Have you ever heard of the magic contained in the number ten? In terms of aging, it is the first birthday that is in double digits. A camera can be put on a ten second timer. Counting to ten is a crucial part of an early learning experience. Our fiscal system made the dime’s value equal to ten cents.

Historically speaking, I’m not certain if the number ten had any special significance, but at Main Street Wooster, it is our magic number from the months of February to April.

Ten is our favorite because it is the number of weeks that we host one of our longest events, Ten Weeks of Tasty.

During these next several weeks, we will be highlighting a drink shop, and a restaurant each week up until April 28th. Each Thursday of the week will be dedicated to a restaurant, while each Friday will host a specialty beverage.

If math isn’t your strong suit, then just continue reading. The number of weeks means that we will be highlighting a total of twenty local businesses. This list consists of Bay Lobsters Café and Fish Market, Boba Bowl, Broken Rocks, Grigio, Buehler’s Towne Market Café, JAFB Wooster Brewery, The City Square Steakhouse, Lincoln Way Vineyards, The Curry Pot, Meatheads, Muddy’s, The Leaf, Omahoma Bob’s Barbeque, Minglewood Distilling Co., Spoon Market & Deli, Sure House Coffee Roasting Co., TJ’s, Undergrounds Café & Coffeehouse, “Your” Pizza Shop, and Wooster Nutrition.

So far, some of these sales have consisted of Bay Lobsters Café and Fish Market having a fish-and-chips sale, and Boba Bowl offering one free topping with the purchase of a bubble tea.

For those of you who like a good surprise, you can wait to check Main Street Wooster’s social media pages each week to see who will be hosting the tasty dates. However, if you’d like to know which day each business has, then there is a schedule on Main Street’s website on the Ten Weeks of Tasty page.

On this page, there is also a passport that will double as your calendar. This piece of paper shows each participating business, their spotlight date, and their location. Our multitasking passport can earn you some cool goodies for supporting our local businesses.

For simply buying something on the day that a business has their tasty date, you will receive a mark on your passport. All it takes are five marks on your passport to be entered into a drawing for 100 downtown dollars!

Drawing or no drawing, the Ten Weeks of Tasty is a great way to get out of the house and celebrate some local businesses. Whether you achieve a lucky number ten, twenty, five, or whatever other number, we’ll still be happy to see you downtown getting a taste (pun intended) of our downtown!