The performances will be held on Gay St. at Matlack St. and Darlington St and at the corner of Market St. and Church St.

Gay & Matlack Streets	Gay & Darlington Streets	“Beer Court” at Market St. & Church St.
12:00 pm New Pony (Funk, Blues) 2:00 pm The National Rifle (Rock, Punk, Indie) 4:00 pm Sounds from Atlantis (Indie, Rock, Americana)	1:00 pm Barakka (Rock/Acoustic) 3:30 pm Dirk Quinn Band (Progressive Jazz, Funk, Rock)	Noon Steppin Razor (Reggae) 2:30 pm North End (Instrumental)

Beer & Wine Garden

The Beer and Wine Garden located on Church and Gay St.
Open: 12:00 – 5:00
Admission: $3.00 — Proceeds go towards the  West Chester Parks and Recreation Send A Kid To Camp Fund

A Big Thanks to Our Sponsors This Year

NV Homes	Pepsi Bottling Group of West Chester	Fox Chase Bank
Knox Equipment Rentals	Mitch’s Market Street Gym	Brandywine Ace Hardware
Fulton Bank	Halco Enterprises Inc.

See you at the festival!