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Saturday, February 5th, was the annual chowderfest in Saratoga Springs. Area restaurants compete for being named the best chowder of the year. All funds raised go to charity. This year the weather cooperated...it was an unusually warm day with a bright sunny sky. This weather brought out a big crowd of people to sample the "chowdah" as the real New Englanders would say.



The different chowders contained all sorts of great seafood...



The fest goers came in all sorts..some with hats



Some as couples,



Some as Crustaceans????



Others were there just to lend a hand ladling out the manna.



Good times and laughs were abundant.



It was like a barrel full of monkeys, or at least one monkey busker.



There was a report that Uncle Fidel had stopped by in his fatigues and ever present stoggie.



In the end the sanitation crew must have been a little overwhelmed and the environmentalists down-hearted at the styrofoam headed to the landfill.



And Brindisi's Restaurant continued the battle with Gaffney's...wresting the title back and being named Best Chowder of Saratoga Springs!