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Coachella Releases Their Stellar Food Lineup
Ramen Champ will be one of the restaurants at Coachella this year (Photo by Jean Trinh/LAist)
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While waiting every year for the Coachella music lineup to be announced is an event within itself, food lovers have something to be just as excited about. Coachella's food lineup for the two-weekend festival out in the desert has just been announced—and it's a stellar one.
Forget about your run of the mill hot dogs and burgers. From April 10-12 and April 17-19, festival goers will get to sample from a long list of restaurants, many of which are hip and upscale Los Angeles eateries and pop-ups restaurants.
For folks who have general admission tickets, you can grab food and drinks from shops like Beer Belly, 800 Degrees, Top Round Roast Beef, Verve Coffee Bar, and Milk Jar Cookies.
The VIP ticket holders get access to even more delectable choices, including The Church Key, Kazunori, Egg Slut, Ramen Champ, Cole's, Phorage, Sage Vegan Bistro and Dante's Fried Chicken. They'll also have the chance to sit down for $50 prix-fixe menus at pop-ups from the likes of Kris Morningstar's Terrine for French-meets-Californian cuisine, Roy Choi's POT for Korean fare, and The Gadarene Swine & Scratch Bar for upscale vegan options. The pop-ups require a reservation, which you can book through the Reserve app starting today up until 12 p.m. the day of each event. Once the Coachella festival starts, anyone who has a VIP wristband can walk up to a host stand and make an RSVP for the pop-up event. You can also try to walk in and see if any seats are available.
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All ticket holders will have a chance to reserve a seat at Coachella's Outstanding in the Field, which are basically fancy, collaborative dinners prepared by world renowned chefs, some of which just so happen to be James Beard award winners and folks from Michelin-starred restaurants. NBD. Some of the highlights include Abigaile's Tin Vuong, Picca's Ricardo Zarate, Top Chef alum Alex Reznik, and Cliff's Edge's Vartan Abgaryan. Foodies get to enjoy four-course meals that come with cocktail, beer and wine for a seating price of $225 per person at Coachella's Rose Garden. There are seatings available at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on each day of the festival. You can buy Outstanding in the Field tickets for weekend 1 here and weekend 2 here.
Here is the full food lineup:
THE TERRACE | 21+ BEER BARN
800 Degrees
Beer Belly
Eureka!
Top Round Roast Beef
Kushiyaki Dog
Sage Pretzels
THE TERRACE | YURTS
Verve Coffee Bar
Juice Served Here
Sweet Clementine's Pops
Three Jerks Jerky
Bond Bar
DRIPP
Chocolatier Eve
This Bar Saves Lives
Milk Jar Cookies
Granola Mama
CAMPING COUNTER
Verve Coffee
The Custom Butcher
Yeastie Boys Bagels
Juice Served Here
GENERAL ADMISSION
Pinches Tacos
The Custom Butcher
MAIN VIP
Mexicali Taco & Co.
The Church Key
Dante Fried Chicken
Phorage
Afters Ice Cream
Sage Vegan Bistro
Juice Served Here
Verve Coffee Bar
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MAIN VIP | SIT-DOWN, POP-UP RESTAURANTS
Prix-fixe menus will be offered for $50 per person with reservations through Reserve app (additional 18% tax + gratuity will be charged) starting today up until 12 p.m. the day of the the event. Once Coachella starts, anyone who has a VIP wristband can walk up to a host stand and make an RSVP for the pop-up event. You can also try to walk in and see if any seats are available.
Terrine by Chef Kris Morningstar
POT by Chef Roy Choi
The Gadarene Swine & Scratch Bar
THE ROSE GARDEN | VIP
Kazunori
Egg Slut
Ramen Champ
Beefsteak
Status Kuo
Kind Kreme
Las Perlas
Cana Rum Bar
Cole's
Tony's Saloon
OUTSTANDING IN THE FIELD - DINNER IN THE ROSE GARDEN
Tickets are $225. There are seatings available at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on each day of the festival. You can buy Outstanding in the Field tickets for weekend 1 here and weekend 2 here.
Weekend 1:
Friday, April 10: Michael Beckman / Jamie DeRosa
Saturday, April 11: Alex Reznik / Vartan Abgaryan
Sunday, April 12: Ricardo Zarate / Tin Vuong
Weekend 2:
Friday, April 17: Bruce Kalman / James Trees
Saturday, April 18: Steven Fretz / David Varley
Sunday, April 19: Steve Samson / Nicole Rucker
For more information about Coachella, visit their website here.
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