Writen by Alexander Just 
Photos by Alexander Just & Izzy Commers

Chipotle Cultivate came to Minneapolis’s Loring Park on Saturday, August 23.

The one day music and food festival featured great food and great line up of line music including Hunter Hunter, Vintage Trouble, The Mowgli’s, Grouplove, and Portugal The Man.  As well demos from top chefs around the country such as Amanda Freitag, Eric Anderson, Jack Riebel, Paul Berglund, and Minnesota natives Andrew Zimmerman and Jamie Malone.  Throughout the park crowds were greeted with an open environment filled with food stand, craft beer tents, wine tastings and interactive learning actives about where out food comes from.  Surly Brewery also created its very own farmhouse ale specifically crafted for this event.

Here are some fun facts from the event!

Attendance reached 22,500!

• Number of Tacos served: 4,620
• Number of kegs tapped of Surly Cultivate Farmhouse Ale:  Sold out of 25 kegs
• Number of Free burrito cards handed out: 12,000
• Number of Avocado Scoops Given Away: 2,500
• Number of Shophouse Bowls consumed: 3,458
• Number of t-shirts decorated in the Kids Zone: 2,500
• Number of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream scoops:  6,000
• Number of Tabasco mini-bottles:  9,000
• Number of Bags of Nikkolette’s Macarons:  500+
• Number of Scoops of Patisserie 46 house-made sorbet:  620+

The Mowgli’s

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Portugal The Man