Downtown Kelowna was teeming with 1,000 people trying out the culinary options the city has Saturday.

The Taste of Downtown event, organized by the Downtown Kelowna Association, was held for the seventh year, with 32 businesses taking part.

Participants could get their hands on one of 1,000 passports prior to the event, and then wander around downtown, trying out the offerings from the participating businesses.

“It's trick-or-treating for adults, you get to run around, sample food from places that you may not have known about downtown,” said Ryan Watters, communications manager with the Downtown Kelowna Association.

The passports were sold by donation, and the event raised over $5,500 for the Central Okanagan Food Bank.

“The purpose of the event is to not only feed people, but also drive people downtown to give them exposure to not only the restaurants that are participating but when you walk around to the various restaurants, you run into businesses, you run into different shops you didn't know were around,” Watters said.

Jordan and Chelsea van Besouw recently moved to Kelowna and thought the event was a great way to learn about their new city. After spending two hours and 21 minutes hitting all 32 stops, they decided that The FSH was their favourite stop of the day.

“We're probably going back to FSH,” Jordan said of their plans once they were done the event.