It was shoulder to shoulder on Crenshaw Boulevard Saturday for the annual Taste of Soul street festival. The live entertainment, food vendors, local artists’ crafts, and non-profit organizations drew crowds of people.
The annual mid-October festival, presented by the Los Angeles Sentinel shuts down a stretch of Crenshaw Boulevard from MLK Boulevard to Rodeo Road for 10 hours, with the festivities running from 9 am to 6 pm.
At some points during the day, the street was so packed with people that festival-goers could only inch along at a snail’s pace, causing a traffic jam in the pedestrian-only street. The street was lined with food vendors selling Mississippi and Louisiana style chicken and fish, Cajun and New Orleans food and peach cobblers, pralines and sweet potato pie.
Cool sounds of jazz music wafted in the air, as people tried to make their way to the food stands in search of some good soul food.
Despite the multitude of choices, there wasn’t enough food to feed this crowd. For a good part of the day, the lines at most food stalls averaged 30 minutes and more.
The staff of Intersections South LA was at the festival all day, where we had the opportunity to meet and greet many members of our community for the first time, as well as other friends and longtime supporters who stopped by our table to say hi.
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