Things to love about Midsommarfest 2012: Local food vendors

Midsommarfest has always been a place where you can enjoy a great selection of food from Andersonville's favorite restaurants: Calo's pizza, Andie's pitas and hummus, and Hamburger Mary's mini burgers and fried mac n' cheese. This year, we're stepping up our game to bring you even MORE local food vendors with a variety of delicious offerings. You'll want to spend the whole weekend sampling everything on the venue!

Here are some of the great local food vendors, with a taste of what they will be serving :

• Andies Restaurant - Mediterranean and Greek food
• Beat Kitchen - Pizza & empanadas
• Calo Restaurant - several types of pizza
• First Slice Pie Cafe - PIE!, flavored iced teas, and root beer floats
• Hamburger Mary's - mini burgers, fried cheese curds, mac & cheese fritters, and fried pickles
• Homemade Pizza Co. - pizza (but this time, you DON"T have to cook it yourself!)
• Jerry's Sandwiches - Blackened chicken, white cheddar, and chipotle mango chutney sandwich
• Jin Thai (winner of a Michelin Bib Gourmand award!) - Pad thai with chicken or tofu, crab rangoons
• Noodle Zone - egg rolls, fried rice, and Asian food
• Reza's Restaurant - hummus, falafel, eggplant steak, and Persian salad

Other food vendors:

• Chris and Gary's - hot dogs, nachos, and other carnival food
• Dumpling House - pierogies
• El Campeon - pina colada,churros
• Genoa Italian - Italian sausage, brats, corn dogs, mozzarella sticks
• Georgie's Greek Tasty Food - gyros, Greek sausage, and kabobs
• Lee Concessions - Grilled chicken kabobs, orange chicken, lemonade
• Nicholas Quality Meats - kabobs, gyros, BBQ pork, lamb
• Paciugo - gelato
• The Strawberry Patch - chocolate-covered strawberries, and other chocolate-dipped delicacies
• That's So Corny - roasted corn