9:50 a.m., July 19, 2010----The Downtown Newark Partnership and Out and About magazine will hold the 7th annual Downtown Newark Food and Brew Festival on Saturday, July 24.

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The event showcases more than 40 craft and imported beers paired with creative food offerings from 16 of Newark's restaurants. No tickets are required, as this is a pay as you go event.

Beer tastings and food specials begin at 2 p.m. and run until 10 p.m. Restaurants will offer tapas menus to highlight their featured brews.

The first 2,500 guests will receive a Food and Brew Fest 7 commemorative five-ounce tasting mug. Guests may sample one of the restaurant's featured brews for $1.

Along with brew tasting and food specials, the event will also offer prize drawings, give-a-ways and entertainment. A day-of-event program will be available at the restaurants and at information booths located at Wilmington Trust Co.'s Main Street branch and on Elkton Road near Buffalo Wild Wings.

The all day event features the popular Hops and Shops sidewalk sale extravaganza beginning at noon and showcasing the goods and wares offered by downtown merchants.

Strolling musicians and balloon decorations will line the street, keeping guests in the festive spirit while shopping and strolling down Main Street and Elkton Road.

Saranac 1888 Soft Drinks is hosting a root beer tasting stand for kids on the Academy Building lawn where kids get their very own souvenir tasting cup.

Event attendees can hop a ride on the University of Delaware fuel cell bus, which demonstrates cutting edge technology that is significantly quieter and more efficient than a regular transit bus and emits no greenhouse gases.

Participating restaurants and breweries include:

Ali Baba featuring 16 Mile Brewery;
Buffalo Wild Wings hosting Saranac, Greenville Pale Ale and Woodchuck;
Caffe Gelato hosting Chimay Brewery and Dogfish Head Brewery;
Claymont Steak Shop hosting Erie Brewing Company;
Cosi hosting Affligem Brewery;
Cucina di Napoli featuring Perroni Brewery and Morretti;
Deer Park Tavern featuring Twin Lakes Brewery;
Grotto Pizza featuring Sierra Nevada;
Home Grown Café featuring Dogfish Head Brewery;
Iron Hill Brewery hosting Stoudts Brewery and Troegs Brewing Company;
Kildare's Irish Pub featuring Palm Breweries, Boon Brewery and Steinberg Brewery;
Klondike Kate's hosting Clipper City Brewery;
Pat's Pizzeria & MVP featuring Yuengling Brewery;
Santa Fe Mexican Grill featuring Shipyard Brewery;
Saigon Restaurant featuring Sapporo Breweries; and
Stone Balloon Winehouse hosting Victory Brewing Company and Spaten Brewery.

Fifteen downtown merchants are showcased in the Hops and Shops sale beginning at noon.

Bloom, 92 E. Main St.
Brunswick Blue Hen Lanes, 521 Newark Shopping Center
Clothes in the Past Lane, 56 E. Main St.
Flavor, 151 E. Main St.
Flip Flop Shops, 148 E. Main St.
Formal Affairs, 257 E. Main St.
Gecko, 146 E. Main St.
Grassroots Handcrafts, 93 E. Main St.
National 5 & 10, 66 E. Main St.
Romanick Pottery, 170 A E. Main St.
SAS Cupcakes, 134 B E. Main St.
Switch Snowboards and Skateboards, 16 Haines St.
The Days of Knights, 173 E. Main St.
Village Imports Fair Trade Store, 165 E. Main St.
You've Been Framed, 209 E. Main St.

The Food and Brew Fest is sponsored by the Downtown Newark Partnership, Out and About magazine, the Delaware Lottery, Standard Distributing, United Distributors, and Saranac Root Beer. The Downtown Newark Partnership is a coalition of the city of Newark, the University of Delaware, downtown business and property owners and Newark residents.

For more information, call (302) 655-6483 or visit the Food and Brew Fest website.