Taste of the Danforth brings the party to Greektown
Taste of the Danforthis taking over Greektown this weekend.
Hitting it off on Friday evening to massive crowds, the stretch of theDanforthbetween Broadview and Donlands was packed last night with all the best in Greek and Mediterranean culture.
Officially Canada's largest street festival, Taste of the Danforth celebrated its big 25th birthday #DanforthStrong with food, performances, and appearances from some major politicans.
The event's Silver Jubilee is a welcome celebration for an area that — to put it lightly — hasbeen through a lotthis year.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived to show his support to the community, which just three weeks ago experienceda mass shooting, stopping to take selfies with some super happpy festival-goers.
之后他前往OLG手绘在街上徘徊ebrity Stage on Logan Street to speak in front of a massive crowd.
Following the Greek national anthem and honouring the victims of the shooting, the Prime Minister broke a plate Greek-style while crowds shouted the ceremonial "Opa!"
Leader of the NDP Party Jagmeet Singh also showed up to have some fun with festival-goers.
Visitors began flowing into the festival area around 6 p.m., were they were greeted with the usual offerings of Greek food from some neighbourhood favourites likeSouv Like.
The tzaziki sauces were flowing with delicious gyros from the Danforth stalwartMessini, whose lineups were by far the longest of the festival.
Funnel Cake Expressdelivered on massive plates of deep fried, ice cream-topped goodness.
Mango roseswere all the rage at stalls likeEl Charroand outside the DanforthFoodlandgrocery store.
The Forthwas grilling up skewered sausages outside their event space while music blasted from their speakers.
Outside ofKatsu Sushi, people lined up for skewers of fried Asian street eats like squid and tempura shrimp.
The meats stayed spinning at theAthens Restaurantstall, which served up rotisserie chickens and skewers of their own.
And people got a chance to vote for their favourite sneakers from the MARTK'D Art on Sneakers competition, where local artists had 20 minute to design some canvas sneakers in honour of the Danforth.
Burger Stomperopened up a cool beer garden with glowing seating and speakers for a cool neon-lit getaway.
Meanwhile, people got to take out some rage in a very therapeutic way at theBattle Sportsstall, where people paid to smash some plates Greek-style.
Danforth's memorial to last month's shooting victims has been moved from the Alexander the Great Parkette to outside the St. Barnabas Church, where people took time from the festivities to pay their respects.
The festival continues all weekend until Sunday at 10 p.m. It's bound to be busy, so you can follow Taste of the Danforth'smapto make sure you hit up all the spots.
Tanya Mok
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