Saturday: Farmers Market to host 'Bike Day' celebration, taste-off

TRAVELERS REST, S.C. – The Travelers Rest Farmers Market will host a “Bike Day and Tomato Sandwich Taste-off” event on Saturday, July 26 from 9 a.m. to noon.

In addition to the 50+ market vendors, the mid-season celebration will include:

• A vintage bike show;

• A bike course race hosted by the Greenville County Recreation District;

• Sunrift Adventure will be on hand with swag and gear;

• Bamboo bike test rides by WebbWorks;

• Momentum Bike Club will have a stationary bike race fundraiser and an art display from youth to communicate what an impact having a bike has made on their lives;

• Upstate Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association will host an Alley Cat; and

• Hincapie Sportswear and Hotel Domestique will host a program for road bikes.

From 10:30 to noon, area chefs will compete in the Top Chef Tomato Taste-off, with a public vote and a panel of judges determining “the Upstate's most tasty tomato creation between two slices of bread.”

Participating taste-off restaurants/chefs include: Hungry Drover, Whistle Stop at the American Cafe, Cafe at Williams Hardware Cafe, Swamp Rabbit Grocery, Upcountry Provisions, Shortfields, Restaurant 17, Robyn Glenn and Healthy Farms.

For more information, visit the Travelers Rest Farmers Market website here, find them on Facebook here, or follow them on Twitter here.