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Vendors at Taste of Chicago Get Discount; GFS Marketplace Expands

• When the Chicago Park District took over Taste of Chicago, we knew that they’d have to maintain the free admission. But it looks like they’ve also decided to decrease the cost for a vendor application to $3,000 from $4,000. [ABC]

• The Restaurant supply store, GFS Marketplace, is expanding to Schaumburg and Niles. [Crain’s]

• Perhaps those McDonald’s wedding packages in Hong Kong inspired these two Nashville couples, who married amid the hamburger fumes of a White Castle. [News Channel 5]

• Food trend alert! “Texaco-Mex” cuisine, tacos served at gas stations, is popular around the country. [WSJ]

• Quieting down upset kids with candy or sweets has been shown to be linked to adult food issues. Looks like bread-and-water suppers might not be such as terrible idea! [Daily Mail UK]

• In case you’ve been dying to make the fish tacos shown in I Love You, Man, there’s a website that re-creates movie recipes. [NYDN]

• Don’t mess with New Mexico: If a new chile-advertising bill passes, it will be illegal to mislabel chiles produced out-of-state as homegrown. [NYT]

Vendors at Taste of Chicago Get Discount; GFS Marketplace Expands