{"id":425011,"date":"2026-08-06T01:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T01:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/425011\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T01:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T01:46:15","slug":"san-jose-jazz-2026-what-to-eat-at-summer-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/425011\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Jazz 2026: What to eat at Summer Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As jazz, blues, salsa and funk return for the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest this Friday, Saturday and Sunday (Aug. 7-9), so too will barbecue, catfish, tacos, noodles and more.<\/p>\n<p>Festivalgoers will find plenty of food and beverage booths located at and near downtown\u2019s city plaza and the Main Stage, Blues\/Big Easy Stage and Latin Stage.<\/p>\n<p>If you plan to frequent the Swing Stage at San Pedro Square Market, where the music is free, you\u2019ll find plenty of food and drink options.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Andrew Reynolds, of San Jose, plays congas during the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest at the Plaza de Cesar Chavez in San Jose in 2023. (Ray Chavez\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"8192\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SJM-L-JAZZFEST-0813-20.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"13013729\" \/>Andrew Reynolds, of San Jose, plays congas during the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest at the Plaza de Cesar Chavez in San Jose in 2023. (Ray Chavez\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/08\/03\/san-jose-jazz-summer-fest-8-shows-you-shouldnt-miss\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Here are our jazz critic\u2019s picks for the top 8 musical acts to catch.<\/a> And when you want to plan your between-sets snacking, here are highlights from the festival\u2019s global food lineup:<\/p>\n<p>Lord of the Ribs BBQ: Hot links, pulled pork, ribs, loaded nachos and macaroni and cheese. Tip: The ribs sell out quickly, so order early.<\/p>\n<p>Fiya Spice Caribbean: Bowls with oxtail, curry goat, curry prawns or jerk chicken, plus Rasta Pasta, wings, plantains and mac and cheese.<\/p>\n<p>Hot and Sizzling: Greek favorites, including gyros (chicken, lamb), falafel, sausages and fries.<\/p>\n<p>Saigon Street Food: Banh mi, garlic noodles and rice plates.<\/p>\n<p>Roux: Fried fish plates with hush puppies and okra, plus slaw, fries or potato salad. For dessert, lemon icebox pie.<\/p>\n<p>S&amp;E\u2019s Food Team: Barbecue ribs on a stick, stuffed turkey legs, brisket or pulled-pork nachos, burritos, and sandwiches. Six lemonade flavors.<\/p>\n<p>El Bombero 408: Tijuana-style tacos, quesadillas, burritos, mulitas, papa loca and aguas frescas.<\/p>\n<p>Yakitori Yado: Japanese barbecue and chicken skewers.<\/p>\n<p>Grillzillas: Burgers made with Black Angus beef.<\/p>\n<p>Chubby\u2019s Chick\u2019n: Nashville hot chicken sandos, sliders, wings, tenders and waffle fries.<\/p>\n<p>Uncle Papa\u2019s BBQ: Prime brisket and tri-tip sandwiches, rib tips, hot links, mac-and-cheese bowls and potato salad.<\/p>\n<p>La Fenice: Wood-fired pizzas: cheese, margherita, pepperoni and dulce picante (soppressata, fresh mozzarella, crushed tomato, basil, Calabrian oil and honey).<\/p>\n<p>3 Hermanos Mexican Grill: Tacos, burritos, quesadillas, alambre, enchiladas, hot dogs, nachos, tortas and aguas frescas.<\/p>\n<p>Luv\u2019s Brownies: Freshly baked brownies, ice cream and Cuban coffee drinks.<\/p>\n<p>Yummy Kitchen: Garlic shrimp noodles, fried chicken wing noodles, egg rolls and rainbow jelly juice.<\/p>\n<p>Drae\u2019s Lemonade: Freshly made lemonades in unusual flavors like watermelon yuzu.<\/p>\n<p>Olde Tyme Kettle Korn: Kettle corn, caramel kettle corn and roasted peanuts in the shell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As jazz, blues, salsa and funk return for the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest this Friday, Saturday and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[184,7,4978,421,12853,181,23,330,100,412,88,90,89,198,200,420],"class_list":["post-425011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-downtown-san-jose","tag-food-and-drink","tag-jazz","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-music","tag-news","tag-restaurants","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-south-bay","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}