This year's event will feature multiple music vignettes throughout the streets of Downtown and feature a variety of music genres. A Culinary Competition Stage will pair top area chefs against one another in five categories – Best Appetizer/Salad, Best Fast Casual, Best Fine Dining, Best Presentation and Best Dessert. Award winners are presented at approximately 8:30 p.m. Vote for the People’s Choice Award at the Culinary Competition Stage prior to 7:00 p.m. Come out and enjoy Alpharetta’s premier dining experience!

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NEW THIS YEAR! 
Bike Valet Service provided by our partner BikeAlpharetta! 
We encourage festival attendees to leave the car at home this year and BIKE! Our generous partner, BikeAlpharetta, will be providing a COMPLIMENTARY Bike Valet during the hours of the event. Not only is this a wise environmental decision to make but it will also cut down on event traffic and give everyone an opportunity to burn off all the yummy tastes from the evening! Valet location information to come!

PARKING & SHUTTLE BUSES

The Taste of Alpharetta is located in Downtown Alpharetta across from Alpharetta City Hall (2 Park Plaza). Free parking and shuttle system available. Please see the event map for more details.

 

PARK & WALK 

City Hall Parking Deck (2 Park Plaza)

Moving south on Hwy 9,  make a left on Cumming St., right on Cricket Ln., then right on Park Plaza.  If you are traveling west on Old Milton Pkwy, take a right onto Haynes Bridge Rd, followed by a left onto Park Plaza.

 

PARK & RIDE (SHUTTLE SERVICE)

Arriving and leaving the event, shuttles drop off and/or pick up on the corner of Roswell and Marietta Street approximately every 20 minutes from 5-10 pm.

Parking locations with shuttle service include the following:

1- Wills Park at Wacky World (on Old Milton Parkway to the right of the Alpharetta City Pool)

2- Wills Park Equestrian Center (at 11915 Wills Road, Alpharetta, GA 30009)

 

 

HANDICAP PARKING OPTIONS

1- Park & Walk: Wells Fargo, at 21 N. Main St, Alpharetta, GA 30009   Handicap parking sign will be visible from the street.

2- Park & Ride (Shuttle Service): All shuttle routes will have a handicap accessible bus rotating for pick-up and/or drop-off approximately every 20 minutes from 5-10pm. If you would like to park with close and level access directly on the event site, please use the reserved handicap parking lot at Wells Fargo, at 21 N. Main St, Alpharetta, GA 30009.   

 

For general information regarding current downtown parking locations, click HERE.

 

Complete Road Closure Information:

CITY OF ALPHARETTA - ROAD CLOSURE NOTICE 
5:00 AM THURSDAY, MAY 2, THROUGH 5:00 AM FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2019 
(Any vehicle left on the street after 5 AM on May 2 will be towed at the owner’s expense) 

MILTON AVENUE 
Milton Ave from Main Street to Teasley Place (Located just west of Roswell Street) – Will be completely closed. Milton Ave from Wills Road to Teasley Place – Only residence and event parking permitted.

OLD ROSWELL STREET 
Old Roswell Street – Will be completely closed.

OLD CANTON STREET 
Old Canton Street – Will be completely closed.

ROSWELL STREET – road closure beginning at 7:30 am 
Roswell Street from Old Milton Parkway to Milton Avenue – Will be completely closed.

CANTON STREET – road closure beginning at 7:30 am 
Canton Street from School Drive to Milton Ave – Will be completely closed. Canton Street from Mayfield Road to School Drive – Only residence and event parking permitted.

ACADEMY STREET (NEW) – road closure beginning at 4:00 pm until 11:00 pm 
Academy Street from Haynes Bridge to SR 9 – Will be completely closed. 

NORTH & SOUTH BROAD STREET (NEW)  – road closure beginning at 4:00 pm until 11:00 pm 
North & South Broad Street from SR9 to Market St – Will be completely closed.