Bite of Crossroads Celebrates Food and Culture

The eighth annual Bite of Crossroads festival is this Friday through Sunday at shopping center. The annual festival features more than 70 food bites to sample from Crossroads' own international selections in its food court and restaurants, as well as music and entertainment the entire three days of the festival.

Visitors can exchange coupons for samples of food while they enjoy musical entertainment that varies from Hawaiian dance to classic rock to Beatles tribute band Creme Tangerine. Food selections this year include barbeque pork sandwiches from , Ichiro roll from and a mini cupcake from .

Coupon books worth $25 are available for just $18 before this Friday at the customer service desk at Crossroads Bellevue shopping center.

Bite of Crossroads hours:

• March 25 - noon-9:30 p.m.
• March 26 - 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.
• March 27 - 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

MARCH 25 on the Market Stage:

• noon-2 p.m. Eric "Two Scoops" Moore - Boogie Piano
• 2:30-4 p.m. Butler & Green Blues Duo
• 4:30-6:30 p.m. Locust Street Taxi - 5th Generation Ska, Pop & Swing
• 7-9:30 p.m. Ventura Highway Revisited - Classic Rock

MARCH 26 on the Market Stage:

• noon-2 p.m. Dan Connolly  - Original Rock and Traditional Celtic Music
• 2:30 - 4 p.m. Larry Murante - Award-Winning Singer-Songwriter
• 4:30-6:30 p.m. Po'okela Street Band - Fusing Jamaican Reggae & Hawaiian Rythms
• 7-9:30 p.m. Creme Tangerine - Beatles Music Experience

MARCH 27 on the Market Stage:

• 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Scott Lindenmuth Trio - Multi-Genre Influenced Jazz Guitar
• 1:30-2:30 p.m. Lake Washington Singers - Community Women's Choir
• 3-5:30 p.m. Sonando - Afro-Cuban Jazz