If you love tacos, Novi is the place to be this weekend. The three-day Novi Taco Fest kicked off Friday at Twelve Mile Crossing at Fountain Walk. That’s across from Twelve Oaks Mall.
Organizers said 35 taco trucks, other food vendors, and retail vendors will be among the 25,000 people expected to visit the fest.
Throughout the fest are competitions like taco-eating contests, hot pepper-eating contests, and cute dog contests.
Charles Prater of Highland won a taco eating contest Friday evening. He said it was a piece of cake.
“Someone told me ‘Hey, there’s a taco eating contest. I know you love to eat tacos. Do you want to get in on this?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, I know I can eat tacos faster than anyone else here.'”
Chiquita Reed brought her son and said she left the fest and came back for more African-Caribbean food.
“The Fountain Walk is really where I come to hang out. So, I love to come here. All the festivals, the barbecue festival that they had a couple of months ago. I was here,” she said.