Join us for the 5th Annual SoNo Fest & Chili Cook-Off. This year also marks the 18th Annual San Diego Ceramic Connection Chili Cook-Off. This event that will bring together North Park and South Park for the holidays – there will be no more bickering about which community has this or which area is cooler – simply good, clean family fun that everyone will enjoy. We’ll have chili in hand-spun ceramic bowls, great holiday gifts and crafts from local artisans, live music, a kids’ activity zone with free cookie decorating, a craft beer and wine garden and more.
Chili Cook-Off Our chili cook-off will once again feature great local restaurants from North Park and South Park, as well as chili from local residents entering in the community cook-off! Not only is there great chili, but it’s served in unique, handmade ceramic bowls made by San Diego Ceramic Connection. $20 per bowl gets you the bowl and 5 chili tastings from some of the 40 best restaurants in North and South Park plus a few other areas (see participating restaurants below)! “We use our bowls from the chili cook-off everyday… they are our favorite bowls in our whole kitchen!” – Steve, past attendee
Beer & Wine Garden Join us in the Beer Garden from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The perfect spot to watch your favorite band, eat some chili or hang with friends. We’ll be showing the Chargers football game as well.
Music We will have 2 stages thanks to the generous sponsorship of The Casbah and Bar Pink. Each stage will headline local musicians throughout the day. Entertainers include: The Bed Breakers, Shawn Rohlf and the Buskers, The Nards, G Burns Jug Band, Unsteady, The Creepy Creeps, The Rosalyns, The Loons and Trailduster.
Kids Zone Everyone knows kids can’t resist bounce houses, so we will have 2 of them for different ages. Paul Micthell The School will be on hand crafting up do’s and hairbraids galore. Get your game on with the Game Truck – $4 for 10 minutes of playtime. Tickets for all games will be sold the day of for $1 each.
- Inflatables
- Carnival games (the kids can win prizes)
- Game Truck
- Free craft activities
- Free cookie decorating
- Face painting
Restaurants Participating in the 2014 Chili Contest:
- Bazinga Eatery
- Big Front Door
- The Blind Burro
- Blind Lady Ale House
- Brabant Bar & Café
- Bub’s at the Ballpark
- Buona Forchetta
- Cardamom Cafe and Bakery
- Carnitas’ Snack Shack
- City Tacos
- Coin-Op Game Room
- Fathom Bistro, Bait and Tackle
- Fish Public
- Hamiltons Tavern
- Kensington Cafe
- MIHO Gastrotruck
- Monkey Paw
- Mosaic Wine Bar
- Panama 66
- Ranchos Cocina
- Rebecca’s Coffee House
- Ritual Tavern
- The Safehouse
- SIPZ Vegetarian Fuzion
- Small Bar
- Soda & Swine
- Starlite
- Station Tavern
- The Haven Pizzeria
- The Smoking Goat
- Tiger!Tiger!
- Toronado
- True North
- Underbelly
- Uptown Tavern
- Urban Solace
- URBN Pizza
- Wang’s North Park
- Waypoint Public
- West Coast Tavern
This event is presented by the McKinley Elementary PTC and the San Diego Ceramic Connectionand made possible by many fine sponsors and volunteers.
Date: December 7, 2014
Time: 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Price: Free Admission. Chili Bowl and 5 Tastings – $20
