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Roasted corn, slathered with mayo and coated with grated, sharp cheese. Delicious! |
This weekend is the Multicultural Festival sponsored by Edison Garcia, owner of Las Faraones Club on Front Street.
The carnival crews began arriving on Thursday and by Friday afternoon, the rides and games were set up in Lot 8.
When I dropped by Saturday afternoon, the traffic was very light. Going back in the evening, the crowds were better but definitely not up to previous iterations of this festival -- which Garcia has been putting on for ten years now.
Something else was different: The crowd was mostly families with children. In previous years there had been huge numbers of single men, crowding Lot 8A directly behind the night club, where the beer tents and the bandstand were set up.
Though the setup was the same, the crowd in this area was decidedly thinner.
Coincidentally, this is the weekend that President Trump announced ICE would be making roundups in ten cities across the country.
Though Plainfield is not on the list, ICE has recently been active in the Queen City I am told, and the threat of their presence makes many people -- even citizens -- nervous.
Nevertheless, the Festival is a fun event with some fun games of skill, tons of trinkets and Tee-shirts and fabulous food offerings.
The Festival continues today (Sunday, July 14) from Noon to 8:00 PM. Parking is available in the lot on the other side of Watchung Avenue and on Front Street.
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