Downtown Newark Food & Brew Fest 2023

19th Annual Downtown Newark Food & Brew Fest – Newark, Delaware

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Saturday, July 29, 2023 12:00-7:00PM

The Newark Food & Brew Fest is all about celebrating the unique relationship between the culinary arts and the brewing sciences! Out & About Magazine is proud to present what has become a summer tradition: the Downtown Newark Food & Brew Festival.

The event showcases more than 40 beers paired with creative food offerings from a dozen of Newark’s restaurants. Unlike most beer festivals, this event takes place in the restaurants. You travel from restaurant to restaurant to sample the featured brews and tasty dishes designed to spotlight those brews at that particular establishment. Tickets are not required. This is a pay-as-you-go event. All you need is your wallet and your state issued ID because you must be at least 21 years of age to sample the beers.

Beer tastings and food specials begin at 12:00 p.m. and run until 7:00 p.m. The first 1,500 guests will receive a Food & Brew Fest 16 commemorative 5 oz.-tasting mug. These are available at the information booth at the Academy Lawn (Academy & Main streets along with an official program listing the venues). Disposable sampling cups will be available at each venue; you are encouraged to keep your tasting mug as a souvenir. Also, be sure to stop by your favorite local vendor during the Hops & Shops Sidewalk Sale portion of the event!

Parking

There is plenty of parking for this event. Municipal parking lots are conveniently located throughout downtown and University of Delaware’s Trabant Center parking garage also has spaces available.

2023 Event Photos

Downtown Newark Food & Brew Fest 2023 Photo Album

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Map

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SWAG

The first 1,500 guests will receive a Food & Brew Fest 16 commemorative 5 oz.-tasting mug available at the information booth at the Academy Lawn

Featured Venues

(pairing menus are below as provided)

2SPizza

168 E Main St
Newark, DE 19711

Visit Their Website
(302)533-5887

Small Plates

Roasted Red Pepper Bruschetta
Traditional Pie
Hot Honey ‘Roni Pie
Blue Hen Pie

Beers

UP & Out (Hazy IPA) — 2SP Brewing
Voluptous Fuzz (Peach Wheat Ale) — 2SP Brewing
Kodachrome (Kolsch) — 2SP Brewing
Bite Me (Watermelon Gose) — Big Oyster Brewing
Citrus Squall (Double IPA) — Dogfish Head

Caffé Gelato

90 E Main St
Newark, DE 19711

Visit Their Website
(302) 738-5811

Small Plates

Steamed Little Necks
Pancetta Mussels
Cheese Board
Crispy Calamari
Truffle Fries
Artisan Pizzas: Truffled Mushroom, La Diavoloa

Beers

Nordic Spring (IPA); Hazy-0 (Hazy IPA); 60-Minute (IPA); 90-Minute (IPA); Patagonia Kemza (Pilsner) — Dogfish Head
Yard Bird (Lager); Reach Around (IPA); War Llama (Berliner Weisse); War Possum (Sour); Vader (Dark Imperial Stout); Holy Crap (Imperial Red Ale); Not Today Satan (IPA); Pineapple Express (Juicy IPA); Lil’ Dictator (Jalapeño Hefeweizen) — Mispillion River Brewing
The Bog (Cranberry Shandy); Longliner (Lager); White (Belgian-Style Wheat); Crushin’ It (Orange IPA) — Cape May Brewing
I’ll Have What She’s Having (American Imperial Stout) — Evil Genius
Noir et Bleu (Belgian Tripel); Night Swell (Imperial Black IPA); Hammer Head (IPA); Tripping Hazy(IPA); Shuck It (Oyster Stout); Salty Jawns (Lime Goose Ale) — Big Oyster
Hell or High Watermelon (Wheat); Blood Orange (IPA); Pineapple (IPA) — 21^st Amendment Brewing
Eagles Game Day (Lager); Goose Island Signature (IPA) — Goose Island
Nanticoke Nectar (IPA); Country Ride (Pale Ale) — RAR
Champagne of Beers et al (American Lager) National Bohemian
Champagne of Beers et al (American Lager) Miller Highlife
Champagne of Beers et al (American Lager) Pabst Blue Ribbon