Ashtabula Local Food Festival: Harvest in the Harbor

09/07/2026

Local food IS better!

Thanks for celebrating the fourth annual Ashtabula Local Food Festival with us!

What a perfect day to celebrate local food, if the economics and health benefits aren’t enough, the taste certainly makes the difference!

This year’s salsa competition was a smashing hit and the passport sold out almost before the festival even began.

It was hours of food fun!

Five food trucks

3 goats

Sidewalk chalk art

Music in Carlisle Pavilion

Expanded Ashtabula Farmers Market

Vendors

6 Restaurants/shops participated in the tasting Passport

Flower competition and

Salsa Competition at Riverbend Hotel

Flower Competition: locally grown flowers! People’s choice and Judges’ choice: Tom Roberts of Capitina’s

Salsa Competition: 10 participants!

Winner of Judged Competition: Three Sisters Cafe

Winner of People’s Choice: Kevin Vencill

Three Judges: Debra Grim of Fitzgerald on Bridge Street, Maria Jukic - running for US House of Reps 14th and Paris Wolfe of Cleveland.com

09/05/2026

Celebrating 100+ local growers at Ashtabula Local Food Festival TOMORROW Sunday, 9/6 in the Historic Ashtabula Harbor!

Start by shopping the expanded Ashtabula Farmers Market beginning at 10am! Then make your way down Bridge Street with a Taste of Bula passport. Collect stamps at Three Sisters Cafe, Harbor Halcyon, Harbor Gardens, Hil-Mak Seafoods Restaurant (at the Farmers Market), Nights & Weekends, and Phooey Farms. Every stamp supports the growers and restaurants behind the food, and buying a passport enters you to win a day at Kosicek Vineyard's Treehouse. It also gets you 3 tickets to vote in the Salsa and Flower Bouquet Competitions at Riverbend Hotel. The competitors are locked in...your job is to taste, judge, and crown a winner!

Bridge Street will be packed 10a to 4p with food trucks, live music at Carlisle Pavilion, vendors, sidewalk chalk art, gourd painting, goats that want to be petted, and yes, Jungle Terry! Rain or shine. Tomorrow, 10a to 4p, Historic Ashtabula Harbor.

Grab a passport today:
https://www.historicashtabulaharbor.org/ashtabula-local-food-festival

09/04/2026

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09/02/2026

Thank you to Octagon Acres! This farm is an absolute asset and gift to the community. Certified organic, Octagon Acres provides tons of produce to the community: asparagus, peppers, tomatoes, Northridge Blueberries, and chestnuts! THANK YOU, Octagon Acres. We love you and appreciate your hard work and dedication to the community!

09/02/2026

https://youtu.be/ZZo3yHvlT3I?is=KikhdcRC5tqXkc7T

Harbor Gardens and Three Sisters Cafe previewed the 2026 Ashtabula ...

08/30/2026

Fourth Annual Ashtabula Local Food Festival - Sunday, Sept 6th. 10-4

Also included: Five food trucks, expanded Ashtabula Farmers Market, salsa and flower arranging competition at Riverbend Hotel in Ashtabula, Ohio, cooking demonstrations at Harbor Gardens, goat petting with Purple Goat Gardens, sidewalk chalk art, music at Carlisle's Pavillion and more! Bring the family and a picnic blanket and enjoy where The River meets The Lake!

Grab your Taste of Bula Passport and explore the flavors of Historic Ashtabula Harbor. Each stamp you collect supports local restaurants, wineries, breweries,…

08/30/2026

Get your Taste of Ashtabula Passport for Ashtabula Local Food Festival Sunday, September 6!

Eat your way down Bridge Street for just $20, enjoying a small food and drink pairing at 6-8 participating locations. Each purchase enters you into a drawing to win a day at Kosicek Vineyards treehouse, and three tickets to vote in the Salsa and Flower Bouquet competitions.

Participating with locally sourced ingredients (more to be announced!)
Harbor Halcyon
Harbor Gardens
Nights & Weekends
Phooey Farms
Three Sisters Cafe

Let’s celebrate local food and over 100 growers in Ashtabula County on Sunday, September 6!

Grab your passport ahead of time:
https://www.historicashtabulaharbor.org/ashtabula-local-food-festival

08/27/2026

https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2026/08/do-you-make-a-great-salsa-prove-it-at-local-food-festival.html

The Ashtabula Local Food Festival on Sept. 6 will feature a fresh salsa competition highlighting the county's tomatoes, along with a flower bouquet contest, farmers market, food trucks, and a $20 "Taste of Ashtabula" passport.

08/24/2026

The Ashtabula Local Food Festival on September 6 needs your support!

This is a county-wide celebration of what our farms, markets, and makers already do all year. Nine farmers markets. More than 100 local farms. Wineries growing their own grapes, honey producers, flower farms, u-pick orchards, and the shops and kitchens that put it all on a plate!

Pulling that off takes people. Here's where we need hands:

Setup and teardown
Salsa competition support (serving samples, tracking ballots, restocking chips and cups)
Flower bouquet competition check-in at the Riverbend Hotel
Information table and festival map
Restaurant passport stamping
Kids activities
Food truck row traffic and line management

Sign up to volunteer, purchase a tasting passport, and more:
https://www.historicashtabulaharbor.org/ashtabula-local-food-festival