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Taste of DC – Washington, DC

Food, Alcohol, and Entertainment Packages. Eight Options Available.

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In a Nutshell

Area restaurants, wineries & breweries dole out tastes while musicians & entertainers perform across three stages

The Fine Print

  • Expiration varies
  • Valid only for option purchased. Must be 21 or older. Must present valid ID to redeem Groupon for ticket package. Each attendee must show valid ID to redeem alcohol tickets and bier garden admission.
  • See the rules that apply to all deals.

Combining music and food makes meals better, with country tunes adding tang to chili cook-offs, guitar solos sweetening ice cream socials, and backwards Metallica records livening up Monday-morning breakfast. Satisfy appetites aural and otherwise with today’s Groupon to Taste of DC October 8–10. Choose from the following options:

  • For $46, you get an all-day package for Saturday, October 8 (a $93 value).
  • For $66, you get a VIP all-day package for Saturday, October 8 (a $132 value).
  • For $46, you get an all-day package for Sunday, October 9 (a $93 value).
  • For $66, you get a VIP all-day package for Sunday, October 9 (a $132 value).
  • For $30, you get an afternoon package for Monday, October 10 (a $61 value).
  • For $42, you get a VIP afternoon package for Monday, October 10 (a $84 value).
  • For $108, you get an all-weekend package ($217 value).
  • For $136, you get an all-weekend VIP package ($273 value).

For details on all package types, please click here. Saturday's festival is headlined by Big & Rich, Sunday's is headlined by Styx, and Monday's belongs to Rusted Root.

The Taste of DC once again sets Pennsylvania Avenue abuzz with the festive hubbub of more than 60 local restaurants and vendors offering tastes of signature dishes, including Ping Pong Dim Sum, PJ Clarke's, BGR, Sushi Rock, Lincoln, Café Bonaparte, Luke's Lobster and Amsterdam Falafel Shop. Ben's Chili Bowl sears up hearty portions of their legendary half smokes and chili con carne (two to four tickets), and the 2011 World Chili Eating Championship presented by Ben's Chili Bowl sweeps the festival on Saturday and Sunday, complete with competitive eater Joey Chestnut. Co. Co. Sala's four cheese bacon mac and cheese (2 tickets) arrives striped with chocolate-covered bacon, while the chocolate onyx parfait (2 tickets) stratifies dessert with layers of dark chocolate mousse, vanilla crème brulee, salted caramel, and crumbly dark chocolate brownies. Cedar combines seasonal ingredients with classical French techniques and artful presentation, thrilling palates with oyster pan roast (two to five tickets) and pork-belly BLTs (five tickets). Toasts from more than 60 wineries and craft breweries pour the perfect complement to every entree, dessert, and attempt to joust an equestrian statue.

Groupon holders also get access to headlining musicians as part of the festival’s Groupon Experience. Tunesmiths including nationally known headliners Big & Rich, Styx, and Rusted Root hold court on the semiprivate Mission Foods Main Stage. Attendees can sway to the beat in regular or VIP seats, with the latter providing up-close views of every strum and swagger. Back in the wider festival grounds, the Amstel Light Bier Garden Stage spotlights local musicians such as Sons of the Radio and Olivia Mancini, while the Culinary Stage hosts wine tastings, demonstrations, and scenes from DC Improv. The Family Stage pumps out brood-oriented music and comedy, wowing onlookers with tunes from Rocknoceros, yucks from The Great Zucchini, and shadow-puppet recreations of Andy Rooney monologues.

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Groupon Says

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The Groupon Guide to: Advertising Soup

In this economy, soup isn’t going to sell itself. Only the perfect commercial is going to get those cans flying off the shelves. But what are the elements of a good soup ad?

The setting can make someone immediately yearn for a bowl of the hot stuff. Good settings include:

• A wealthy person’s farmhouse glowing warmly in a snowy wooded area (farmhouse should show no signs of actual farming)
• A small but cozy shack standing on a craggy cliff over a violent sea
• A bread factory

The main character is the viewer’s connection to the soup. It should be:

• A loving yet endearingly inept dad. He is in decent shape, not too handsome, and wearing a sweater and/or tucked-in collared shirt.
• A Victorian sailor’s wife. She is pale and beautiful, yet jagged. It has been a hard life.
• A bunch of working-class bread-factory guys who are hungry but tired of all this dry bread.

The story of the ad then whips the potential customers into a soup-eating frenzy by depicting:

• The dad’s son playing in the snow. The dad wants his son to love him but he cannot prepare a meal on his own. He makes the son soup, and the two bond over a game of checkers in front of a fireplace. Mom does not interfere.
• The wife gazes longingly at the sea during a windy, daytime rainstorm. She misses her husband’s warm, hearty arms but finds solace in a thick chowder that possesses those same qualities. Just as she finishes her bowl the husband kicks down the door. He has returned from his voyage and he has brought her many exotic hats.
• The bread-factory guys make some soup and have a crazy party wherein they dip the dry crusty breads into the steaming bowls with much joviality and merrymaking. What a day they’ve had.