Taste of Local Flavor

Get a Taste for the Central Valley's Best Cuisine at Taste of San Joaquin

by JAMIE MENAKER

If there are any restaurants in San Joaquin that you’ve always wanted to try, but never got around to making dinner plans, or thought they might be too pricey, here’s your chance to sample cuisine from some of the best restaurants in San Joaquin. Think culinary creations from the likes of the Hippo Bar and Restaurant and Jackson Rancheria. The event is a celebration of everything local—local entertainment, locally owned and operated restaurants, regional wine—and the whole community is invited. Keeping with the local focus, Stockton has also invited the best competitive barbeque chefs in the west to compete in the first annual Way Out West BBQ Championship. Cooking lasts for 18 hours (more than thirty chefs will get a head start on Friday night), and lucky for us, the barbeque fare will be up for sampling as well. Sampling tickets will be sold in $20 ticket books, and all restaurants offer tastings beginning at $1.

For more information: Taste of San Joaquin, July 4, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., (209) 464-5246, www.downtownstockton.org

Enter To Win

Fourth of July Celebrity Barbeque Contest

Want to be a celebrity judge for the Way Out West BBQ Championship at Taste of San Joaquin? We’re giving away the opportunity to judge the contest, and win a San Joaquin Magazine t-shirt and dinner for two at one of San Joaquin’s favorite restaurants.

To enter our random drawing, just answer the following:
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BARBEQUE SAUCE OR MARINADE?

E-mail your response to jamie@sanjoaquinmagazine.com, with “BBQ” in the subject line.