By Terrie Anderson
Northside Planning Council

Oct. 23 promises to be a great day for a celebration at NorthGate Shopping Center. From 3‒7 pm there will be activities and events to excite, interest and please everyone.

Lots of Northside residents found out how much fun the Food Enterprise and Economic Development (FEED) Kitchens can be when they came out for A Taste of FEED, the summer bazaar, in August. More than 500 people toured the facility, ate dinner from a food cart, sampled FEED users’ wares, enjoyed live music, played games and won prizes. 

This season’s bazaar is not only the second anniversary of FEED, but the whole  NorthGate Shopping Center is getting into the action, sponsoring a Friday after-school and evening festival that also welcomes Noah’s Ark Pet Center and the Madison Vet Center with children’s activities, prizes and coupons. 

Youngsters will be able paint pumpkins, decorate cookies, enjoy balloon animals, and thrill to martial arts demonstrations. Everyone can sample food made at FEED, meet FEED users, tour the kitchens, watch a chef demonstration, enjoy some anniversary cake and capture a memory in the “Picture Yourself as a Chef” photo booth. 

Forget about cooking. There will be delicious food from Northside Family Restaurant and Falbo Bros. Pizzeria, as well as food carts that operate from FEED: Ich Liebe Dich Mac ‘n Cheese, Café Costa Rica, Hermsdorf Sweet Corn Boil and Pickle Jar. That’s if you have room after the samples and cookies. There will be enclosed tents for dining at FEED.

Check out the ad on page 2 for a listing of all the businesses that will be giving door prizes and coupon books. Pick up a Harvest Festival flyer ahead of time to plan your own harvest of specials to go with the fun.