Sweet AND crunchy!
Highland Farms brought paw paws!!!!
Snacking pepper crunch
Monthly Archives: September 2026
2026 Ashtabula Local Food Festival!
Local food is tasty and better!
What a blast of a day….
Gorgeous weather
Tons of great food –
Five food trucks: Night of the Living Bread, Crooked Taco, Evie’s Luau, Stewy’s & Some Mexicans Lady
Six restaurants/shops included in the tasting Passport: Harbor Halcyon, Hil Mak, Phooey Farms, Nights and Weekends, Three Sisters Cafe and Harbor Gardens
Music in the Carlisle Pavilion
Sidewalk chalk art
Goat petting
Ashtabula Farmers Market-
Extended to Carlisle Pavilion Park
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
This Sunday!
2026 Ashtabula Local Food Festival
Join us for the fourth annual! Celebrating the Ashtabula Local Food Guide, 9 farmers markets, over 100 local farms, five flower farms, 12 honey producers, 5 meat processors, 12 U-pick operations and a whole-lot of tastey vittles! Get a passport to try a pairing of a local food item and drink at six establishments – get all stamps and win prizes ($20.00 entry for 21+ and $10.00 for under 21), music at the Carlisle Pavillion, goat petting, and expanded Ashtabula Farmers Market, free salsa tasting in Riverbend…pick your favorite!
Salsa competition – People’s Choice and Judges: Deb Grim of Fitzgerald’s, Maria Jukic – running for US House of Reps, Ohio 14th, and Paris Wolfe of Cleveland.com
Want to sponsor – click here
Want to purchase your passport – click here
We look forward to seeing you on Sunday, Sept 6th – 10 to 4pm
Harbor Gardens: Local Food Market & Demonstration Kitchen 