Taco Time!

     This past weekend, the Little Village kicked off a new festival on the Chicago summer calendar, Festival Del Taco.  As you may have guessed, this was a celebration of(what else) tacos.  And not just any tacos, but "authentic South Side traditional tacos", according to Fred Newton, one of the organizers of the festival.  Of course, tacos aren't the only thing luring folks to this new festival, as there was no admittance charge(unlike a lot of the other festivals I've encountered, which can charge anything up to $10).  Of course, a festival like this isn't necessarily the only one of its kind out there.  Lakeview has its own taco festival, which kicked off last fall and features taco creations with much more imaginative ingredients.  According to Newton, "[Festival Del Taco] is gonna be a fraction of the cost of [the Lakeview festival].  It's gonna be the real deal".  Attendee Jazmine Salcedo approved of the affair, saying that "this reminds me of when I go to Mexico and the celebrations they do, so this is a little piece of Mexico".  All told, the Festival was a hit in its first year, with bright hopes for the future.