Food Festivals in San Diego

Taste of North Park each October in San Diego, the 50-restaurant October taste-pass through North Park with 15 beverage sips, live music and craft beer.

Taste of Hillcrest each April in San Diego, the Fabulous Hillcrest taste-pass through 30-plus restaurants, bars and bakeries from chef-driven tastings to ice.

Fiesta Old Town Cinco de Mayo each May in Old Town San Diego, four decades of free Mexican-American food, Ballet Folklorico, Lucha Libre and main-stage music.

Sabor del Barrio in San Diego's Barrio Logan, the Barrio Logan Association's June Chicano-food taste with 35-plus restaurants, lowriders and free trolley.

Taste of Adams Avenue each June in San Diego, 41 restaurants, cafes and breweries along the Normal Heights and Kensington corridor with a complimentary.

135,000 people fill the Gaslamp Quarter for four days in July. Every restaurant within walking distance of the convention centre books out and many go to set menus.

TipBook Gaslamp tables weeks ahead or walk to Little Italy, which is fifteen minutes north and far calmer.

San Diego Brew Fest at Liberty Station each August, 70-plus breweries pouring 200 beers with food trucks and lawn games on Preble Field.

Adams Avenue Street Fair each September in San Diego's Normal Heights, Southern California's largest free music festival with 300 vendors, beer gardens.