Music, films and a lit fest of the Bay Area's best storytellers talking about various food adventures, from things eaten off the street to a food poetry slam, provide three days of delicious entertainment.
Jam to great tunes while learning to make jam or just grab some BBQ and a beer and relax by the sunny waterfront as our bands and DJs drop some of the tastiest beats from across the globe. Click for details
Eat Real is giving the stage to a few of the Bay’s most outstanding food writers to recount their most humorous, bizarre, daring, satisfying and enlightening food experiences. Some will read, some will riff, and some will dress up as their favorite fruit, but each will cook up a good story to whet your appetite. Click for details
Come August, trees all over the Bay Area will be ripe with plump plums, feel-good figs and the always trusty Meyer lemon. So get out your bikes, dust off your fruit pickers and get ready for Eat Real’s Great Urban Glean! Click for details
Get a kick start to the Eat Real Festival with a free tour and coffee tasting at the Blue Bottle Coffee roastery in downtown Oakland. Click for details
CHOW presents a series of short films and clips related to eating, making, pondering and animating food. Join us on the lawn and finish out your night with some quirky and interesting food-centric selections. View the program here.
Join our tour for two-wheeled foodies! Begin and end at the Eat Real Festival at Jack London Square. We'll peddle along Oakland's waterfront and meet local culinary artisans, learn their specialties and taste their creations. Click for details
Bring your iPhone or your digital camera to the Eat Real Fest and get in on the fun with the first ever Foodspotting+Dishcrawl Scavenger Hunt! You can participate throughout the festival, but if you'd like to meet other Foodspotters and Dishcrawlers, they'll be meeting at the giant telescope on the boardwalk next to Scott's Restaurant at 1pm sharp on Saturday the 28th to participate in the hunt together! Click for details
