Wide view of crowd, white vendor tents, and colorful balloons lining downtown Bethesda street

Taste of Bethesda: 50 Local Spots Serving Everything You Can Imagine

ByBethesda Line

Once a year, Taste of Bethesda shuts down Woodmont Triangle for the afternoon and turns the neighborhood into one big block party filled with colorful balloons, live music, and serving tables where you can sample more than 50 local restaurants and food spots in Bethesda.

  • Large Taste of Bethesda banner stretched across busy festival street with crowds below
  • Large crowd filling Norfolk and St. Elmo Avenue intersection during Bethesda food festival
  • Restaurant vendor tents featuring Aventino Cucina and AP Pizza at Bethesda food festival
  • Hand-lettered chalkboard menu displaying margaritas, tacos, and quesadillas at festival booth
Festival attendees walking between restaurant vendor tents and bright floating balloon decor
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Taste of Bethesda is an annual event that has been running for over three decades.

You’ll find hand-lettered chalkboard menus advertising margaritas and tacos in exchange for $2 or $3 tickets, and booths from spots like Agora, Aventino Cucina, AP Pizza, The Organic Butcher, Ruta, Babycat Brewery and Tout de Sweet pastry shop just to name a very few of the 50 participating restaurants and businesses.

  • Festival attendees walking between restaurant vendor tents and bright floating balloon decor
  • Agora restaurant booth with metal chafing dishes and staff serving food to guests
  • Ruta restaurant booth serving customers
  • The Organic Butcher booth sign with attendees waiting in line at annual festival
  • Grilled sausages and meat skewers cooking on outdoor grill at Pike El Diamante stand
  • Customers at Tout de Sweet dessert booth that served colorful macarons

Norfolk, St. Elmo, and Cordell Avenues fill with crowds moving between tents and restaurant patios where you can also grab a drink and watch the whole scene unfold.

If you missed the food festival this year, it’s back every Fall, and is definitely one of the most popular downtown Bethesda events where the whole neighborhood shows up.

Large crowd filling Norfolk and St. Elmo Avenue intersection during Bethesda food festival
Rows of folding tables and chairs set up for outdoor festival dining in Bethesda
Outdoor restaurant patio at Gringos and Mariachis with seating along festival route

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