Photos: Taco 'Bout a Good Time

The Denver Taco Festival provided an entire weekend of tacos, with a street festival, street food and street fighting — OK, maybe just staged wrestling — on Saturday and Sunday in River North. Hundreds of hungry taco lovers sampled bites from more than thirty food vendors. Oh, and there was...

By Mark Antonation

June 29, 2015

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The Denver Taco Festival provided an entire weekend of tacos, with a street festival, street food and street fighting — OK, maybe just staged wrestling — on Saturday and Sunday in River North. Hundreds of hungry taco lovers sampled bites from more than thirty food vendors. Oh, and there was plenty of tequila, too. See our complete slideshow for more photos by photographer Ken Hamblin.

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Mark Antonation is the former Westword Food & Drink Editor. In 2018, he was named Outstanding Media Professional by the Colorado Restaurant Association; he's now with the Colorado Restaurant Foundation.

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