Photos: Top eats at Viva la Local food festival
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Dozens of restaurants offered $5 bites Saturday at Rillito Park, 4502 N. First Ave.
The folks at La Plancha restaurant, which is set to open in the former Cafe Marcel spot at 344 N. Fourth Ave, made chicharron sandwiches with sweet potatoes and salsa criolla. The new cafe will serve Peruvian and Brazilian-influenced sandwiches.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star
This 2015 file photo of an area farmers market shows miniature artichokes from Sleeping Frog Farms. The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona will use a grant of $125,000 over two years to expand its "farm-to-institution" program to hospitals and schools in Cochise County.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star / File
Pasco Kitchen and Lounge was doing an ancho chile barbecue pork shoulder that had been smoked over Arizona oak. On the side: homemade cornbread and chive and apple cider vinaigrette slaw.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star
The Lizzy Salad from Gentle Ben's Brewing Co., with bell pepper, bacon, onion, chicken and Gorgonzola cheese.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star
The folks at La Plancha restaurant, which is set to open in the former Cafe Marcel spot at 344 N. Fourth Ave, made chicharron sandwiches with sweet potatoes and salsa criolla. The new cafe will serve Peruvian and Brazilian-influenced sandwiches.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star
Brazilian fried coxinha croquettes from La Plancha, paired with Peruvian huancaina cheese sauce.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star
The house ramen from Fat Noodle food truck with house-made noodles, 10-hour broth, shiitake mushrooms, smoked pork, "fat" slaw, "fat" sauce, dashi and green onions.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star
Exo Roast Co. was selling their new bottled cold-brew coffees, which come in original, mesquite bean and chiltepin pepper, above.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star
This 2015 file photo of an area farmers market shows miniature artichokes from Sleeping Frog Farms. The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona will use a grant of $125,000 over two years to expand its "farm-to-institution" program to hospitals and schools in Cochise County.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star / File
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Quinoa burgers, roast beef sandwiches with huancaína cheese sauce grace the menu.
A former food truck and a reopened favorite carve their niche on Pennington.
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