By The Chronicle Staff

One hundred and fifty tickets were sold for the annual Taste of Bellefontaine, which took place Thursday, Aug. 6 in Downtown Bellefontaine.

Ticket holders were given a gold token and then charged with hitting all 13 stops along the way in the Downtown area, after which they could use the token to vote for their favorite “taste.”

For the second consecutive year, the Flying Pepper grabbed the bragging rights as the best “taste” with its mini grilled burrito bowl elote, but it had very strong competition among the other 12 business and organizations that participated in the event.

Visitors were treated to snacks that ranged from the savory to the sweet, while Matt Steidle & That’s The Breaks provided entertainment on east Columbus Avenue.

Those who participated in Taste of Bellefontaine 2026 include:

– City Sweets & Creamery, Mini Buckeye cookies;

– Wrock Bottom Bar, bacon-wrapped deep fried hot dogs, topped with beer-braised onions;

– The Main Squeeze, lemon shakeups;

– Morning Riot, Crab Rangoon danish;

– Queen of Hearts, pecan pie and rum cake;

– One-Eyed Cookie Lab, mini cookies;

– Mary Rutan Health, smoked chicken sliders, mac and cheese and fruit-infused water;

– Brewfontaine,Tortellini pasta salad;

– The Syndicate, pulled pock sliders;

– The 600, pepperoni pizza and dirty sodas;

– Candy Craze, Dipping Dots; and

– Always Brewin’, Mourning Bell latte. ■