Twelve local restaurants will each prepare their own chowder recipes for visitors to taste at Gig Harbor’s first ever Chowderfest.
The event put on by the Gig Harbor Downtown Waterfront Alliance will start at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 9. Attendees will walk the downtown district and taste chowder at the different restaurants until 5 p.m.
Tickets for the event are going fast, Carrianne Ekberg, executive director of the GHDWA told the Gateway Feb. 6. Only 150 of the 500 tickets were left. They won’t sell tickets the day of the event.
They’ll have a bunch of “hot chowder for the cold season,” event organizers said on their website.
Chowderfest will kick off Gig Harbor’s restaurant week , March 10 through 17. This is the seventh restaurant week in the harbor, but Chowderfest is a new addition this year.
All ages are welcome.
For $25 dollars you’ll get general admission to taste eight chowders. Each cup is 3 ounces. For $30 you’ll get the “Complete Chowder Experience,” which allows you to taste all 12 chowders.