25 food vendors
offer variety of
culinary delights
By Robin Trimarchi
Staff Reporter
True to the spirit of Lincoln city
festivals, the variety of food available
at Summertime Nebraska will leave
no palate panting nor appetite growl
ing.
From crab rangoon to barbecue
poric ribs, the more than 25 food vendors
promise to entice festi-goers’ taste
buds with menus sure to satisfy the
most discerning culinary whim.
This year the welcome aromas of
traditional festival favorites such as
Valentino’s pizza and King’s Ozark
recipe funnel cakes will share the air
with several new gourmet treats, in
cluding sopapillas and honey from
LaPaloma Mexican restaurant, home
made Greek pastries from the Greek
Orthodox Church and hickory-smoked
baked beans from It’s The Pits.
In the children’s festival area Sno
Flakes will scoop snow cones from a
red, white and blue house, while Econo
Foods grills hamburgers, TCBY dishes
up frozen yogurt and Pizza Hut serves
fresh-baked pizza.
An estimated crowd of 100,000 is
expected to hit the streets of the His
toric Haymarket District throughout
the weekend, said Lou Shields of the
Historic Haymarket Corporation.
Other vendors include:
•Red Lobster with peel and eat shrimp
and Key Lime Pie.
•Porky’s Catering: on-site cooking
with home-seasoned barbecue sauce.
Pork sandwiches, polish dogs and hot
dogs.
•Georges Greek Gyros serving pita
sandwiches.
•Lolo’s Concessions with char-broiled
Italian sausage and foot-long chili
and cheese dogs.
•Rong Vang Chinese food including
shrimp wontons.
•Schlotzsky’s deli sandwiches.
•Clark’s Mini-Donuts.
•Tropical Sno/Hawaiian Shaved Ice
offering 20 flavors.
•The Patty Wagon with full menu
including barbecue ribs, polish dogs,
com dogs, frozen malts, nachos and
cheese, cotton candy and popcorn.
•Mekong Chinese food with shrimp
fried rice and sweet and sour shrimp,
beef or pork.
•Sunshine Fresh Lemonade.
•University of Nebraska-Lincoln Food
Science Club. Ice cream cones, quarts
and frozen yogurt.
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