From the Disney Parks Blog and written by: Nicole Cantore
I hope you’re hungry because the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival is just around the corner. And let me tell you, this year the festival is back and filled with delicious eats and mesmerizing sips highlighting the lovely flavors of California. From March 4 through April 26, 2022, feast your eyes and stomach upon some returning dishes coming to the festival marketplaces, like the Petite Avocado Impossible Burger from Avocado Time, or try some new options like the Peanut Butter & Jelly Mac from Nuts About Cheese.
The fun and feasting doesn’t stop at just the festival marketplaces. Oh no! You can enjoy this celebration all around Disney California Adventure park. There is truly no shortage of food and drinks to enjoy this year! And don’t forget about the Sip and Savor Pass, which allows you to try up to eight different food and non-alcoholic beverage items at participating locations. Use all eight tabs yourself – or split with a friend! You can purchase your pass at several locations through Disney California Adventure park.
Fully immerse yourself into the flavors and culture of California by attending weekend cooking demonstrations with professional chefs, jamming out to live music, or enhance your visit with exclusive festival and bookable experiences within the park, including the Carthay Circle Winemaker Receptions or head over to Cocktails @ Sonoma Terrace hosted by CORKCICLE, which features an expanded menu of craft brews, signature cocktails, savory snacks, and more. And what trip is complete without a little shopping to commemorate this foodie extravaganza! Be sure to pick up a Tasting Passport to ensure you don’t miss out on any of the fun or flavors.
Well, I think I’ve kept you long enough. The time
has come to get a glimpse into what you will soon be indulging in for the 2022
Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival. Enjoy!
D•Lish
Food Items:
- Black & Tan Beef Potato Puffs: Karl Strauss Wreck Alley stout gravy and lager micro sponge (available with Sip & Savor Pass)
- Cubano Slider: Slow-roasted mustard-crusted pork and sliced smoked ham with melted swiss cheese and slice of pickle served on a Hawaiian roll (available with Sip & Savor Pass)
Beverages:
- Central California Cooler: Peach, apple, orange, and lemon juice (non-alcoholic) (available with Sip & Savor Pass)
- Chocolate Marshmallow Cold Brew Cocktail: Irish whiskey, Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Co. Mexico Origin Coffee, chocolate syrup, almond milk, and toasted marshmallow (New)
- Novelty: Red or Green Grapes Glow Cube Charm (can be added to any beverage)
Nuts About Cheese
Food Items:
- Peanut Butter & Jelly Mac with brown sugar streusel and strawberry crackle (available with Sip & Savor Pass) (New)
- Next Level Crackers & Cheese: House-made herb crackers with white cheddar-infused fromage blanc, spicy prosciutto spread, and cherry jam (available with Sip & Savor Pass) (New)
- SNICKERS Caramel-Peanut Milk Chocolate Mickey Macaron: Chocolate Mickey macaron filled with caramel ganache and SNICKERS pieces (available with Sip & Savor Pass)
Beverages:
- Spicy Honey-Apricot Cocktail: Rye Whiskey, apricot, orange, lemon juice, spicy honey syrup, and bitters (New)
- Novelty: Red or Green Grapes Glow Cube Charm (can be added to any beverage)
Uncork California
Food Items:
- California Artisan Cheese Selection: Habanero Jack and TomaProvence (available with Sip & Savor Pass)
- Chocolate Hazelnut Crunch: Chocolate-hazelnut mousse topped with chocolate-hazelnut glaze and a gold leaf (available with Sip & Savor Pass)
Beverages:
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Pinot Grigio
- Chardonnay
- Merlot
- Pinot Noir
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Brut
- White Wine Flight
- Red Wine Flight
- Green Apple & Lychee Mimosa: Flavors of green apple and lychee (New)
- Passion Fruit & Banana Mimosa: Flavors of passion fruit and banana (New)
- Cherry, Yuzu & Ginger Mimosa: Flavors of cherry, yuzu and ginger (New)
- Tropical Mimosa Flight
- Novelty: Red or Green Grapes Glow Cube Charm (can be added to any beverage)
Berry Patch
Food Items:
- Strawberry
Cheesecake with lemon Chantilly (available with Sip & Savor Pass) (New) - Blueberry-Buttermilk
Pie (available with Sip & Savor Pass) (New)
Beverages:
- Cherry-Chocolate-Mint Dessert Cocktail: Vodka, crème de menthe liqueur, cherry, chocolate syrup, coconut cream, and heavy whipping cream (New)
- Novelty: Red or Green Grapes Glow Cube Charm (can be added to any beverage)
California Craft Brews
Food Item:
- IPA
Sausage Dog on a soft pretzel roll with onion-pepper Jardinière, cheddar cheese
sauce, and malt vinegar-jalapeño crunch (available with Sip & Savor
Pass) (New)
Beverages:
Beer:
- Mexican
Style Lager - Pilsner
- Sour
- Hefeweizen
- Tropical
Wheat - Witbier
- Gose
- Fruited
India Pale Ale - Imperial
Red India Pale Ale - Hazy
Double India Pale Ale - Bright
& Balanced Beer Flight - Bigger
& Bolder Beer Flight
Hard Seltzer and Hard Cider:
- Boysenberry
Lemonade Hard Seltzer - Hard
Cider
Novelty:
- Red
or Green Grapes Glow Cube Charm (can be added to any beverage)
Peppers Cali-Ente
Food Items:
- Chile
Relleno Empanada with arbol pepper salsa and Oaxaca and Cotija cheeses (available
with Sip & Savor Pass) (New) - Ají
de Gallina: Spicy yellow chile creamed chicken with jasmine rice and olive
tapenade (available with Sip & Savor Pass) (New)
Beverages:
- Cantarito-style
Paloma: Reposado tequila, habanero-pineapple juice, rock melon syrup, lime, and
Fresca - Novelty:
Red or Green Grapes Glow Cube Charm (can be added to any beverage)
I ♥Artichokes
Food Items:
- Chicharron-crusted
Fried Artichoke Dip with smoked pepper crema and Oaxaca cheese (available
with Sip & Savor Pass) (New) - Artichoke
Toast with Olive Tapenade: Toasted sliced baguette with artichoke cream cheese,
topped with olive & artichoke tapenade and drizzled with olive oil (available
with Sip & Savor Pass)
Beverages:
- Passion
Fruit Rum Cocktail: White rum, Italian bitter apéritif, passion fruit, orange,
guava, orgeat, and lime (New) - Novelty:
Red or Green Grapes Glow Cube Charm (can be added to any beverage)
Avocado Time
Food Items:
- Petite
Avocado Impossible Burger with dairy-free pepper jack (available with Sip
& Savor Pass) - Frozen
Guacamole: Avocado paleta with lime crema, pico de gallo, and chile-lime
seasoning (available with Sip & Savor Pass)
Beverages:
- Ruby
Grapefruit Sparkling Beverage: Grapefruit juice, raspberry syrup, agave nectar,
and Topo Chico mineral water (non-alcoholic) (available with Sip & Savor
Pass) - Sauvignon
Blanc - Novelty:
Red or Green Grapes Glow Cube Charm (can be added to any beverage)
Cluck-A-Doodle Moo
Food Items:
- Ranch
Wings with hot sauce drizzle (available with Sip & Savor Pass) - French
Onion Grilled Beef Tenderloin Slider: Grilled beef tenderloin topped with a
Gruyère cheese sauce and caramelized onions served on an onion roll (available
with Sip & Savor Pass)
Beverages:
- Blackberry-Lavender
Lemonade: Blackberry, pineapple juice, lavender syrup, and lemon juice
(non-alcoholic) (available with Sip & Savor Pass) - IPA
- DIPA
- Belgian
Style White - Lemonade
Lager - Sampler
Beer Flight - Novelty:
Red or Green Grapes Glow Cube Charm (can be added to any beverage)
Golden Dreams
Food Items:
- Honey-Orange-glazed
Salmon Salad with citrus vinaigrette (available with Sip & Savor Pass)
(New) - Mango-Carrot
Gazpacho with grilled shrimp and jalapeño crema (available with Sip &
Savor Pass) (New)
Beverages:
- Orange-Honey Cold Brew: Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea
Co. Mexico Origin Coffee, orange blossom honey, white chocolate, orange juice,
vanilla, orange extract, and almond milk (non-alcoholic) (available with Sip
& Savor Pass) (New) - Pineapple-Tiki
Bitter Cocktail: Aged rum, campari, pineapple juice, orgeat, lime juice and
tiki bitters (New) - Chardonnay
- Novelty:
Red or Green Grapes Glow Cube Charm (can be added to any beverage)
Garlic Kissed
Food Items:
- Grilled
Top Sirloin with roasted garlic-Gruyère smashed potatoes and black garlic
chimichurri (available with Sip & Savor Pass) (New) - Carbonara-Garlic
Mac & Cheese with peppered bacon (available with Sip & Savor Pass)
Beverages:
- Rosemary
Bitter Orange Mule: Vodka, Aperol, orange juice, lime juice, rosemary syrup,
and ginger beer (New) - Cabernet
Sauvignon - Novelty:
Red or Green Grapes Glow Cube Charm (can be added to any beverage)
LA Style
Food Items:
- Glazed
BBQ Pork Belly with furikake-togarashi mac salad (available with Sip &
Savor Pass) (New) - Gyro-inspired Flatbread featuring Impossible
Ground Beef with chipotle hummus, tzatziki and spiced crispy chickpeas (available
with Sip & Savor Pass) (New)
Beverages:
- Mezcaleros
Ancho Sandia Margarita: Mezcal, ancho chile liqueur, watermelon, mango, lime,
and agave nectar (New) - Sake-Melon
’75: Sake, ginger liqueur, prosecco, rock melon syrup, and lemongrass-citron
purée (New) - Novelty:
Red or Green Grapes Glow Cube Charm (can be added to any beverage)
Willie’s Churros
Food Item:
- Mango
Churro: Mango sauce, chile-lime sugar, and tamarind chamoy (available with
Sip & Savor Pass) (New)
Smokejumpers Grill
(mobile order available)
Food Item:
- Pepperoni
Pizza Slider: Angus beef and pork sausage patty, pepperoni, pizza sauce,
mozzarella cheese, and fried pepperoni served on a ciabatta slider roll and
topped with a pepperoncini (available with Sip & Savor Pass) (New)
Beverages:
- Peach-Blueberry
Lemonade with blueberry flavor-filled boba (non-alcoholic) (available with
Sip & Savor Pass) (New) - Peach-Blueberry
Lemonade Cocktail: Vodka and blue curaçao, peach-blueberry lemonade, and
blueberry flavor-filled boba (New)
Churros near Redwood Creek Challenge Trail
Food Item:
- Maple
Bacon Churro: Cinnamon sugar, maple icing, and crumbled bacon (available
with Sip & Savor Pass)
Sonoma Terrace (mobile
order available)
Food Item:
- Old
World Aged White Cheddar Lager Soup with toasted fig and prosciutto sandwich (available
with Sip & Savor Pass) (New)
Beverage:
- Novelty:
Red or Green Grapes Glow Cube Charm (can be added to any beverage)
Cocina Cucamonga (mobile
order available)
Beverage:
- Strawberry
Horchata: House-made rice and cinnamon beverage with strawberry sauce
(non-alcoholic) (available with Sip & Savor Pass) (New) - Strawberry
Horchata with Spiced Rum: House-made rice and cinnamon beverage with strawberry
sauce and spiced rum (New)
Lucky Fortune Cookery (mobile
order available)
Food Item:
- Mushroom
Bao: Hoisin-glazed mushrooms, Asian slaw, and jalapeño in a steamed bao (available
with Sip & Savor Pass) (New)
Pacific Wharf Café (mobile
order available)
Food Item:
- Avocado
Toast: Smashed avocado on toasted sourdough bread, fire-roasted cherry
tomatoes, mozzarella, cilantro, and balsamic reduction (available with Sip
& Savor Pass) (New)
Pacific Wharf Cappuccino Cart (mobile
order available)
Food Item:
- Horchata
Cold Brew: Creamy blend of cold brew and house-made rice and cinnamon beverage (available
with Sip & Savor Pass) (New)
Paradise Garden Grill (mobile
order available)
Food items:
- Brisket Fries: French fries topped with shredded smoked BBQ brisket, cheddar cheese sauce, pico de gallo, chipotle crema, and green onions (available for Sip & Savor Pass) (allergy-friendly options available) (New)
- Char Siu Ribs: Chinese-inspired grilled pork ribs with steamed rice and almond-cabbage salad (available for Sip & Savor Pass) (allergy-friendly options available) (New)
- Impossible Gyro: Seasoned plant-based meat served in pita bread with dairy-free tzatziki, seasoned tomatoes, cucumber, and onions (allergy-friendly options available) (New)
- Jerk Chicken: Caribbean-inspired half chicken with mango-pineapple salsa served with black beans, white rice, and fried plantains (allergy-friendly options available) (New)
- Beer-battered Fish Tacos: Baja-style beer-battered fish on corn tortillas topped with slaw, pico de gallo, cilantro crema, and lime wedge with house-made tortilla chips and roasted red chile-tomato salsa (available for Sip & Savor Pass) (allergy-friendly options available) (New)
- Strawberry Shortcake: Pound cake with fresh strawberries and mascarpone crème (available with Sip & Savor Pass)
Beverages:
- Bourbon-Strawberry
Lemonade garnished with fresh strawberry and mint (New) - Mexican-style
Lager
Paradise Garden Grill Beer Garden
Beverages:
- Salt
& Lime Lager - Honey
Blonde Ale - Passionfruit
Wheat Ale - Sour
Ale - Black
Lager - Mango
Habanero Apple Hard Cider - Blueberry
Saison - Hazy
IPA - Imperial
Stout - IPA
- Barrel-Aged
Scotch Ale - Mead
- Beer
Garden Flight
Paradise Gardens Special Event Cart
Food Items:
- Pretzel
Bites with beer cheese sauce (available with Sip & Savor Pass) (New) - Berry
Cotton Candy (New)
Beverage:
Outdoor Vending Carts Throughout the Park
Food Item:
- Berry
Cotton Candy (New)
Lamplight Lounge Boardwalk Dining
Beverages:
- Blue
Peach-Basil Cocktail: Gin, elderflower liqueur, peach, basil simple syrup,
lemon, blue curaçao, and fresh basil (New) - Smoked
Pineapple Bourbon: Bourbon whiskey, Italian bitters apéritif, honey simple
syrup, grilled pineapple, and lemon juice (New)
Lamplight Lounge
Food Items:
- Ribeye
for Two: Share a 28 ounce bone-in ribeye with gastrique-glazed baby carrots,
poblano-potato bake, roasted vine tomatoes, cipollini onions, and bourbon-bacon
compound butter paired with a specially selected glass of wine and Cookies and
Cream Donuts for dessert. - Cookies and Cream Donuts topped with crème-filled
chocolate cookie pieces served with a vanilla and cookie dipping sauce (New)
Beverages:
- Blue
Peach-Basil Cocktail: Gin, elderflower liqueur, peach, basil simple syrup,
lemon, blue curaçao, and fresh basil (New) - Smoked Pineapple Bourbon: Bourbon whiskey,
Italian bitters apéritif, honey simple syrup, grilled pineapple, and lemon
juice (New)
Pym Test Kitchen (mobile
order available)
Food Item:
- Elote
Pretzel: Five-ounce pretzel topped with corn three ways, cilantro sprigs,
radish, cotija, and flavored crema (New)
Pym Tasting Lab(Sip
& Savor Pass and mobile order available)
Food Item:
- Snack
Molecules: Mini pretzels, honey-roasted peanuts, and popped sorghum with spring
flavors (New)
Terran Treats
Food Item:
- Raspberry
Spiral Ration: Yellow strawberry spiral churro with berry compote (available
with Sip & Savor Pass) (New)
Downtown Disney District
Enjoy some of these tasty offerings from our
Friends of the Festival throughout the Downtown Disney District. (Not
available with Sip and Savor Pass).
La Brea Bakery Café
Featured Food Item:
- Avocado Toast Trio: Avocado toast three ways-including avocado with an over-easy egg, avocado with sautéed shrimp, and avocado with caprese-style cherry tomatoes all served on La Brea Bakery bread
Ballast Point Brewing Co.
Featured Food Item:
- Ballast
Point Brewing Co. will be offering a rotating menu throughout the Food &
Wine Festival including: Striped Bass, Nashville Portobello, and Olive Oil Cake
Black Tap Craft Burgers & Shakes
Featured Beverage:
- Banana
Pudding Shake: Ice cream gets even creamier when banana bread pudding is added
to the blender. The shake is topped off with luscious whipped cream, a
maraschino cherry, and crushed vanilla wafers.
Splitsville Luxury Lanes
Featured Food Item:
- Turkey
Clubettes: A terrific trio of sliders layered with warm roasted turkey breast,
crispy bacon, Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato, and house-made sauce
Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen
Featured Beverage:
- New
Orleans Beer Flight: 5 ounce pours of a lager, amber, and dark brown ale
Naples Ristorante e Bar
Featured Beverage:
- Sangria
Flight Special: Enjoy three 4 ounce pours of refreshing sangria – red, rosé and
white wine.
Tortilla Jo’s
Featured Beverage:
- Ja-Jalapeño Margarita: Agave Azul from the highlands with fresh muddled jalapeños and pineapple hand-shaken with Tortilla Jo’s organic mix and served on the rocks with chili and lime blend rim
Uva Bar & Cafe
Featured Food Item:
- Tapas
Menu: Choose from Avocado Shrimp Toast, Grilled Ham and Cheese served with a
tomato soup, or Crispy Duck Wings.
Catal Restaurant
Featured Food Item:
- Sunday Supper: Offered on Sunday nights from 5 p.m. to close with such offerings as Fried Chicken, Meatloaf Brisket Short Rib, and Chicken Pot Pie
The only thing left to do is to try these items yourself. I hope you enjoy snacking your way through these California concoctions.
(Note: All offerings are subject to change.)
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