Celebrate South Orange With An Appetite

Hungry? You will want to be for Saturday, when Celebrate South Orange hosts a Sloppy Joe Eating Contest and a Community Supper.

The Joe-Down:

After Joel "The Cannon" Podelsky took the second-ever Town Hall Deli Sloppy Joe Eating Contest crown last year, the gauntlet has been thrown (or eaten). Six contestants will eat as many delicious Joes as they can in three minutes and eleven seconds (also known as the length of the song "Cotton Eye Joe"). 

The champion gets a $100 Town Hall Deli gift certificate and his or her name emblazoned on the Golden Joe Trophy for eternity. 

The spectacle takes place at 5:30pm on the MainStage on the Sloan Street. 

Dinner is Served:

The Community Supper is a buffet of food from more than 20 local eateries (listed below). It takes place outdoors on Sloan St.

Advance Discount Tickets On Sale Now At:

• The UPS Store: 4 South Orange Ave
• Kitchen a la Mode: 19 South Orange Ave

Adults: 
$12 advance, $18 at the Supper 

Under 12/65+: 
$8 advance, $10 at the Supper

Participating restaurants include:

• Papillon 25 Chicken Creole with Black Rice
• Town Hall Deli Hand-Carved Turkey & Dressing
• Village Trattoria Eggplant Rollatini
• Cafe Arugula Mediterranean Farfalle Pasta
• Harrar Beyayeneta with Injera
• Reservoir Sausage & Peppers
• Eden Gourmet Mama Mancini's Meatballs
• Village Diner Greek Salad
• Stony's Stony's Salad with Chicken
• Harusame California Rolls
• Cryan's Beef and Ale House Irish Soda Bread
• Coldstone Creamery Ice Cream & Ice Cream Cakes
• Rita's Water Ice Mango & Lemonade Italian Ice
• Dunkin Donuts Munchkins
• Subway Assorted Cookies
• Grid Iron Waffelrie Fresh Squeezed Lemonade