Photos: Atlanta Food and Wine Festival

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Photos: Atlanta Food and Wine Festival

Atlanta Food and Wine Festival's Friday Night Bites event at Piedmont Park on Friday evening, June 3, 2016.

A vendor pours a glass of wine during the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival's Friday Night Bites event at Piedmont Park on Friday evening June 3, 2016. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Meredith Gordon talks to guests at the Hendrick's Gin booth at the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival's Friday Night Bites event at Piedmont Park on Friday evening June 3, 2016. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Lamb that was slow cooked for eight hours is served at the Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q booth during the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival's Friday Night Bites event at Piedmont Park on Friday evening June 3, 2016. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Darrian McCowan, sous chef for exotic meats, draws a crowd as he carves lamb that was slow cooked for eight hours at the Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q booth during the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival's Friday Night Bites event at Piedmont Park on Friday evening June 3, 2016. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Charita Gray enjoys a beer with her friends during the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival's Friday Night Bites event at Piedmont Park on Friday evening June 3, 2016. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

A guest grabs a flounder brandade from The Darling Oyster Bar booth at the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival's Friday Night Bites event at Piedmont Park on Friday evening June 3, 2016. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Michael Campbell and his wife Karen Futch sit and drink a beer during the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival's Friday Night Bites event at Piedmont Park on Friday evening June 3, 2016. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Danielle Arellano feeds her husband Robby Astrove a bite while sampling the food at the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival's Friday Night Bites event at Piedmont Park on Friday evening June 3, 2016. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Kenny Gilbert of Gilberts Underground Kitchen on Amelia Island, serves up pickled shrimp and succotash during the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival's Friday Night Bites event at Piedmont Park on Friday evening June 3, 2016. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Guests fill the lower lawn of the Promenade at Piedmont Park during the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival's Friday Night Bites event at Piedmont Park on Friday evening June 3, 2016. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Jeff Bannister, pitmaster at Bovinoche in Greenville, SC, tends to his "flying chickens" during the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival's Friday Night Bites event at Piedmont Park on Friday evening June 3, 2016. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

Pulled pork is served up at the Scott's BBQ booth at the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival's Friday Night Bites event at Piedmont Park on Friday evening June 3, 2016. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

A dancer on stilts makes her way past the will-call table at the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival's Friday Night Bites event at Piedmont Park on Friday evening June 3, 2016. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

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A vendor pours a glass of wine during the Atlanta Food and Wine Festival's Friday Night Bites event at Piedmont Park on Friday evening June 3, 2016. Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com

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