{"id":182833,"date":"2026-05-03T12:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/182833\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T12:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:47:11","slug":"taco-fest-returns-to-downtown-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/182833\/","title":{"rendered":"Taco Fest returns to downtown Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Penn Street in Reading transformed into a lively corridor of food, music and movement Saturday during the third annual Taco Fest.<\/p>\n<p>The event blends\u00a0 food-truck fare with performances and family-friendly attractions over two blocks of downtown Reading..<\/p>\n<p>Entertainment included local bands, cultural dance performances and free dance lessons.<\/p>\n<p>Vendors offered handcrafted goods and refreshments, including \u00a0tacos, beer and cocktails.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"A chef from El Patron restaurant grills tacos during TacoFest in the 600 block of Penn Street on Saturday, May 2, 2026. (BILL UHRICH\/READING EAGLE)\" width=\"3000\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/REG-L-TacoFest338_copy.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"5543908\" \/>A chef from El Patron restaurant grills tacos during TacoFest in the 600 block of Penn Street on Saturday, May 2, 2026. (BILL UHRICH\/READING EAGLE)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Crowds gather for TacoFest in the 600 block of Penn Street on Saturday, May 2, 2026. (BILL UHRICH\/READING EAGLE)\" width=\"3000\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/REG-L-TacoFest337.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"5543911\" \/>Crowds gather for TacoFest in the 600 block of Penn Street on Saturday, May 2, 2026. (BILL UHRICH\/READING EAGLE)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Diana Manzano from El Patron restaurant, 801 Walnut St., serves up an order of tacos during TacoFest in the 600 block of Penn Street on Saturday, May 2, 2026. (BILL UHRICH\/READING EAGLE)\" width=\"3000\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/REG-L-TacoFest339_copy.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"5543913\" \/>Diana Manzano from El Patron restaurant, 801 Walnut St., serves up an order of tacos during TacoFest in the 600 block of Penn Street on Saturday, May 2, 2026. (BILL UHRICH\/READING EAGLE)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Penn Street in Reading transformed into a lively corridor of food, music and movement Saturday during the third&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,139,28,128,130,129,706],"class_list":["post-182833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}