The food at DCA Food and Wine Festival is inspired by the great state of California, offering a variety of creative and fresh dishes. Every year we attend the California Adventure Food and Wine Festival and are super impressed with what we get, like the Snickers Macaron (which is a MUST every year and our favorite 😍)

So, if you want to hear what our opinion of the best of the fest is at the DCA Food and Wine Festival, keep reading. If you’re in the beginning stages of planning your next theme park vacation and need additional help or are looking for discounted theme park tickets, check out our trusted travel partner The Park Prodigy!

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1 The Best Food at the DCA Food and Wine Festival

2 DCA Food and Wine Menus

3 Ready to Go on a Theme Park Journey?

The Best Food at the DCA Food and Wine Festival

We were able to sample through our Sip and Savor Pass to get a rather good idea of what kind of food is at the Food and Wine Festival. Our Sip and Savor had pass let us try a variety of sweets, drinks, and savory dishes. Overall, we were impressed with the food at the DCA Food and Wine Festival and we’ll share our favorites and our least favorites here!

The Best of the Fest

Snickers Macaron – Chocolate Mickey-shaped macaron filled with caramel ganache and made with SNICKERS bar pieces – $7.75 THIS IS OUR FAVORITE!!!! Every year this is the BEST treat and never a skip.
Impossible Parm Bites – Crispy Impossible Chicken Bites with marinara sauce and Plant-Based Cheese – $8.50 – For Vegan Foodies, this is pretty much safe staple that will be VERY good for the Food and Wine Festival.
Carnitas-style Pork Belly with esquites corn mac salad featuring Tajín Habanero – $9.00 – While the pork belly was a little dry, it was still delicious. The mac salad is the star of the show.
Cannoli Churro – Churro rolled in cinnamon-sugar topped with cannoli cream, chocolate chips, and puff pastry – $7.25 – Skip the puff pastry topping and this churro is a ten. Delicious, soft and semi-sweet cannoli cream. YUM!

Worst of the Fest

Baja-style Fish Taco with cabbage slaw, cilantro-lime crema, and pico de gallo – $7.25 – This dish was inedible. Unfortunately tasted like bad fish and we did not like this!
Frozen Old Fashioned: Non-alcoholic bourbon-flavored ice cream, bitters crema, orange zest glaze, and cherry spheres – $7.00 – Refreshing ice cream bar, not old fashioned inspired in our opinion.
Cheeseburger Bao with Thousand Island dressing, grilled onions, pickle, and tomato relish – $8.50 – There’s no reason for this crossover. Its gross, and there could be something more traditional much better!

DCA Food and Wine Menus

California Craft Brews

Food Item:

Cheeseburger Bao with Thousand Island dressing, grilled onions, pickle, and tomato relish (New) – $8.50
S’mores Caramel Tart: Graham cracker tart shell filled with caramel and chocolate ganache topped with a toasted marshmallow (New) – $7.00

Beverages:

Frozen Mangonada Beer Slush: Brewery X Baja Boi, mango purée, rock melon syrup, grapefruit juice, and mango-chamoy glaze (New) – $18.00

Cluck-A-Doodle-Moo

Food Items:

Cheese Pizza-flavored Wings with ranch dip (New) – $8.50
BBQ Beef Brisket Slider with smoked white cheddar and dill pickles on salt and pepper brioche – $9.00

Beverages:

Kiwi-Apple Lemonade: Minute Maid Lemonade, apple juice, and kiwi and Granny Smith apple syrups garnished with a purple orchid (Non-alcoholic beverage) (New) – $7.00
Tangerine Tiki Cocktail: Dark rum, vanilla-citrus liqueur, tangerine and lime juices, and honey syrup garnished with a dried red pineapple wheel (New) – $17.00

D-Lish

Food Items:

Carbonara Garlic Mac & Cheese featuring Nueske’s Peppered Bacon – $9.00
Olive Oil Cake glazed with lemon curd, topped with vanilla bean Chantilly, and finished with fresh candied lemons, strawberry crunch, and lemon-lime gelée (New) – $7.00

Beverages:

Huckleberry-Citrus Cooler: Gold Peak Black Tea, huckleberry and agave syrups, grapefruit soda, and lemon and orange juices garnished with an orange wedge (Non-alcoholic beverage) (New) – $7.00

Earth Eats

Food Items:

IMPOSSIBLE Chicken Parm Bites with tomato and cheese sauces and grated parmesan (New) – $8.50
IMPOSSIBLE Beef Stroganoff: Egg noodles tossed in a mushroom cream sauce with IMPOSSIBLE beef and sour cream (New) – $9.00

Beverages:

Watermelon Cucumber Mojito: White rum, watermelon liqueur, mojito and cucumber syrups, watermelon purée, and lime juice topped with Topo Chico and garnished with a watermelon spear with Tajín twist – $17.00

Garlic Kissed

Food Items:

Grilled Top Sirloin with roasted garlic-gruyère smashed potatoes and black garlic chimichurri – $9.00

Beverages:

Guava-Lychee Mule: Vodka, guava nectar, ginger and lychee syrups, and lemon juice topped with guava cider and garnished with a lemon wheel – $17.00

Golden Dreams

Food:

Frozen Old Fashioned: Non-alcoholic bourbon-flavored ice cream, bitters crema, orange zest glaze, and cherry spheres (New) – $7.00

Beverages:

Fig Matcha Latte: Matcha, soy milk, and coconut and simple syrups topped with a fig oat sweet cream and garnished with matcha powder (Non-alcoholic beverage) (New) – $7.00
Blueberry Pancake Cold Brew: Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Co. Mexico Origin Coffee, maple syrup, brown butter and demerara syrups, and oat milk with a blueberry sweet cream garnished with cinnamon-flavored cereal crumble (Non-alcoholic beverage) – $7.25
Peach Cobbler Cocktail: Moonshine, peach and amaretto liqueur, peach nectar, condensed milk, vanilla and cinnamon syrups, and lemon juice garnished with frozen peaches (New) – $17.00

LA Style

Food Items:

Carnitas-style Pork Belly with esquites corn mac salad featuring Tajín Habanero (New) – $9.00
Baja-style Fish Taco with cabbage slaw, cilantro-lime crema and pico de gallo (New) (Plant-based) – $7.25

Beverages:

Spicy Strawberry Cocktail: Gin, strawberry and tamarind purées, strawberry syrup, pineapple juice, chile spices, and Tajín chamoy garnished with a Tamarindo straw (New) – $17.00

Nuts About Cheese

Food Items:

Big Bad BBQ Pulled Pork Mac & Cheese with crispy dill pickle onions (New) – $9.00
Mickey-shaped Macaron made with SNICKERS bar pieces: Chocolate Mickey-shaped macaron filled with caramel ganache and made with SNICKERS bar pieces – $7.75

Beverages:

PB&J Whiskey Shake: Peanut butter whiskey, raspberry liqueur, vanilla ice cream, Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Co. Mexico Origin Coffee, and peanut butter & raspberry syrups, garnished with a raspberry (New) – $16.00

Peppers Cali-Ente

Food Items:

Shrimp Papas Locas: Cheddar-bacon potatoes with jalapeño cheese sauce and chipotle shrimp (New) – $8.75
Chile Relleno Empanada with Arbol pepper salsa and Oaxaca and Cotija cheeses – $8.50

Beverages:

Cantarito-Style Paloma: Reposado tequila, habanero-infused pineapple juice, lime juice, rock melon syrup, and Fresca garnished with a pineapple wheel and Tajín Clásico – $17.00

Uncork California

Food Items:

Raspberry Almond Cake: Almond cake with raspberry mousse and fresh raspberries (New) – $7.50

Beverages:

Chrysanthemum Mimosa: Prosecco with lemonade and rock melon and chrysanthemum syrups (New) – $17.00
Hibiscus-Rose Mimosa: Prosecco with hibiscus tea and rose syrup (New) – $17.00
Apricot-Lavender Mimosa: Prosecco with apricot purée and lavender syrup (New) – $17.00
Rosé Margarita: Blanco tequila, rosé, lemon juice, white peach and agave syrups, and cantaloupe purée garnished with a lemon wheel (New) – $17.00
Scharffenberger Cellars Brut Excellence (New) – $19.00
Rodney Strong Chalk Hill Chardonnay (New) – $14.00
Conundrum White Blend (New) – $17.00
Daou Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc (New) – $16.00
Cline Old Vine Zinfandel (New) – $17.00
Fess Parker Frontier Red Blend (New) – $17.00
Robert Mondavi Private Selection Cabernet Sauvignon (New) – $17.00
White Wine Flight (New) – $18.50
Red Wine Flight (New) – 19.00
Springtime Bouquet Mimosa Flight (New) – 18.00

Paradise Garden Grill

Food items:

Sisig Burrito: Seasoned pork, onions, serrano peppers, garlic fried rice, scrambled egg, and marinated tomatoes with a side of chicharrones and vinegar dipping sauce (New) — $13.99
Chicken Musakhan: Roasted spiced half chicken and sumac stewed onions on flatbread with a Mediterranean salad and a garlic yogurt dipping sauce (New) — $18.49
Tacos Gobernador: Chipotle-marinated shrimp tacos with pepper jack served with Spanish rice and refried beans — $14.99
Loaded Baked Potato: Seasoned steak tips and BBQ baked beans topped with cheese sauce, tangy slaw, and green onions (New) (Plant-based) — $13.99
Cheese Quesadilla (Disney Check Meal) — $8.49
Pistachio Cheesecake: New York-style pistachio cheesecake (New) — $6.75

Beverages:

Pineapple-Melon Cocktail: Melon Liqueur, pineapple juice, and a splash of citrus (New) — $18.00

Additional Food Items and Locations

Award Wieners (Available March 1 through April 23; mobile order available)

Brewery X Sangria Hard Seltzer — $14.25

Boardwalk Pizza & Pasta (Available March 1 through April 22)

BBQ Chicken Pizza: BBQ-spiced chicken, house-made BBQ Sauce, red onion, and chopped cilantro (Available by the slice or a whole pie) (New) — $9.49
No-Bake Peanut Butter-Salted Pretzel Cheesecake with a cookies and cream crust topped with chocolate-coated salted pretzels and chocolate ganache (New) — $7.00

Cappuccino Cart (Available March 1 through April 22; mobile order available)

Chocolate-Espresso Loaf: Chocolate-espresso cake filled with chocolate mousse and topped with dark chocolate ganache and chocolate and white chocolate curls (New) — $7.50
Honeydew Milk Tea with coconut-lychee jelly topped with a creamy citrus foam (Non-alcoholic beverage) (New) — $7.00

Clarabelle’s Hand-Scooped Ice Cream (Available March 1 through April 22; mobile order available)

Butter Cake à la Mode: Butter cake topped with vanilla ice cream, strawberries, and whipped cream (New) — $7.99

Cocina Cucamonga Mexican Grill (Available March 1 through April 22; mobile order available)

Strawberry Horchata: House-made rice and cinnamon beverage with strawberry sauce (Non-alcoholic beverage) — $6.49
Strawberry Horchata with Spiced Rum: House-made rice and cinnamon beverage with strawberry sauce and spiced rum — $17.00

Hollywood Lounge (Available March 1 through April 30; mobile order available)

Chicken Lollipop: Beer-brined chicken with poblano mashed potatoes, caramelized fennel, and fried carrots (New)
Kiwi Tequila Mule: Tequila, lime juice, and kiwi syrup topped with ginger beer (New) — $18.00
Prickly Pear Vodka Mule: Vodka, lime juice, and prickly pear syrup topped with ginger beer (New) — $18.00
Whiskey Mule: Whiskey, lime juice, and simple syrup topped with ginger beer and a mint sprig (New) — $18.00
Passion Fruit Mojito: Light rum, passion fruit syrup, and limeade topped with soda water and garnished with a mint sprig (New) — $18.00
Duckhorn Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc (New) — $15.00
Listel Grain de Gris Rosé (New) — $12.00
Kunde Family Winery Cabernet Sauvignon (New) — $11.50
Mule Flight (New) — $19.00

Lamplight Lounge (Available March 1 through April 22)

Turf and a Little Bit of Surf: Filet mignon, aromatic cauliflower purée, soy-glazed potatoes, grilled asparagus, mushrooms, and black garlic-red wine reduction served with a side of shrimp toast (New) — $38.00
Strawberry-Lychee Shortcake Donuts: Lychee-glazed donuts with strawberry shortcake crumbles served with vanilla bean ice cream and lychee dip (New) — $11.00

Pym Tasting Lab (Available March 1 through April 22)

Pint-sized Pints Mini Flight (New) — $39.00

Smokejumpers Grill (Available March 1 through April 22; mobile order available)

Pastrami Fries: Crinkle-cut fries topped with cheese sauce, pastrami, Smokejumpers Grill sauce, and pickles (New) — $8.49

Sonoma Terrace (Available March 1 through April 28; mobile order available)

Charcuterie Flatbread: Chef’s selection of deli and cured meats, mozzarella, caramelized onions, and chopped pepperoncini served with pepperoncini dip (New) — $7.25

Studio Catering Co. (Available March 1 through April 22; mobile order available)

Chicken Lollipop: Beer-brined chicken with poblano mashed potatoes, caramelized fennel, and fried carrots (New) — $7.99

Churros at Hollywood Land (Available March 1 through April 22)

Cannoli Churro: Churro rolled in cinnamon-sugar topped with cannoli cream, chocolate chips, and puff pastry (New)

Churros near Goofy’s Sky School (Available March 1 through April 22)

Spice Shortbread Churro: Spiced shortbread sugar with cookie butter drizzle (New)

Señor Buzz Churros (Available March 1 through April 22)

Unforgettable Bing Bong Churro: Shortbread cookie sugar and strawberry jelly with sprinkled icing (New) — $7.25

Willie’s Churros (Available March 1 through April 22)

Butterscotch Banana Churro: Churro rolled in banana sugar topped with butterscotch icing, butterscotch drops, and banana chip crumble (New)

Downtown Disney District Offerings

Ballast Point Brewing Co. (Available March 1 through April 22)

Calabrian Chili Glazed Salmon: 6 oz. pan roasted salmon covered in a Calabrian chili glaze served over a carrot and parsnip purée and miso-marinated bok choy (New)
Blood Orange Arugula Salad: Arugula tossed in a blood orange vinaigrette and topped with goat cheese, croutons, crispy prosciutto, and blood orange segments (New)

Black Tap Craft Burgers & Shakes (Available March 1 through April 22)

BT Fish & Chips Sandwich: Battered cod, Down East Tartar Sauce, malt vinegar and black pepper spice, black pepper fries, and lemon and dill slaw (New)

Jazz Kitchen Coastal Grill & Patio (Available March 1 through April 22)

Grilled Mexican Seabass: Gulf shrimp and heirloom tomato salad, Tasso potato cake, and yellow bell pepper emulsion paired with Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc (New)

Naples Ristorante e Bar (Available March 1 through April 22)

Vesuvio: Hand-tossed dough, pizza sauce, fresh mozzarella, spicy salami, and capers drizzled with California hot honey (New)
Wine Flight: Choose three 3 oz. pours from a selection of California and Italian wines

Salt & Straw (Available March 1 through April 22)

Pink Rose & Watermelon Sorbet: A ripe watermelon and rosé sorbet drizzled in for a crisp tartness that carefully balances the sweetness of the wine

Splitsville Luxury Lanes (Available March 1 through April 22)

Filet Sliders: Two filet sliders topped with crispy onions and horseradish cream paired with shoestring fries (New)

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