We have some food and drink announcements to share with you all! Enhancing our Food and Drink program was a big priority for the festival this year and we have some news that we hope excites you as much as it excites us!
The festival would like to welcome several food & drink newcomers – Clear Water BBQ, an Eau Claire smokehouse serving locally sourced meats, Dumpling Darling, an Iowa City Korean-inspired restaurant, and The Marigold, an Eau Claire mobile café. Daryl’s Dog House, Retro Burger/KC Diner, and Shadrach’s Fiery Furnace Traveling Pizza Company among others will also be onsite. (A full list of vendors can be found below.)
Wisconsin favorites returning to the festival for the second year include Eau Claire-based Tutto Bene Wood Fired Pizza, 9 Degrees, which serves Olson’s homemade ice cream, and Pete’s Pops, which peddles ice pops in flavors like Strawberry Basil, Avocado, and Pineapple Jalapeño.
Six Madison-based food carts, including Curd Girl, and Banzo, and six Twin Cities food trucks which include Foxy Falafel and MN Nice Cream will join the festival this year. (A full list of food trucks and vendors can be found below.)
Minneapolis-based Dogwood Coffee will be at the festival with their vintage Zamboni, serving drinks like Zamboni Cold Brew in refillable ice hockey water bottles, Maple Syrup Infused Cold Brew, Almond Milk Iced Lattes, and Drip Coffee.
Eaux Claires is also enhancing its beverage program with local, national, and international brewers and winemakers. Locally loved Leinenkugel will return to the festival with their Summer Shandy, Original, and Light brews. Eau Claire brewery The Brewing Projekt will serve Gunpowder IPA. St. Paul’s Summit Brewing Company will serve Extra Pale Ale, Saga IPA, and Session IPA. California-based craft favorite Lagunitas will pour their Pilsner and IPA and Danish brewer Mikkeller, one of the highest rated and most sought after brewers in the world, will pour a specially craved pale ale called Eaux Henry! Eaux Sally! The festival will also welcome local winemaker Autumn Harvest Winery and Orchard’s semi-sweet red Fionnrua and semi-sweet white Northern Lights varieties.
VIP offerings for Enhanced Chippewa ticket buyers will be announced in the weeks to come. We hope you are as excited about this as us!
EAUX CLAIRES 2016 FOOD & DRINK LINEUP
9 Degrees (Eau Claire, WI)
Mackinac Island Fudge Ice Cream
Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
Strawberry Ice Cream
Mocha Mud Pie Ice Cream
Clear Water BBQ (Eau Claire, WI)
Pulled Pork
Pulled Brisket
Ribs
Conley’s Ice (St Louis, MO)
Fresh Squeezed Lemonade
Frozen Lemonade
Shaved Ice
Croix Valley BBQ (River Falls, WI)
Pig Wings
Pulled Pork Sandwiches
Ribs
Daryl’s Dog House (White Bear Lake, MN)
Chicago Style Hot Dogs
Dogwood Coffee (Minneapolis, MN and Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN)
Zamboni Cold Brew
Maple Syrup Infused Cold Brew
Almond Milk Iced Lattes
Drip Coffee
Dumpling Darling (Iowa City, IA)
Pork, Beef, Veggie, and Tofu Steamed Dumplings and Bao Buns
Kimchi
Spicy Edamame
Fat Rice Noodles with Red Pepper Sauce
Jonny Pops (St. Louis Park, MN)
All-Natural Frozen Fruit and Cream Pops
KP Katering (Chippewa Falls, WI)
Burgers
Wraps
Cheese Curds
Salads
Pete’s Pops (Milwaukee, WI)
Strawberry Basil Pops
Avocado Pops
Pineapple Jalapeño Pops
Chocolate Sea Salt Pops
Retro Burger / KC Diner (Elk Mound, WI)
Fresh, Quality Beef Burgers
Hand-Cut Potato Twisters on a Stick
The Marigold (Eau Claire, WI)
Gelato
Veggie, Southwest, and Italian Wraps
Shadrach’s Fiery Furnace Traveling Pizza Company (Orlando, FL)
Neopolitan Style Pizza
Toppers Pizza Food Truck (Menomonie, WI)
French Fried Onions Pizza
Oven-Roasted Tomatoes Pizza
Mac ‘n Cheese Pizza
Tater Tots Pizza
Topperstix
Tutto Bene Wood Fired Pizza (Eau Claire, WI)
Pizza Margherita
Sausage Mushroom Pizza
Pepperoni Pizza
Chicken Pesto Pizza
Vegetarian Pizza
FOOD TRUCKS – MADISON
Banzo (Madison, WI)
Falafel Pita Chicken and Beef Skewers
Falafel Balls
Hummus and Pita
Hand Cut Chips
Homemade Baklava
Curd Girl (Madison, WI)
Fried Cheese Curds with Gourmet Sauces
Layla’s (Madison, WI)
Kabobs
Rice Bowls
Salads
Melted Craft Grilled Cheese (Madison, WI)
Chef-Designed Sandwiches and Sides
Slide Food Cart (Madison, WI)
Pulled Pork Sliders
Buffalo Chicken Sliders
Slow Cooked Sirloin Sliders
Fried Sweet Potato Slices
Taqueria Sabor Querétaro (Madison, WI)
Tacos
Burritos
Quesadillas
Tortas
Rice and Beans
FOOD TRUCKS – MINNEAPOLIS
Foxy Falafel Food Truck (Twin Cities, MN)
Pulled Lamb Sandwich
Falafel Sandwich
Spicy Fries
Hummus and Pita
Gastrotruck (Minneapolis, MN)
Spicy BBQ Pulled Pork
Grassfed Beef Brisket with Horseradish Slaw
Black Bean Burger with Apple Jalapeno Relish
Kabomelette (Twin Cities, MN)
Kabobs
Omelettes
MN Nice Cream Food Truck (Twin Cities, MN)
Vanilla and Chocolate Ice Cream Cones with Toppings
O’Cheeze Food Truck (Twin Cities, MN)
BACHN Grilled Cheese: bacon, apple, walnuts, honey, fontina cheese
COBR Grilled Cheese: Chipotle pulled chicken, bacon, ranch sauce, pepper jack
Not So Classic Grilled Cheese: Dubliner Irish Cheddar, Havarti, cheddar
Potter’s Pasties Food Truck (Twin Cities, MN)
The Traditional Meat Pie: minced beef, carrots, potato, onion, gravy
Thai Veggie Pie: Potato, carrot, spinach, ginger in red Thai coconut cream sauce
The Pig Pie: Braised pulled pork, apples, onion, coriander
Rhubarb Lemon, Chocolate, and Peanut Butter Sweet Pies
WINE & BEER
Leinenkugel (Chippewa Falls, WI)
Summer Shandy
Wisconsin Red Pale Ale
Oktoberfest
Original
Light
Mikkeller (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Eaux Henry! Eaux Sally! Pale Ale
Summit Brewing Company (St. Paul, MN)
Extra Pale Ale
Saga IPA
Session IPA
Lagunitas (Petaluma, CA)
Pilsner
IPA
The Brewing Projekt (Eau Claire, WI)
Gunpowder IPA
Autumn Harvest Winery and Orchard (Chippewa Falls, WI)
Fionnrua
Northern Lights