A list for myself as much as others – there are SO many cool food events going on! Great for kids and adults, locals and visitors.
“Off the Grid” Every Friday Night – Fort Mason
What: A roaming gourmet mobile food extravaganza that travels to different locations daily to serve delicious food, with a free side of amazing music, craft and soul.
(The San Francisco Cart Project is where to find the vendors ongoing or find out how you can live your mobile food truck dream!)
“an impressive lineup of street food vendors and numerous trucks serving crazy-delicious food hailing from all over the dang place, from India to Seoul to Malaysia.” –Tablehopper
August 9-15 in Union Square – San Francisco Food, Wine & Spirits Week
SFChefs 2010 is a food and wine event celebrating the unique flavor, diversity and bounty of Northern California. The main tasting tent will be in Union Square, where chefs, wine makers and distillers will offer an exploration of taste featuring local products. Classes and seminars will offer interactive opportunities for the public to participate with local farmers, ranchers, chefs, winemakers, distillers, media, luminaries, authors, vintners, mixologists and culinary experts in an entertaining forum.
August 21st – SF Street Food Fest
(Free!)
What: The San Francisco Street Food Festival is an event hosted by La Cocina that advocates for the creation of policies that support the formalization of mobile food vending in San Francisco. Eat, drink and scavenger hunt.
Who will love this: If experiencing amazing new foods – especially ethnic – checking out the mobile street food scene, and supporting very small food entrepreneurs is your thing, don’t miss it.
Visting San Francisco? It’s easy to get there by BART.
August 22nd & 23rd – Fort Mason, San Francisco
Over 325 winery members of the Family Winemakers of California will be at Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion for the Association’s 20th Annual “Tasting” in San Francisco. This special 20th Anniversary tasting gives wine enthusiasts an outstanding opportunity to meet the winemakers themselves, taste over 1,000 different wines, and find their new favorite varietals.
August 27, 28, 29 2010 – Eat Real Festival – in Oakland
(Free!)
What: With a focus on food craft, street food, artisan beers and local wines – all featuring sustainable local ingredients – we showcase food in all its different forms. But eating is only part of the fun – we’ll show you how to make it and grow it!
Where: Jack London Square is a beautiful ferry ride away from San Francisco’s Ferry Building. (A great and affordable secret attraction!)
Especially cool: On Your Mark, Get Set, Can!
Start your canning or get a fermenting project going for a series of contests that pay homage to the tastiest homebrewed beer, best homemade jam, finest pickled preserves and most kickin’ kombucha.
And this is just August!
More Bay Area food event listings:
- Visit California has Bay Area food and wine event listings.
- Yelp – lots of little local food events around the bay.
- Meetup – Find people organizing get togethers around food events.
- SF Weekly Food & Drink Events
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