Eat Real Festival: The Real Deal

We love the Bay Area. Where else could you find a festival dedicated to sustainable street food? The Eat Real Festival, taking place in Oakland from August 28-30th, will do just that. Take one look at the lineup and your stomach will start to growl. There will certainly be something for everyone: from streetside cooking demos, canning classes and butchery contests to live music, cutting edge food flicks and an ice cream social. With free admission and all food priced between $1-$5, it’s a celebration of real food and real people…for real. In addition to a revolving roster of events, approximately 40 street food vendors will be serving up a wide variety of tasty treats including tacos, BBQ, savory pies, dim sum, fruit, ice cream, hot dogs and aguas frescas. The only prerequisite is a healthy appetite.

According to their website, “Eat Real Festival is a social venture created to inspire eaters to choose tasty, healthy, good food. Eat Real Festival will donate a percentage of its profit to several California organizations promoting access to healthy and affordable food, entrepreneurship, and economic development.”