Taste of Chicago vendors offer preview in Daley Plaza

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Taste of Chicago is a few weeks away, but the public can catch a taste of this year's vendors 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday in Daley Plaza.

The Taste preview will feature eight restaurants participating in the annual food festival. Some of the items that will be available are smoked alligator sausage, Cuban Pork Tamale, gelato, BBQ rib tips and jerk chicken.

Vendors will only accept cash.

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS AND MENU ITEMS:

Chicago's Dog House

Smoked Alligator Sausage

Rattlesnake & Rabbit Sausage

The Midway Monster Dog

Connie's Pizza

Deep Dish Cheese Pizza Slice

Deep Dish Sausage Pizza Slice

Dia De Los Tamales

Slow Roasted Cuban Pork Tamale

Buffalo Chicken Tamale

Spicy Black Bean & Corn Tamale

Dinky Donuts

Hot & Fresh Dinky (Various toppings: Cinnamon Sugar, Dutch Cocoa, Powdered Sugar, Old Fashioned Sugar Cream pie, Ancho Mamma's Toppings)

Mariano's

Gelato-Vanilla

Gelato - Chicago Pothole

Lemon Sorbetto

Porkchop

Pulled Pork Sandwich

Pulled Chicken Sandwich

Ribs

Robinson's No. 1 Ribs

BBQ Rib Tips

BBQ Pulled Pork

Boneless Rib Sandwich

Jerk Modern Jamaican Grill

Jerk Chicken

Jerk Fries

Festival (Cornbread)

The 35th Annual Taste of Chicago will be held July 8-12 in Grant Park. The food festival will run 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, and 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

For more information, visit www.tasteofchicago.us.