While the city has not yet officially announced when, or where, the 2023 Taste of Chicago will take place, officials are already blasting an apparent plan to move the festival to Navy Pier, and to hold it the same weekend as a NASCAR race shuts down the event’s normal home at Grant Park.
As a result of the furor around a possible move, Reilly said that the City Council’s special events committee has postponed a vote to approve the summer calendar that the Department of Cultural Activities and Special Events put forth, a move that is normally a formality.
“I’m worried that the city is sidelining the greatness of our food scene,” he said. “A lot of small, ethnically-diverse restaurants used the Taste to gain recognition and make much-needed revenue for growth. Lots of restaurants are still struggling as we come out of the pandemic. Sidelining the Taste certainly won’t help that, nor will it help our city be aware of the dynamic restaurant scene we have.
“ further evidence of very poor planning on behalf of the Lightfoot administration,” Hopkins added. “It’s insulting she would leave the next administration to clean up her mess. It’s setting them up for failure, and that’s unconscionable.”
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