Munch and sip your way through the Food and Wine Fest!
There are 13 food vendors to try out this year, some old favorites and some brand new.
Here is a little sample of food and drink from each vendor:
Avocado Time
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- Petite Impossible Burger – topped with melted pepper jack cheese, fresh guacamole and tomato, on a toasted mini brioche bun
- Mezcal Cocktail – mezcal, house-made peppercorn-infused syrup, pineapple juice, Simply Orange, agave nectar and fresh lime juice
Berry Patch
- Raspberry-Lychee-Rose Custard – tapioca pudding topped with mixed berry compote and freeze-dried strawberry crumbles
- Blue Marble Tropical Retreat Spiked Seltzer
California Craft Brews
- Pepperoni Pizza Egg Rolls – with mozzarella cheese, garnished with parmesan, parsley and red pepper flakes, served with marinara and pesto sauce
- Golden Road Brewing, Balboa Blonde with Strawberries and Pomegranate, Ale, Los Angeles
Cluck-a-Doodle-Moo
- French Onion Grilled Beef Tenderloin Slider – topped with Gruyère cheese sauce and caramelized onions, on an onion roll
- Pizza Port, California Honey Blonde, Golden Ale, Solana Beach
Garlic Kissed
- Carbonara Garlic Mac & Cheese with Bacon – with white cheddar cheese sauce, topped with bacon, red pepper parmesan and panko crumbs
- Wither Hills, Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, NZ
Golden Dreams
- Brunch Fried Chicken & Waffle Sandwich – with mimosa-inspired slaw and OJ bubbles
- Strawberry-Rose Lemonade – strawberry, rose, pure amber honey and fresh lemon juice
I Heart Artichokes
- Fried Artichoke with Lemon Aïoli – lightly dusted and fried artichoke hearts, served with lemon aïoli and garnished with micro herb
- Brooklyn Brewing, Special Effects Hoppy Lager, Non-alc Lager, New York
LA STYLE
- Asian-style Beef Barbacoa Street Tacos – served on flour tortillas with a mix of pickled onions, ginger, cucumber and serrano peppers
- Amaretto Stout Cream Cold Brew – sumatra cold brew by Joffrey’s Coffee and Tea Co., stout-infused cream, amaretto liqueur and tiramisu syrup
Nuts About Cheese
- Fiscalini White Cheddar Lager Soup – served in a mini Boudin sourdough bowl
- Honey Bourbon Lemonade – bourbon whiskey, pure amber honey and fresh lemon juice
Off the Cob
- Mini Chicken Chimis – with chimichurri corn pico de gallo and chipotle crema
- Fields & Orchards – Elderflower liqueur, artichoke liqueur, Simply Orange, fresh lime juice, and orgeat
One in a Melon
- Poke-style Watermelon with Cucumber – watermelon cubes marinated in citrus-soy poke dressing, on white rice, topped with cucumbers and red onions, with furikake
- Berry Mule – Vodka, strawberry, Simply Watermelon, house-made rhubarb juice and ginger beer
Peppers Cali-Ente
- Creamy Poblano Pepper Pasta – Rotini pasta with roasted Poblano sauce, garnished with roasted red pepper drizzle and crumbled Cotija cheese
- Annabella, Chardonnay, “Special Selection”, Napa Valley
Uncork California
- California Artisan Cheese Selection – central coast creamery holey cow swiss, and Vintage Cheese Co. Cabernet Cheddar
- Malibu Rocky Oaks, Sauvignon Blanc, Malibu, California
