North Augusta is putting mustard in the spotlight Saturday with an Oktoberfest crawl featuring savory dishes, sweets, drinks, giveaways, and themed activities.
Here are five things to know about the returning downtown event:
1. It’s a six-hour celebration of all things mustard
North Augusta’s Oktoberfest Mustard Crawl will return for its second year from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
2. You can attend for free and dress for the occasion
The event has no admission fee, and visitors are encouraged to wear mustard-colored clothing. Mustard is a deep, muted yellow with hints of brown and green.
3. Downtown businesses are getting creative with the theme
Mustard shows up in expected and unexpected ways across the crawl. The selections include pork schnitzel, pretzels, corndogs, Carolina Mustard BBQ sandwiches, mustard-seed tea, cookies, pizza,
doughnuts, Italian ice, and German sweets.
4. There are plenty of savory stops
Brink’s Tavern will serve pork schnitzel and Bavarian pretzels, while Sno-Cap Drive-in will offer a corndog with mustard. Your Pie will feature Cubano Pizza, Carolina Hills Sandwich + Sweet Shoppe will serve Carolina Mustard BBQ sandwiches, and The Grove Gourmet Market will have brats, beer, and a topping bar.
High Cotton Downtown will sell yellow mustard pretzel sticks and chipotle grilling sauce.
5. The crawl includes sweets, samples and activities
Daisy Market will feature Pretzel Blondies, Cavalier’s Coffeehouse will offer Gustard cookies and fall drinks, and Sheila’s Baking Co. will serve Bavarian Salted Caramel Doughnuts.
Visitors can also sample mustard-seed tea at Crown + Lavender, try free candied almonds at Teresa’s Treats, make a Gustard hat at Orange Otter Toys, or stop at Shoppe 3130 Boutique for a free Gustard tattoo.
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