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Bite Of Seattle
Status	Active
Genre	Food Festival
Frequency	Annual
Location(s)	Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Country	United States
Years active	1982 - Present
People	Albert Lee

The Bite of Seattle is an annual food festival that takes place in Seattle, Washington at the Seattle Center. The official title of this event is referred to as the Albert Lee Appliance Bite of Seattle. It is also more known locally as "The Bite", and the festival is held on one weekend during the month of July.

With over 200 vendors that are featured, this festival is considered to be Seattle's earliest and greatest event that involves food and beverages. Although food is the number one reason people come to visit The Bite, there are also many other attractions that this festival has to offer. Furthermore, the best part about the Bite of Seattle is that it is absolutely free to attend.

History

Back in July 1982, Alan Silverman, the president of Festivals, Inc., founded this festival which was originally held at Green Lake Park. Initially, it was expected that roughly 25,000 people would attend, but there was a total of 25 restaurants participating and 75,000 in attendance. In 2006, these number increased and exponentially grew as there were 60 restaurants and food vendors participating and over 425,000 visitors.

Throughout the rest of the years, the number of visitors averaged out to about 400,000 people over the course of the three day long festival with over 60 restaurants participating.

Accomplishments

For two consecutive years, 2016 & 2017, the Bite of Seattle was voted the “Best Food Festival" in the United States.

On April 4, 2019, Alan Silverman was inducted into the Hall of Fame for the Washington Festival and Events Association. This was mainly due to his success of coordinating and creating many popular festivals, including the Bite of Seattle.

Attractions

The Bite offers many attractions for food lovers and foodies including food sampling from local restaurants, food cook-off competitions, eating competitions, new foods and vendors, commercial vendors, traveling tours and child-friendly activities. There are also many activities and entertainment that aren't related to food which includes live entertainment, stage performances, a free movie night, craft beer & cider tasting, beer gardens, watching local chefs cook, etc.

Bite of Seattle hosts over 80 live bands that play on stage which feature mostly local and regional artists. These various performances are usually held at one of the three main stages. Either the Fountain Lawn Stage (sponsored by 95.7 The Jet), the Mural Stage (presented by Emerald Queen Casino and sponsored by 102.5 KZOK), and finally the Fisher Green Stage (presented by BECU and sponsored by 96.5 JACK FM).

Available Attractions

• Bite Packages
• The Alley
• The Bite Cooks
• Craft Beer & Cider Tasting
• Beer Gardens
• Gladiator Of The Grill
• Munchies At The Mural
• Family Fun
• Free Bite Movie Night
• Handcraft Vendors
• General Vendors
• Featured Sponsor Activities

Dining Options

Restaurants & Food Trucks

Restaurants

Food Trucks

Agave Cocina & Tequilas Ambitious Kitchen Taste Of South East Asia Bai Tong Thai Restaurant Bambuza Vietnam Kitchen Biringer Farm Blue Elephant Carlos Catering Classic Catering: Burger Shack & Salmon Bake Crepe Chalet Dancing Zorba Deano's Grill Delicious Asia Eduardo's Famous Fish Tacos Famous Dave’s Bbq Flaco’s Al Pastor Garlic Shrimp Island Kaleenka Kungfu Jian Bing Lajitana Lebanese Cuisine New Orleans Cookery Oyster Bay Pat's Philly Steak Sandwiches Pecos Pit Bar-b-que Pho Cyclo Cafe Raspados Del Sur Topos Langostino Wicked Pie Pizza Ziegler's Bratwurst Haus

Anthony’s Finn B & B Ice Cream C. Davis Texas Bbq Chebogz Filipino Food Truck Fisher Fair Scones Gogi On The Go Kebab King King Philly Cheese Steaks Lizzie Lou’s Comfort Food Phorale Pineapple Shack Sazon Seoul Bowl Co. Sugar & Spice Mini Donuts Sugar & Spoon Cookie Dough Stacks Burgers The People’s Burger Yummy 8

Speciality & Artisan Foods

Speciality Foods

Artisan Foods

Ben & Jerry’s Big Island Poke Boba King Cold Plate Corn Dogs Of The World Corn Roasters Fina's Fish Funnel Cakes And Soft Serve Geni’s Ethiopian Corner Glow Tea Hapa Food Co. Margarita Village Nw Perk Coffee Panda Dim Sum Pb Goodness Puffleup Puffle Long Fries Purple Hibiscus Seattle Pops Shishkaberry's Show Me Your Cones Snowie South African Food Affair Stizzy’s Sweet Tea Sweet Art Cotton Candy Three Twenty Below Tiny's Organic Uncle Mike’s Snow Ice & Lunch Plates Warthog Wings

Bee Delightful Bees In The ‘burbs Brevin’s Solid Gold Fudge Campfire Foods Nw Craft And Associates Dyana’s Aji Friday Harbor House Of Jerky Nectar Of The Vine Pike Place Nuts Purple Hibiscus Signature Bites Spunks Pumpkin Seeds Such-a-slush Timbo’s Gourmet Licorice

Just A Bite

Just A Bite

Agave Cocina & Tequilas Ambitious Kitchen Taste Of South East Asia Anthony’s Finn B & B Ice Cream Bai Tong Thai Restaurant Bambuza Vietnam Kitchen Biringer Farm Blue Elephant Bomba Fusion C. Davis Texas Bbq Carlos Catering Chebogz Filipino Food Truck Classic Catering: Burger Shack & Salmon Bake Crepe Chalet Dancing Zorba Deano's Grill Delicious Asia Eduardo's Famous Fish Tacos Famous Dave’s Bbq Fisher Fair Scones Flaco’s Al Pastor Garlic Shrimp Island Gogi On The Go Kaleenka Kebab King King Philly Cheese Steaks Kungfu Jian Bing Lajitana Lebanese Cuisine Lizzie Lou’s Comfort Food New Orleans Cookery Oyster Bay Pat's Philly Steak Sandwiches Pecos Pit Bar-b-que Pho Cyclo Cafe Phorale Pie Bar Pineapple Shack Raspados Del Sur Sazon Seoul Bowl Co. Simply Soulful Sugar & Spice Mini Donuts Sugar & Spoon Cookie Dough Stacks Burgers Street Treats The People’s Burger Topos Langostino Wicked Pie Pizza Yummy 8 Ziegler's Bratwurst Haus

Desserts

Desserts
B & B Ice Cream Ben & Jerry's Biringer Farm Boba King Cold Plate Crepe Chalet Fisher Scones Funnel Cakes & Soft Serve Glow Tea Margarita Village Pb Goodness Pineapple Shack Puffleup Purple Hibiscus Signature Bites Seattle Pops Shishkaberry's Stizzy’s Sweet Tea Snowie Street Treats Sugar & Spice Mini Donuts Sugar & Spoon Cookie Dough Sweet Art Cotton Candy Three Twenty Below Uncle Mike’s Snow Ice

External Links

• Official Website

ORIGINAL BITE OF SEATTLE WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE

Crowds at Bite of Seattle

The Bite of Seattle is an annual food festival that takes place in Seattle, Washington at the Seattle Center. Known locally as "The Bite", this festival is held on one weekend during the month of July.

Founded by Alan Silverman, the president of Festivals, Inc., the first festival was held in 1982 at Green Lake, with 25 restaurants participating and 75,000 in attendance. In 2006, there were 60 restaurants and food vendors participating and over 425,000 visitors.

Attractions

The Bite offers many attractions for food lovers and foodies including food sampling from local restaurants, food cook-off competitions, eating competitions, new foods and vendors, commercial vendors, traveling tours and child-friendly activities.

On July 19, 2019, Nintendo will set up their Nintendo Switch Road Trip tour in Seattle Center during this event.

External links

• Official website