Taste Of The UWS Festival Returning With Over 60 Local Restaurants

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A food festival that highlights the very best of the Upper West Side restaurant scene is returning for its 14th year, organizers announced at the end of last week.

Taste of the Upper West Side will take place on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 under a tent in the playground that hosts the Grand Bazaar NYC market on Columbus Avenue between West 76th and 77th streets.

The festival, which is highlighting more than 60 UWS eateries this year, will be broken into two nights — "Farewell to Summer" on Sept 30, and "Autumn Ball" on Oct. 1.

Here is the summary for each night:

"Farewell to Summer"

"Farewell to Summer kicks off our 14th annual two-night food event with highly anticipated debuts of restaurants and bars, along with longtime local favorites, including 30+ popular restaurants grilling up favored menu items. As always, there will be the ultimate confectioners’ corner, along with unlimited wine, spirits and music, centered around innovative seasonal fare."

"Autumn Ball"

"Autumn Ball presented by Park West Village wraps up our 14th annual two-night food event with even more highly anticipated debuts of restaurants and bars, along with longtime local favorites, including 30+ popular restaurants grilling up favored menu items. As always, there will be the ultimate confectioners’ corner, along with unlimited wine, spirits and music, centered around innovative seasonal fare."

Here are the Upper West Side restaurants participating in the festival.

Day 1: 7 to 10 p.m.

• Bareburger
• Big Gay Ice Cream
• Bodega 88
• Bodrum Mediterranean Restaurant
• El Fish Shack
• El Mitote
• Fred's
• Friend of a Farmer
• Good Enough To Eat
• Han Dynasty
• Jacob's Pickles
• Jake's Dilemma
• Life Changing Baked Goods
• Jing Fong
• Maison Pickle
• Nina's Great Burrito
• Nobody Told Me
• Shake Shack
• Shaking Crab
• Tessa Restaurant
• Tiki Chick
• Wau Restaurant

More participating restaurants are still set to be announced for the first day of the festival.

Day 2: 7 to 10 p.m.

• Alice's Tea Cup
• Asset
• Baylander
• Cafe Luxembourg
• Covacha
• Crave Fishbar
• Ella Social
• Essential by Christophe
• Felice Columbus
• Gabriel's Bar & Restaurant
• Harvest Kitchen
• Leyla
• Magnolia Bakery
• Mille-feuille Bakery Cafe
• Orwashers Bakery
• Pappardella
• Prohibition
• RedFarm
• Rosa Mexicano
• Tasca
• Tavern on the Green
• The Consulate
• The Gin Mill
• The Leopard at des Artistes
• Virgil's Real BBQ
• William Greenberg Desserts

More participating restaurants are also still set to be announced for the second day of the festival.

A handful of the restaurants, including El Fish Shack and Friend of a Farmer, are not even open in the neighborhood yet.

General admission tickets for both nights are $110, while the VIP tickets for either night are $165.

The festival is hosted by the Columbus Avenue Business Improvement District (BID).

You can check out more about the festival and buy tickets — on the Taste of the Upper West Side website.