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Winnipeg’s first-ever Taco Week and Margarita Madness kicks off today with more than 45 local restaurants participating in the city’s latest food and drink festival.

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Winnipeg’s first-ever Taco Week and Margarita Madness kicks off today with more than 45 local restaurants participating in the city’s latest food and drink festival.

The event runs until Aug. 23 with $1 from every taco and margarita sold going to support Harvest Manitoba and CanU, a youth mentorship program.

Here’s a sample of the tacos and margaritas on offer this week:

Winnipeg’s first-ever Taco Week and Margarita Madness kicks off Monday and runs until Aug. 23. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Winnipeg’s first-ever Taco Week and Margarita Madness kicks off Monday and runs until Aug. 23. (John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press files)

Crunch Daddy 9000: A pork belly play on Taco Bell’s Crunchwrap Supreme straight from the “9th circle of Flavortown,” $14, Kosmo’s Space Cowboy Food Cantina; El Luchador: Corn tortilla, house-made chorizo, slaw, feta, cilantro, pickled onion and pineapple tomatillo salsa, $5.75, Habanero Sombrero; Sweet Chili Prawn Taco: Apple slaw, sweet chili prawns, corn mango salsa, chili lime cream sauce, $16, Saddlery on Market; Chile Relleno: Oaxaca cheese and chorizo stuffed jalapeño pepper on Mexican rice topped with salsa roja on a house-made marble blue and white corn tortilla, $14 for two tacos, the Beer Can; Papaya Dulce: Seared pork belly, napa cabbage, tebasaki, local cucumber, pickled papaya, tajin, black sesame, $7, The Merchant Kitchen: Guava Rita: Teremana Reposado Tequila, Triple Sec, simple syrup, fresh squeezed lime juice and guava nectar, $12, La Roca; Jalapeño Watermelon Margarita: Blended fresh watermelon and jalapeño with salted rim, garnished with a slice of fresh jalapeño, $7. Carlos and Murphy’s.

Visit tacoweek.ca for a full list of menu items and participating locations.

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