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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Food & Drink Events
This is the live food and drink calendar — tastings, beer and wine festivals, farmers-market events, chef dinners and restaurant weeks. For the ranked restaurant picks behind these events, start with our food hub.
68 events on the calendar San Diego CountyLast updated
Quick answer: San Diego's food calendar runs on three things: brewery releases and beer festivals, neighborhood taste-of events, and restaurant weeks. Tasting events are usually $40–$75 and sell out; brewery events are often walk-in. Everything below comes straight from our event database, so the list reflects what is currently on sale.
Pulled from the same San Diego County event database as our weekend, tonight and monthly calendars, then narrowed to this category. Dates and venues update automatically.
Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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2254 India St. San Diego CA 92101
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2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd. Del Mar CA 92014
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Del Mar Fairgrounds · Del Mar
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Coronado · Coronado
$150
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3812 29th St. San Diego CA 92104
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14989 Via de la Valle Del Mar CA 92014
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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509 9th Avenue San Diego CA 92101
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Coronado · Coronado
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American Comedy Co. · Gaslamp Quarter
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Coronado · Coronado
$79.99
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Coronado · Coronado
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Main Street Julian · Julian
Free
Balboa Park · Balboa Park
Free
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North Park · North Park
$40–$60
7750 El Camino Real Suite L Carlsbad CA 92009
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Balboa Park · Balboa Park
Free
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Balboa Park · Balboa Park
Free
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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American Comedy Co. · Gaslamp Quarter
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Coronado · Coronado
$20 – $30
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Balboa Park · Balboa Park
$89.00
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Balboa Park · Balboa Park
$30.00 – $40.00
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30th Street · North Park
$50
Downtown Encinitas · Encinitas
$45–$75
509 9th Avenue San Diego CA 92101
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7200 Parkway Dr La Mesa CA 91942
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Belly Up Tavern · Solana Beach
$8
5553 Copley Dr San Diego CA 92111
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Pure Project · Carlsbad
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Music Box · Little Italy
$85–$150
Embarcadero Marina Park · Downtown
$85–$350
Waterfront Park · Downtown
$45–$85
Viejas Arena · College Area
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Taste-of events and chef dinners are capacity-limited and rarely available at the door. If a date matters to you, buy the week it goes on sale.
Beer festivals pour generous samples in a short window. The trolley reaches most downtown, North Park and Mission Brewery-area events; otherwise budget for a rideshare both ways.
Sample sizes look small and add up fast. A real meal beforehand makes a three-hour tasting session far more pleasant.
San Diego Restaurant Week normally runs twice a year, in January and again in the fall, with prix-fixe menus across hundreds of restaurants. Exact dates are announced by the organizers each season and appear on this page once confirmed.
Farmers markets, brewery release days and most street-fair food alleys are free to enter and pay-as-you-go. Ticketed tastings and festivals are where the cost sits.
The bayfront and Embarcadero host the largest ticketed food and wine events, Little Italy anchors the best market-driven events, and North Park and Barrio Logan carry the strongest craft-beer calendar.
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