The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) Commissioner Michelle Boone announced the lineup of 69 restaurants that will participate at the 36th Annual Taste of Chicago this July 6–10 in Grant Park. Showcasing Chicago’s diverse culinary scene, this year’s expanded list of five-day vendors, pop-up restaurants and food trucks will offer Taste-goers an endless variety of dining options to suit every palate. Taste of Chicago will welcome 20 newcomers to the event in 2016 – including three new five-day restaurants, six new food trucks and 11 new pop-up participants who will sell for one or two days. The new food vendors are: Abundance Bakery; Arami; Auntie Vee’s; BRGRBELLY; Da Lobsta; Demera Ethiopian Restaurant; Doom Street Eats; Firecakes Donuts; Frannie’s Café Inc; Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken; The Happy Lobster Truck; La Jefa; La Patrona; MAD Social; nana; Pastoral Artisan Cheese, Bread & Wine; Pork & Mindy’s; Rojo Gusano; Taco in a Bag and Texas de Brazil. For more information on the free admission festival, call (312) 744-3316 or visit tasteofchicago.us. To plan your trip to Chicago, visit choosechicago.com. Join the conversation on Facebook at Taste of Chicago and follow us on Twitter, @TasteofChi (#TasteofChi) and Instagram, @ChicagoDCASE (#TasteofChi).