Instead of taking place around the Fourth of July holiday as in past years, the 2012 Taste of Chicago will take place from July 11-15. | File photo
Taste of Chicago 2012 map
Connie's Pizza will have cheese and sausage pizza and drinks at Taste of Chicago. | Al Podgorski~Sun-Times Media
At Taste of Chicago, Karyn's on Green owner Karyn Calabrese will serve (from left) chopped vegetable salad with herb dressing, sliders with housemade barbecue seitan sauce, and texturized tofu "chicken legs." | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times Media
Abbey Pub will be serving fish and chips at Taste of Chicago. | Chandler West~Sun-Times Media
Taste of Chicago will feature Abbey Pub's Irish egg rolls. | Chandler West~Sun-Times Media
Polo Cafe Catering will serve baked crab cake nuggets, assorted fruit pie slices and a 10-inch whole pie and drinks at the Taste of Chicago. | Al Podgorski~Sun-Times Media
Karyn's on Green will serve a basket with yellow wax beans, carrots, portobello mushrooms, broccoli, steak fries with barbecue sauce (left) and Thai cocktail sauce at Taste of Chicago. | Dom Najolia~Sun-Times Media
Taste of Chicago will feature Smoke Daddy's pulled pork sandwich. | Al Podgorski~Sun-Times Media
From Chicago’s ever-popular pizza and ribs to gourmet fare, the recast and downsized Taste of Chicago has it all. There also is a renewed focus on the event’s original mission: to showcase Chicago’s restaurants. With new dates of July 11-15 instead of around the Fourth …
