Sorry but that weak, pallid excuse just does not wash...! It is an awesome event but the "powers-that-be" obviously think that they can gouge more $$$ out of a citizenry-base that is strapped by the economic condition nof the nation. Too bad...it was great event...!

donald i agree its just the end of something that was fun and brought people together.. maybe something less fincally involved with become in its place..

also moving it away from straub park to the venoy park i think i made a big difference.. when just the music was held in venoy and the rest as well as other music was in straub people had so much to enjoy..

I think that they're going to retool it so that it's extremely expensive and accessible only to those who can easily spend $500 or so in an exclusive club-type atmosphere for a "Taste of Pinellas." Why invite the riff-raff when Children's can make much more money by making it available only for those with big money to spend?

Moving the event to Venoy Park where you have to stand and eat in an uncovered area when it's already hot in May, yes even at night, is why we stopped coming. Yes, there are enough other such events where we can feel comfortable.

The move to Vinoy Park was indeed the beginning of the decline. But in the early days, what made the event special was the mix of restaurants and the presence of restaurants that many of us could only think about going to for very special occasions. It morphed from a Taste of Pinellas, to a Pinellas chain restaurant fair. I'd pay to go to an event that was just locally owned and operated independent restaurants instead of a concert sponsored by Subway and Pizza Hut. The use of the stage in Straub Park helped insure that the focus was on restaurants instead of the bands. You wanna have a concert, fine, but get back to what makes "A Taste of Pinellas" and focus on ways to present the best food Pinellas has to offer. For the smaller Mom and Pops where they can't afford to take a weekend off out of their restaurants, perhaps get other local businesses to "sponsor" their presence. I'm glad they took some time off to retool. Hopefully it will come back better than ever.

Greed killed the Taste of Pinellas! Why is everyone acting like the ever higher cover charges and the increased individual food tix had nothing to do with it?
Make the event free admission again, and make the food pricing so cheap that everyone eats plenty and has a good time. And include the good bands like B-52s and the fireworks, too. Don't act like there's not enough money in the budget. The city gives away millions in incentives to big corporations like Walmart, Progress Energy, Home Depot, the Rays,...and yet, complains that there isn't enough money to support a cool local community restaurant event. "Taste" isn't supposed to reap millions of dollars in profits. It's a promotional to get people to try your food. Stop gouging the citizens! Promoters will just have to deal with their 7 bedroom homes instead of the 12 bedroom home upgrade they expect the citizens to pay for.

For me Taste of Pinellas was generally tasteless.
I never was a big fan of taste of Pinellas. It always seemed to me the primary goal was exploiting the people who attended. The event was usually poorly planned and not particularly well organized. In the beginning a great place for a new restaurant to get some exposure, but in the end just not enough bang for the buck to keep the crowds coming in.
Hanging a charity on the backend of these events is supposed to make you feel better about paying to get in and paying through the nose for small samples of local food. That ruse has pretty well worn out.
Scheduling was always and issue, primarily holding the headline act to late Sunday I always found irritating. Obviously they wanted to keep you in there spending as long as possible.
Let's hope the "retooling" takes some of this into consideration.

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after reading all the above blogs, I simply have to say that I have enjoyed the Taste for the last 15 years of so that I have attended and never saw anything that was negative. liked when it was free but never understood how they could put on an event like this for free..for me, paying up to $15-20 is worth a full day of music, sun and fun, not to mention the food. my biggest issue is parking which is always a prob with any events held downtown, but you deal with it..The Clearwater Jazz Fest charged this past year for the first time and no one that I saw had a problem with it...lets hope the powers to be put this event back together again