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Wharf Fest

One of the last street fairs of 2016 plus an epic Clam Chowder contest
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Wharf Fest returns to San Francisco’s iconic waterfront neighborhood. For the fourth year in a row, Fisherman’s Wharf invites Bay Area locals to come enjoy the neighborhood after the crowds of visitors have subsided but before the fabulous fall weather fades away.

2016 Wharf Fest
Saturday, October 22, 2016 | 11 am to 5 pm
Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco
FREE festival, but tickets are required for the annual chowder tasting

2016 Clam Chowder Competition & Tastings

Ten Fisherman’s Wharf restaurants battle it out to see whose chowder is best of the Wharf. Best of all, you can do the tasting.

2016 Clam Chowder Taste-off
Saturday, October 22, 2016 | Noon to 3 pm
Fisherman’s Wharf, SF
$15 in advance; $20 at the door
> Funcheap Deal: $3 off tickets
: Use secret code FUNCHEAP and you’ll pay just $12 for tasting tickets.

Taste Chowders from 10 restaurants:

  • Blue Mermaid Restaurant
  • Boudin Bakery
  • Brick & Beam
  • Fog Harbor Fish House
  • Franciscan Crab Restaurant
  • Pescatore
  • Pier Market
  • Castagnola’s
  • McCormick & Kuleto’s
  • Cioppino’s

Wharf Fest

Festival goers will enjoy a street fair and can visit approximately 50 booths of art vendors and a variety of free activities including a Segway obstacle course and rock climbing walls. At the most delicious part of the day, the Chowder Competition, 10 different Wharf restaurants will battle it out for the title of the Best Chowder at Fisherman’s Wharf.