If you’ve had a successful garden, the 12th Annual Piedmont Harvest Festival sounds like the perfect opportunity to show off the fruits of your labor. Gardeners will be competing to win awards like Best Tomato and Most Unusual Looking Edible, while bakers will go for Best Pie and Best Bread. A farmer’s market and and jazz festival will also add to the fun.
Piedmont Park
Sun, 9/26, 11:30am – 3:30pm
Free
The Rockridge Out and About is an annual street festival with live music and chef demonstrations. Rockridge Market Hall’s “Picnic in the Street” is kind of a festival within a festival. There will be comparative tastings, cupcake decorating, and pumpkin painting for the kids. And, of course, there will be food. These are a couple of the offerings: a spit-roasted porchetta sandwiches from Oliveto, an adobo pulled pork sandwiches with picante cabbage slaw with salsa from The Pasta Shop and a grilled Bistro Steak sandwich with salsa verde from Marin Sun Farms. Ben & Nicks and Paul Marcus Wines will serve beer and wine.
Cookbook Exchange proceeds benefit the Rockridge Public Library
510-250-6010
College Avenue at Shafter, Oakland
Sun, 9/26, 12 – 6pm
The closing event of SF Cocktail Week is in the East Bay, when our best bartenders will pair cocktails with Fatted Calf BBQ. Ticket includes a shuttle between the West Oakland BART station and the Hangar One Distillery.
2601 Monarch Street, Alameda
Sun, 9/26, 12 – 6pm
$50
Chef David Elias’ pop-up events with dine@ will be all around the Bay Area, but Local 123 will be a regular venue. To celebrate the launch of the new partnership, they are serving “tasty treats” and extending Happy Hour. That means local wine will be only $5 a glass.
2049 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley
510-647-5270
Mon, 9/27, 7 – 9pm
Free
The 3rd Annual Orina Restaurant Tour sounds like fun. After appetizers in Theater Square, a trolley will take people around to taste dishes in twenty different restaurants, like Casa Orinda, La Piazza and Table 24. Then everyone will head back to Theater Square for dessert.
Theater Square, Orinda
925-254-3909
Tues, 9/28, 5:30 – 8:30pm
$30 in advance, $35 at the door
Lake Chalet is celebrating their one year Anniversary with complementary drinks and appetizers, as well as casino tables, circus performers, fire dancers and more!. The event is free, but you must RSVP. Just e-mail events@chaletmgmt.com or call 510-653-8282 x 7010.
1520 Lakeside Drive, Oakland
510-653-8282 x7010
Wed, 9/29, 6 – 9pm
Free
photo: Revival Bar + Kitchen
Revival Bar + Kitchen 4-course dinner paired with wines from Groth Wineries. I haven’t seen the menu yet, but you can expect lots of late summer/early fall fruits and vegetables paired with a Reserve Cabernet and a rare, late harvest Sauvignon Blanc.
2102 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley
510-549-9950
Wed, 9/29
$85
The Commonwealth Club invited über chef Thomas Keller to the Alcalanes Performing Arts Center. He’ll sign cookbooks after he chats about his career, cookbooks and restaurants. This event will definitely sell out, so get your tickets now.
1200 Pleasant Hill Road, Lafayette
Thurs, 9/30, 6:30
$12 for members or $22 non-members
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