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Akron Eats
A Main Library Event
Saturday, September 23
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library
Atrium, Garden Trio CorridorThe popular Akron Eats event returns for a second year, with more local restaurants and food vendors to sample!
Enjoy live music and explore tastes from around the world, created by your neighbors from the Akron and surrounding communities.
At Akron Eats, you'll receive tickets to exchange for small samples of your choosing, and discover your next favorite flavor from a variety of local vendors.
For an updated list of participating restaurants and food vendors click here.
This event is free and open to the public; no registration is required.
Akron Eats at Main Library launches our Fall Akron Eats programming series. To learn more about Akron Eats, check out our website!
For additional information, contact the Business, Government & Science Division at 330.643.9020 or bgsdiv@akronlibrary.org.
For further reading, check out these resources:
- "Akron Family Recipes: History and Traditions From Sauerkraut Balls to Sweet Potato Pie" by Judy Orr James
- "The Everything Guide to Starting and Running a Restaurant: Secrets to a Successful Business" by Ronald Lee
- "Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Cookbooks, Blogs, Reviews, Memoir, and More" by Dianne Jacob
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Special Events | Live Performance | Food & Cooking | Community Event |
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Main Library, located in the heart of downtown Akron, combines compelling public space with meaningful and relevant public library services for all members of our community. Since opening in 2004, the downtown library welcomes more than one million visitors each year.
Subject divisions include: Business, Government & Science, Culture & AV, Magazines & Newspapers, Special Collections (local history & genealogy), TechZone@Main, Teen, and a 12,000 square feet Children's Library.
Special services available at Main Library include: a Patent & Trademark Resource Center; U.S. Passport and Notary services; a Microbusiness Center; a Maker Space; a resource lab for early childhood educators; and regularly scheduled computer training classes. Also available at Main Library are more than 125 public access computers, color photocopiers/printers, laminating, scanning, faxing, and free Wi-Fi.
Specialized spaces include a 425-seat auditorium, public meeting rooms, and a used bookstore. An interior glass block walkway leads to a 600-space parking garage owned by the City of Akron. An outdoor amphitheater and landscaped park complete the complex.