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Nominated for: BEST Food Tour BEST Street Fair
The Bite of Seattle™ came to life in 1982 when Alan Silverman, president of Festivals Inc., saw a need to recognize culinary excellence within the industry. An estimated 75,000 people attended the first Bite™ held at Greenlake, with only 25 restaurants. In 1986, the Bite™ moved to Seattle Center where it now attracts over 450,000 in three days and hosts over 60 restaurants. Just to give you an idea, the Bite™ lays over 3.5 miles of gas pipe for cooking, 15 miles of electric cable for 2,000 gallons of hot water, uses 175,000 pounds of ice that will serve up an average of 12,000 gallons of soda pop and supplies 365 kegs of beer for one of Seattle's biggest summer celebrations!
