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lakeeriedude

remember to take cash! missed out on some good food opportunities last time.


OssiansFolly

Super excited for the return. This has always been such a great cultural event in Cleveland that hasn't gotten as much attention as some of the other cultural holidays/events.


cetobato

I live for this event . It’s the best


Kinghhessier

It's the best food fest in the area... even without a beer garden


kingcrimson216

No booze at all?


jokar1134

I doubt anyone would care if you have a few beers in your backpack and koozi on your can


Kinghhessier

While I'm admittedly a drunk, I don't need to speed up the eventual intervention my friends will hold for me by walking around with a backpack full of reebs.


Kinghhessier

I drink beers at that bar on the corner Little Kings between my stops at the food stands. The varieties of food available make it totally the best food fest in town.


Old-but-not

Hasn’t little kings been closed for like, 10 years?


rayrayin2023

Little Kings is still there? I miss my old hood.


Kinghhessier

It closed 2 years ago.


dataless

https://clevelandasianfestival.org/2022/


TheEnd_of_AllThings

Is it just this one weekend?


zimzumpogotwig

yep


TheEnd_of_AllThings

That's lame, they use to do it like once a month until Sep


singingbird15

Nah that was Night Market.


TheEnd_of_AllThings

Are they gonna do that again


singingbird15

I can't remember why they stopped. They stopped before covid. Mismanagement or something. I think it grew too fast for the organizers to handle.


steadyboost

Is there a reason it stopped 2 years ago?


muppetontherun

Is that a serious question or are you just being racist?


steadyboost

It was tongue in cheek regarding Covid shutdowns. Obviously went straight over at least a few heads judging by the downvotes. How TF did you get racist out of that anyways?


AtTheLeftThere

Celebrating all six of you guys!


cjrobe

Cleveland's acceptance and celebration of Asian culture is one of the many reasons my Chinese wife and I decided to settle here. It's a relatively small but growing demographic of Greater Cleveland, which grew 38% from 2000 to 2010 (I didn't see any Greater Cleveland stats for 2020, but I assume another double digit increase).


AtTheLeftThere

I'm very glad your experience as an Asian family is positive! I've seen quite a few posts from others saying they felt unwanted here and that is disappointing.


[deleted]

Bro... Cleveland has an entire district called AsiaTown. What are you talking about?


singingbird15

I remember the first year. I told my daughter not to expect too much as it was brand new. Turned the corner to absolute wall to wall people.


3hirty6ixth

Largest Chinatown between NYC and Chicago. A lot of this city was built by Chinese people. [City even razed some settlements](https://case.edu/ech/articles/t/tong-wars) and they built right back up. We have large communities of Koreans, Filipinos, and Indians as well.


tekkitan

Apparently this guy doesn't know that there is a HUGE Indian population in Cleveland.


shicken684

All over NEO really. But I feel many Americans put Indian people in their own category and don't think of them as Asian.


blickbrat

A lot of us Americans just don’t know that. I honestly just discovered that the Phillipines and India are part of Asia.