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Thursday’s Green City Chef BBQ Will Likely Be More Chill Than Usual
- Bob Benenson
- 7 minutes ago
- 2 min read
The First Real Blast of Cooler Fall Air Expected to Greet the Outdoor Event
This will be our last reminder that Green City Market's Chef BBQ fundraiser is coming up this Thursday evening (September 4). With more than 100 chefs/restaurants/beverage providers schedule to serve, the event will be the usual culinary spectacle — only this year weather forecasters are expecting a literal breath of fresh air.
A short and mild warmup is expected to be broken Wednesday by a cool front heralding the first real preview of autumn. Weather.com predicts the high temperature on Thursday will be 68; AccuWeather goes a little lower at 66.
Longtime fans of the Chef BBQ will appreciate how different this will be from the old times. For many years the event was held in late July, and my experience was that every event was held on the year's hottest, most tropical day. The most extreme instance occurred 10 years ago, on July 16, 2015, when the Chef BBQ was interrupted by a heat-wave-induced downpour.
The Chef BBQ might have remained in July but for the pandemic-prompted postponement of the 2020 event and the related delay in scheduing the 2021 event. The crisis lifted enough for the Chef BBQ to go forward on the first Thursday of September 2021, and the move proved so comfortably popular that it has remained there since.
And by the way, the Thursday forecast shows virtually no chance of precipitation.
So the stage is set for you to have a memorable evening out on Thursday. If you need more persuasion, or are already sold on buying a ticket, click the link below.