Save the date for the 23rd Annual Taste of New Paltz, a Hudson Valley Festival of Food and Fun!
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Place: Ulster County Fairgrounds, New Paltz. It’s time to get your Taste on at the 23rd Annual Taste of New Paltz!
Cost: $10 / Children 12 and under admitted free. $7 advance admission until September 6, 2013. $22 Advance Admission Packages are also available until September 6, 2013 online or at the Chamber office and include:
- One advance admission wristband
- Ten (10) food tickets
- One (1) Official 23rd Annual Taste of New Paltz t-shirt
Directions to the Taste from the South: Exit 17 off the New York State Thruway. After the tollbooth, follow signs to Rte. 300 North. At Rte. 32 go north (straight). At Rte. 44/55 go west (turn left) and continue through the town of Gardiner. Turn right at flashing light on to CR-9 (Libertyville Road.) The fairgrounds are on your right, parking on your left.
Directions to the Taste from the North: Exit 18 off the New York State Thruway. After the tollbooth, turn left at light onto 299 West. Go through the village of New Paltz, cross over the Wallkill River bridge, and make the next left onto Libertyville Road. The fairgrounds are about a mile down on your left. Please call the New Paltz Chamber of Commerce or visit www.newpaltzchamber.org if you need further information at (845) 255-0243.
This article appears in August 2013.
This is an excellent event because I can find and sample restaurants that I otherwise may not have known about. Also great if you are considering hiring a caterer. You can sample some of what they do.
Food was terribly disappointing, and the event ended up being very expensive for the portions/quality of the food. Initially they told as at the booth , that most tables charged 1 to 2 tickets for a plate. When in actuality, most items charged 3, and many 4. I had very little that I would describe as delicious There were greasy crabcakes, cold tacos (that we had to wait 10 minutes for) tiny corn fritter, unseasoned, and had no romesco sauce, (as was advertised). chewy inedible Jamaican oxtails, that were impossible to eat, and tasted terrible, and a bacon wrapped shrimp on a spoon of the blandest risotto I’ve ever tasted. We spent about $50.00-between tickets, and admission into the event…We could have easily spent that money and eaten a full meal at a decent restaurant. The beer from Gilded Otter was delicious-pumpkin Ale.