The Ultimate Guide To Outside Lands Festival’s Biggest Food And Drink Lineup Ever

After a serious comeback final yr with a particular Halloween version of the pageant, San Francisco’s 14th annual Outside Lands Festival returns to its traditional summer season timing, August 5-Seventh. There’s over 90+ performances, together with these by 2022 headliners, GreenDay, Put up Malone and SZA. This yr is greater than ever with over 96 eating places, 35 wineries and 30 breweries in attendance, most of which hail from the Bay Space.

Renown for its thoughtfully crafted and exceptionally numerous meals and beverage lineup, this yr is not any exception. It highlights a curated program that showcases the very best this area has to supply. The culinary choices span throughout Style of the Bay Space, Wine Lands, Beer Lands, Cheese Lands, GastroMagic, and Cocktail Magic.

From up-and-coming eating places to established veterans within the San Francisco eating scene, you’ll find it in iconic Golden Gate Park on this one wild weekend of music, artwork, tradition, foods and drinks. Right here’s every thing you should learn about this yr’s pageant.

Style of the Bay Space

The Style of the Bay Space can be internet hosting 96 whole eating places this yr, 23 of that are new. Tanya Kollar, Meals Curator of Outdoors Lands and Style of the Bay Space lineup, scouts new additions to the culinary lineup yr spherical, testing scorching new eating places; exploring rising meals developments; and all whereas contemplating the long-standing Bay Space eating places that everyone knows and love.

This yr Kollar honed in on companies that started off or blossomed through the peak of the pandemic, like Hello Felicia with their ‘vulgar’ California consolation meals; Sandy’s with their New Orleans-style Muffuletta Sandwiches; Lord Stanley with their TURNTABLE collection of rotating cooks and Fish-Go-Tec pop-up; and Trick Canine’s take-out pleasant offshoot, Quik Canine.

Different notable companies that made a splash prior to now yr embrace Chef Solomon Johnson and Chef Michael Wooden’s The Bussdown, which serves progressive pan-African soul meals with flare and Chef Matthew Ho’s not too long ago opened brick and mortar Bodega SF, which serves elevated Vietnamese delicacies.

“This yr has been curler coaster for mike and I,” says Chef Solomon Johnson Chef and Co-Proprietor of The Bussdown. “We’ve fought tirelessly to ensure our model would make it via these powerful occasions of uncertainty. A number of pivots and a few fast considering and we’re nonetheless right here and we will’t wait to serve up some magic at OUTSIDELANDS!

“Eating places and cooks have been confronted with immeasurable challenges over the past two plus years, so it is inspiring to see that these cooks pushed via and harnessed their creativity to supply one thing actually particular.”

The Style of the Bay Space lineup is actually reflective of how numerous the Bay Space is. “It is so essential to take a look at the variety of cuisines accessible within the Bay Space and attempt to mirror that with our culinary lineup,” continues Kollar. “Attendees will be capable to pattern every thing from Cambodian to Korean to Nepalese cuisines!”

A number of the dishes that she’s most enthusiastic about are the Brisket Drunken Noodles from Jo’s Fashionable Thai; the Fry Bread Tacos from Wahpepah’s Kitchen; and the Tlayuda con Chapulines (toasted grasshoppers) from Origen, who can be popping up for one pageant day together with two different budding meals entrepreneurs within the La Cocina Incubator sales space. La Cocina is a non-profit that helps immigrants, ladies, and other people of colour launch their culinary desires, making it a particular activation Kollar is especially enthusiastic about.

“Probably the most thrilling additions this yr is Daytrip, the brand new and tremendous stylish Oakland pure wine bar, who can be serving Entire Hog Parker Home Buns from their Wine Lands outpost,” she continues. “El Chino Grande is new this yr with a Taiwanese-leaning menu together with craveable Chashao Pork Rice Bowls in addition to Furikake Hurricane Popcorn for once you simply want a crunchy snack to go together with your beer!”

“Hello Felicia can be serving Duck Confit Burritos and Contemporary Shrimp Ceviche in VIP, each of which I can not wait to attempt. VIP ticket holders may also rating Ayesha Curry’s to-die-for Peach Bread Pudding and Candy July Iced Espresso. Lastly, I’m so honored to usher in the distinctive cooks from The Bussdown this yr, who can be providing up a hangover-blasting menu of loaded Caribbean Rice Bowls and Gansta Mac & Cheese.”

“Returning favorites embrace A16 who can be in VIP once more this yr serving their genuine Southern Italian delicacies, which is made utterly from scratch and on-site proper in entrance of your eyes,” Kollar says. “Bodega SF is again once more and simply opened their brick-and-mortar in SF after working as a pop-up for years. Their Hoi An Rooster Rice goes to be the right consolation meals for these chilly, foggy nights in Golden Gate Park.”

“Suppenkuche can also be again for his or her second yr in a row serving Berlin’s favourite road meals: Currywurst! Lastly, I’ve to name out Johnny Doughnuts as a result of I can not make it via the weekend with out my sugar repair by way of their Chocolate Salted Caramel Previous Usual Doughnut. Pair it with a latte and prepare on your second wind!”

“As you may see we undoubtedly hit lots of vastly completely different cultural cuisines, however the purpose is to have much more selection subsequent yr.”

For the full line up, click here.

Golden Gate Membership and VIP

This yr Outdoors Land’s goes above and past in the case of their premium experiences. Essentially the most premiere of all of them is the Golden Gate Collaboration with Ken Fulk which presents friends a a star-studded lineup of native culinary and cocktail legends, together with meals from Nancy Oakes and Dana Younkin of the beloved Boulevard Restaurant; Ravi Kapur of Good Good Tradition Membership and Liholiho Yacht Membership; and Chef Tyler Florence of Miller & Lux.

There’s an extended listing of perks that embrace entry to an unique lounge on the primary stage (Lands Finish); viewing areas on the three giant phases (Lands Finish, Twin Peaks and Sutro); and a thoughtfully constructed restroom facility with flushing bogs. VIP cross holders additionally get hand picked meals distributors in a devoted VIP courtyard and an outpost of Wine Lands we’re calling Wine Lands Reserve.

“The Golden Gate Membership is basically one thing particular. It is a collaboration with designer extraordinaire, Ken Fulk. Ken and his group create a magical area for Golden Gate Membership members,” explains Allen Scott, President of Concert events & Festivals at One other Planet Leisure and co-founder of Outdoors Lands. “We’ve put lots of thought over the previous couple of years into curating our elevated experiences at Outdoors Lands.”

“This yr we’re blown away to have Tyler Florence from Miller & Lux, Nancy Oakes and Dana Younkin of the beloved Boulevard Restaurant, and Ravi Kapur of Good Good Tradition Membership serving meals to our friends. Think about getting served this unimaginable meals whereas lounging excessive above the gang in a Ken Fulk designed area watching Inexperienced Day! A spotlight of this providing contains entrance of stage viewing at pageant phases. A extremely cool change to this system this yr is the fleet of devoted carts that can take friends from stage to stage.”

For more info on the Golden Gate Club and VIP experiences, click here.

The Cooks Behind The Golden Gate Membership Meals Line Up

“We love doing particular occasions and are very excited to be a part of the Golden Gate Membership at Outdoors Lands this yr. Occasions like these are an thrilling approach for us to reimagine Boulevard’s meals in a singular and new setting,” clarify Boulevard’s Chef/Proprietor Nancy Oakes and Government Chef Dana Younkin.

“When growing our menu for the Golden Gate Membership, we ended up growing a number of objects that are actually on our menu on the restaurant together with each the Delicate-Shell Crab BLT on a toasted Japanese Milk Bread Bun with Candy Corn Tartar Sauce and the Ahi Chirashi,” they proceed. “Our purpose when doing all these occasions is to try to convey Boulevard components and flavors to the menu in a smaller format. We’re excited for the OSL attendees to attempt these dishes!”

Boulevard’s menu for Saturday contains an ahi tuna chrashi bowl; mushy shell crab blt; grilled lamb chops; summer season tomato farrotto; graham cake and caramel popcorn.

“We’re so excited to be becoming a member of the wonderful group of cooks this yr at Outdoors Lands,” says Tyler Florence, chef and proprietor of Miller & Lux. “We can be celebrating our very first anniversary at Miller & Lux this fall, so being right here provides us an opportunity to share our meals – like our signature M&L Caesar Salad, French Dip Sandwich and our Pan Seared Salmon – not solely with our loyal patrons, however with those that won’t have had a possibility to cease by the restaurant simply but.”

Miller & Lux’s menu for Sunday features a pissaladiere tartlette; M&L caesar salad; M&L French dip; pan seared salmon; and a summer season peach pavlova.

“I am so excited to be a part of the GGC at OSL,” says Ravi Kapur, chef and proprietor of Good Good Tradition Membership. “Our inspiration for our dishes, for this occasion and on the eating places, comes from our heritage, particular person and collective. It is typically rooted in recollections, locations, folks, experiences that imprint on our style DNA and in some ways embody the tales of the place we’re from and likewise celebrating the place we are actually. We’re much less involved about recreating genuine recipes, however extra excited to seize the essence of how these meals and recollections make us really feel and use that as a springboard of our creativity.”

The Good Good Tradition Membership menu for Friday contains turmeric coconut fried rooster; yacht canine; crispy rice with smoked trout roe; inexperienced papaya; strawberry shortcake; and peanut butter s’mores.

Wine Lands, Beer Lands and Cocktail Magic

In the case of libations, Outdoors Lands has it lined. Led by Sommelier and Curator, Peter Eastlake, the wine line up options a mixture of essentially the most iconic and up-and-coming wines throughout 35 completely different wineries. New to the pageant is a DJ Station and Glowing Wine bar within the courtyard and glowing wines from Brick & Mortar, Scribe, Banshee, Decoy, Area Recordings, and Angels & Cowboys. And naturally, the star of all of the rose wines is Maison No. 9, Put up Malone’s rose wine from Provence.

“Final yr we skilled Wine Lands via the eyes of a headliner with Albert Hammond Jr.’s (The Strokes) launch of Jetway at Wine Lands,” explains Eastlake about Maison No. 9 “My dialog with Put up’s wine companions has been ongoing for a number of years and it feels nice to welcome him to Golden Gate Park as each an artist and winemaker!”

On the beer aspect of factor, Veteran Beer Lands Curator Dave McLean has created a various lineup celebrating Northern California’s excellent brewing neighborhood, with 30 prime notch breweries, together with returning favorites like Almanac, Discretion, East Brother, HighWater, Pond Farm and North Coast. New comers to the pageant embrace Humble Sea, Golden State Cider, and Previous Caz.

Lastly, Cocktail Magic will characteristic three full of life cocktail bars. The Buttery Tipple can be serving up a 70s lounge vibe excessive and cocktails just like the Twin Peaks Dawn with Don Julio Blanco, orange, Hollinger’s grenadine, and SF fog tincture. Silver Ladies 95 returns with cocktails just like the Amulet with mezcal, inexperienced chartreuse, celery juice, lime, and peach Bitters. And new this yr is Everyone’s Tavern, representing SF’s Pleasure tradition. On the menu is Mimosa Hermosa with Grey Whale gin, glowing wine, clarified orange, Crème de Pêche and edible flower.