Safeway DC BBQ Festival

What's NEXT: This past weekend was the 21st Annual Safeway BBQ Festival in DC on Pennsylvania Ave. It's one of my favorite events of the year since there's nothing but great barbecue everywhere. Safeway, which hosts the event, has a big sampling tent offering over 30 different samples with your cost of admission ($12 adults). In addition, this year vendors such as Chobani, Snyder's, Ben & Jerry's, King's Hawaiian and many more were handing out free samples. 

Similar to year's past, Sprite hosted a few basketball events such as a free throw and dunk contest. With the weather being in the mid 80's, it was a great way to kick off summer and enjoy some great ribs, brisket, pork and a little veggies.  

TIPS:

1. Make sure you get to the Safeway Tent no later than 11:30am so you don't have to wait hours for the sampling tent. The tent opens at 12 noon so you're not waiting forever. The lines for people who show up in the afternoon is about 2-3 hours.

2. Safeway offered a buy one, get one free on their tickets with a purchase of select BBQ items in their supermarkets. Be on the lookout next year, as this helped reduce the cost of admission.

3. Make sure you bring a reusable bag or backpack to hold all of your free samples!

4. Don't forget the sunscreen. You'll end up with enormous amounts of sunburn like me if you don't!

Famous Daves BBQ

Safeway Sampling Tent

Georgia Based BBQ Team