Celebrate Local Food at This Year’s Street Party

Look forward to tasting a selection of local treats at this year’s Local First Street Party. The event that brings local restaurants, artists, bands, and community members together will feature Daddy Pete’s BBQ & Love’s Ice Cream.

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Prepare your taste buds for some Southern comfort food provided by Daddy Pete’s BBQ. Daddy Pete’s BBQ is a food truck owned and operated by Cory and Tarra Davis. This year’s Street Party will feature their delicious, Southern, slow-smoked meats basted with a sweet BBQ sauce! Their menu consists of locally sourced ingredients, which are prepared fresh daily, in its on-board commercial kitchen and rotisserie smoker. When Cory Davis won a local barbecue competition, he found that his recipes for rub and sweet BBQ sauce would be a combination people of Grand Rapids would come to love.

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Be sure to save some room for dessert with GoNuts and Love’s Ice Cream. Love’s Ice Cream started when owner, Chris McKellar, landed on an opportunity to make handcrafted, locally sourced ice cream for Grand Rapid’s Downtown Market. Love’s Ice Cream is committed to providing a high quality, organic product to their customers. Their ice cream and sorbets will be available at the Street Party this year. GoNuts will serve up mini-donuts hot off the press! Watch your donuts being made and then pick your sugar or powder flavor.

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Get excited for a variety of food – from tacos and BBQ to pizza and macaroni. Try it all at this year’s Local First Street Party!

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Click here to see the full list of Street Party vendors.

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