Grand Tasting Pavilion

The Grand Tasting Pavilion required a separate ticket and featured a BBQ Bash on Saturday, where more than 20 of greater DC’s BBQ vendors offered samples of beef and pork with various sauces.

On Sunday, 43 different restaurants from the greater DC metropolitan area offered small samples. What the BBQ Bash lacked in variety, Best Bite more than made up for. While your average carnivore would not have been disappointed on either day, Best Bite offered as much variety as the Union Market, with a heavy focus on sweets like ice cream and donuts, as well as fish.

Attendees had a chance to vote for MetroCooking DC’s Best BBQ on Saturday and Best Bite on Sunday.