Calling all foodies

By Ken Williams | Editor

Taste of Adams Avenue returns on June 26

Attention foodies! Mark June 26 on your calendars when the 16th annual Taste of Adams Avenue will take place along Adams Avenue from Kensington westward to Normal Heights and University Heights.

Nine new food establishments will join Taste Of Adams Avenue on June 26. (Courtesy of Adams Avenue Business Association)

Walk, bike or take a free trolley to visit more than three dozen restaurants, coffee shops, pubs, wine bars and unique eateries while visiting three of San Diego’s historical neighborhoods.

“The biggest news for this year’s Taste of Adams Avenue is that we have 40 participants, which include nine food establishments new to the Avenue this year,” said Scott Kessler, executive director of the Adams Avenue Business Association, sponsor of the foodie event.

“We normally have 30 or so restaurants participating in the Taste so it makes this year’s ticket an exceptional value for consumers because for the same price as the past few years’ Taste tickets [$35], one receives 25 percent more taste options [40 instead of 30].”

The new participants are Beerfish, Black Market Bakery, Ceviche House, Cucina Sorella, Et Voila, Hawthorn Coffee, Moncai Vegan, Pappalecco and Stehly Farms.

Two restaurants have been involved since the beginning: DiMille’s Italian Restaurant and Ponce’s Mexican Restaurant, Kessler said.

The taste tour will last from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on that Sunday.

Visitors unfamiliar with Adams Avenue can also browse through the many distinctive shops that make these three neighborhoods unique.

Participating businesses this year are:

Beerfish
Black Market Bakery
Blind Lady Ale House
Burnside
Café 21
Café Cabaret
Ceviche House
Chi Extraordinary Kitchen
Chris’ Ono Grinds Island Grill
Circa
Cucina Sorella
Dao Fu
DiMille’s Italian Restaurant
Dos Palmas Café
El Zarape Restaurant
Et Voilà
Hawthorn Coffee
Jaynes Gastropub
Jyoti Bihanga
Kensington Café
Lestat’s Coffee House
Liquid Eden Holistic Center
Mariposa Ice Cream
Moncai Vegan
Moosie’s Ice Cream
Pappalecco
Ponce’s Mexican Restaurant
Rosie O’Grady’s
Sabuku Sushi
Señor Mangos
Soda and Swine
Stehly Farms
Subway
Tam’s Thailand
The Haven Pizzeria
The Incredible Cheesecake Company
The Rabbit Hole
Twiggs Bakery
Vidajuice
Village Vino
Viva Pops

“Tickets are capped at 1,000 participants,” Kessler said. “We have sold out for the past few years. We expect to sell out again this year.”

—Ken Williams is editor of Uptown News and can be reached at ken@sdcnn.com or at 619-961-1952. Follow him on Twitter at KenSanDiego, Instagram account at KenSD or Facebook at KenWilliamsSanDiego.