Slow Food Nation Fort Mason tasting sessions sold out – Almost
By William Brand
Monday, August 25th, 2008 at 3:47 pm in Craft Beer, General.
The entire Slow Food Nation tasting pavilion sessions this weekend at Fort Mason in San Francisco are sold out, the organization says.
The only exception is the session Sunday night, Aug. 31, from 6 - 9 p.m. Right now, at 3:45 p.m., Monday, Aug. 25, there are a limited number o tickets at four Whole Foods Markets:
- Whole Foods, Berkeley (3000 Telegraph Ave, 510.649.1333)
- Whole Foods stores in San Francisco, SoMa,399 4th Street, 415.618.0066)
- Potrero Hill (450 Rhode Island St., 415.552.1155)
- Franklin Street (1765 California St , 415.674.0500
Tickets are $58 and gives one three hours to A. check out the Beer Pavilion, featuring cask, keg and bottled beers from about 50 breweries across the counry, and 14 other pavilions, wine, cheese, and so on. If you want to go, get a ticket right now.
If you don’t go, check out my blog Friday night. I’m going to the opening session and will post a report. No, I know it’s a poor substitute. But…
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August 26th, 2008 at 10:42 am
thanks to you I grabbed one of the last 6 tickets last night. (at the whole foods on 4th street)
woo! should be an interesting festival to see all artisan food bits
August 26th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Great Danny. The fact that the entire thing is sold out shows change in American food consumption is undergoing a sea change. About time.
August 28th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
i have to comment on brand’s comment…
the fact it cost 60 bucks to attend and it sold out with only 15000 attendees (according to the girl i talked to on the phone) means that this is a much smaller (yet lucrative) sea change than it’s been made out to be. i’m kind of sickened to see that a populist food movement ran out of tickets so fast. maybe next year it will seem… populist.
no offense… i’ve followed the movement for years now, and i really believe. but using the slogan “come to the table” and making it such a small table is just depressing.
August 28th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
I agree. I talked to someone there who said some realized how big it was going to be, but others did not. Too bad Dave McLean can’t (with a lot of us as helpers) scoop up the remaining beer and have an open festival somewhere.