Streets Eats festival coming to Ontario town

If you love street food the Bowmanville Rotary Club has just the thing to satisfy that urge with the Rotary Streets Festival, happening June 28-29 outside the Garnet Rickard Centre in Bowmanville.

The inaugural festival features food trucks from across the region, with mouth-watering fare for every taste – from Mexican to Middle Eastern, Greek to corn-on-the-cob and donuts to kebabs.

Local music will also be showcased, as well as family fun and family fun such as face-painting, clowning, balloons, games and even a visit from Spiderman. You’ll also find brews served up by Whitby’s Brock Street Brewery in the beverage tent.

“We love bringing the community together for big events like these,” said Rotary President Doug Sirrs. “Not just to see families having such a great time, but they also generate the funds we need to do the work of Rotary, which is so important. And we thank the community for that.”

The event will kick off at noon on both days and run until 9 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday.

“We’re thrilled to be hosting our first-ever Street Eats Party!” said event organizer Laurie Suikki. “Join us for a one-of-a-kind fundraiser that helps Rotary serve others here in our community and ‘round the world. Let’s celebrate how wonderful our town is.”

Participating food truck include:

• Alijandro’s Kitchen
• Grill N Thrill Kabob
• Greek G.O.A.T.
• Ontario Corn Roasters
• Philthy Philly’s
• Texas Tornado
• Tiny Tom’s Donuts
• Tropic Love
• Yeti Puff Nitro Snacks

The club, which recently celebrated its 100th anniversary in the community, is one is one of more than 46,000 Rotary clubs worldwide with 1.2 million members. Locally, the club manages programs like Family Respite Care and the Watershed Cleanup, while supporting dozens of agencies which serve the community. Internationally, the club supports initiatives on maternal & child health, water, hygiene & sanitation, and Rotary’s ongoing campaign for polio eradication.

For more information, check out the club’s facebook at https://www.facebook.com/therotaryclubofbowmanville/