Greedies Unite! Oakland's Eat Real Festival returns this weekend, Sep 23-25, MUCH to my delight. And to the delight of my greedy counterparts as well. Last year's festival was a BLAST. The festival is basically a bunch of food trucks set up throughout Jack London Square, along with a couple of music stages, and cooking/farming demonstrations sprinkled here and there. I ate, drank, enjoyed the sun, heard good music, ran into some old friends and made some new ones! Perfect.
I was just sad I got there too late to get an Eat Real mason jar glass that the wine was being served in. I did however still end up with a lot of wine to drink. Thank you to friends who generously shared their extra drink tickets. (I'm a lush. FYI.) Wine and tickets were available for purchase near the old Barnes & Noble (RIP). I'm sure the set-up will be similar this year.
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| Mason Jar |
Last year the event was in August, and with the date push back this year, I'm super anxious for this year's festival! 2010 was my first time attending and I went with my son, my friend and her little girl. The kids may have had more fun than we did! lol When we first arrived the lines at all the trucks were pretty long. (I believe we went on Sunday afternoon.) Plenty of items were sold out at various trucks but there was still plenty to taste. We first grabbed a few sliders, that were DELICIOUS. I don't remember the names of the trucks and restaurants that were set up but hopefully they'll all return this year. Next, we got a few glasses of wine (have to have wine) then walked over and got veggie and dessert empanadas, also DELICIOUS. Looking forward to seeing that truck again as well! We also had dim sum, tacos (I think? Don't quote me.) And the kids had ice cream toward the end of the day, I had to stop, I was stuffed.
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| Random people enjoying their food. |
Good things going on in my city. Take BART, Bus, Ferry, Bike, Drive & Park or Walk. The weather is supposed to be awesome.
What: Eat Real Fest 2011
Where: Oakland - Jack London Square
When: Sep 23-25, 2011
Friday: 1a-8p
Saturday: 11a-8p
Sunday: 11a-7p
Cost: No Entry Fee
I'll probably go on Saturday. Save some food for me! ;)
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