Taso’s Restaurant and Pizzeria and Pizza Bodega are taking the festival’s carby shenanigans to unparalleled heights, with Taso’s offering a Chicago-style deep dish mac and cheese pizza and Pizza Bodega a thin crust New York-style version. (Photo: Mac + Cheese Festival / Peterborough DBIA) “We couldn’t be prouder of the incredible dishes the Peterborough Mac + Cheese Festival will have on offer this October.” Battle of the pizzerias Pizza Bodega, one of 18 downtown Peterborough restaurants participating in the first-ever Mac + Cheese Festival during the month of October, is offering a New York style thin crust “Mac n Cheeza” with a homemade mac and cheese sauce, double smoked spicy capicola ham, fior di latte, parmesan roasted garlic crema, and a sprinkle of cheddar cheese topped with a Cheetos crumble. “We are excited to see how our COVID-friendly festival will help keep local momentum going for our restaurants after patio season ends,” Hillary adds. The champion will be selected by festival goers, who will be able to vote for their favourite dishes online at all month long. The festival will culminate with the crowning of a Mac + Cheese Champion who will win a “cheesy hand-crafted trophy”, according to Hillary, along with a “sizeable donation” made to Kawartha Food Share in their establishment’s name. I don’t think it gets any more comforting than mac and cheese.” “But our 18 restaurant partners are just happy to help bring a little comfort back into the community. “It’s a competition, and of course some folks are in it for the glory,” Hillary says.
Sam’s Place, one of 18 downtown Peterborough restaurants participating in the first-ever Mac + Cheese Festival during the month of October, is offering a “Mac and Cheesewich” on sourdough bread with American cheddar, jalapeño, bacon, and cheddar mac and cheese with a potato chip crust. “Sam’s Place is also thinking very outside-the-mac with a mac and cheesewich,” she adds. Some, like Real Thai PTBO, are adding an “international flair” to the dish, while The Boardwalk Board Game Lounge is taking fall-centric approach by serving their mac and cheese dish in a miniature pumpkin. Hillary Flood, the DBIA’s communications manager, says the participating restaurants have embraced the concept behind the festival. Mac and cheese will definitely get people’s hunger on and entice them with the temptations that only cheesy dishes can bring.” “Hopefully this initiative will introduce new customers to a restaurant they haven’t yet experienced. “To showcase this quality that our downtown restaurants possess, we decided to bring the king of comfort food - mac and cheese - to their kitchens and let them create cheesy masterpieces,” Terry explains. (Graphic: Mac + Cheese Festival / Peterborough DBIA) Festival goers are also encouraged to bring non-perishable food items for Kawartha Food Share when visiting one of the participating restaurants to indulge in a mac and cheese dish. Peterborough’s first-ever Mac + Cheese Festival takes place during October 2021 at 18 participating downtown restaurants, one of which will be crowned Mac + Cheese Champion with a donation made to Kawartha Food Share in the restaurant’s name. “Peterborough’s downtown offers the best culinary experience in the region, including a diverse array of restaurant experiences that bring the flavours of the world together in one place,” says DBIA executive director Terry Guiel. Dishes range from classic macs to adventurous and fancy macs, created especially for the festival by 18 downtown restaurants including pubs, cafes, delis, burger joints, pizzerias, and fine dining and vegan restaurants. The brainchild of the Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA), the Mac + Cheese Festival is the ultimate festival for lovers of the comfort food. Mac and cheese fans will love the variety of carb-loaded dishes coming to downtown Peterborough for the month of October during the first-ever Mac + Cheese Festival - and they’ll also find comfort in their hearts knowing they are supporting locally owned restaurants while also helping to address food insecurity for those in need. Taso's Restaurant and Pizzeria, one of 18 downtown Peterborough restaurants participating in the first-ever Mac + Cheese Festival during the month of October, is offering a Chicago-style deep dish "Mac n Cheeza" with spicy chorizo sausage, porchetta, and jalapeno, topped with three cheeses and a garlic parm crusted panko.
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