2014 SoNo Fest & Chili Cook-Off

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

• 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