We’re really looking forward to the Baja Beer Craft event (SOLD OUT, sorry if you were shut out!) this Friday at Mingei International Museum, put on by Baja Test Kitchen. The great line-up of breweries includes our faves Agua Mala, Border Psycho & Wendlandt, plus newbies (to us) Muñeca Preita, Tres B + más y más y más. With food by Chef Chad White of Común & Chef Marco Rodriguez of La Justina – plus music by Quino of Big Mountain – how can this NOT be a good time? Check back for a recap soon!

Monday the SD Bay Wine & Food Fest opens with dinner and reception at the lovely (and tasty) new Bracero on the edge of Little Italy. We’re excited that Chef Rick Bayless – a well-respected relentless promoter of Mexican regional cuisine, including Baja, for decades – will join Chef Chad White and host Chef Javier Plasciencia for the events. Looks like both the $250 four-course dinner with paired wines from Valle de Guadalupe and the $100 reception with small plates are sold out. So glad the SD Bay Wine & Food Fest is spotlighting Baja food & wine; it’s well deserved, we applaud! While eatdrinkbaja will inform about such events, we’d like to clarify: our focus is promoting opportunities more accessible for “la gente,” and not so much on big ticket items. We LOVE and don’t want to lose the down-to-earth ambiance of the Baja we enjoy, want to share and help preserve and grow. We hope you’ll join us – ¡Salud!