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Social Distancing Survival Contest

Local Food Adventures • Mar 16, 2020

We may not currently be offering tours, but that doesn’t mean we can’t continue to support our Oakland food tour partners, and the East Bay restaurants and specialty shops that we love, especially during this time of social distancing. So we’re going to try to give everyone a little fun this week. Every day we’re going to be posting an image of one of our food tour partners and one person each day will win a $25 gift certificate to that tour partner. This way we can financially help them and you can go visit when we are all more comfortable.

How to enter our Social Distancing Survival Contest

To win our social distancing survival Contest, all you need to do are three things:

That’s it! We’ll announce each day’s Social Distancing Survival Contest winner the next day along with the new tour stop. Just swipe left!

Social Distancing Survival Contest Prizes

In addition to the featured tour partner’s gift card, winners will also receive two free tickets for our Ice Cream & Gelato Tour that runs publicly during the summer months.

From Monday, March 16 through Friday, March 20, winners will also receive:

  • Awesome gifts from our friends at Visit Oakland , including:
    • Two Urban Wine Trail stemless wine glasses
    • Four 3-in-1 multipurpose wineglass covers
    • Visit Oakland luggage tag
    • a “HEART me some Oakland” button

Social Distancing Survival Contest Featured Partners:

Monday, March 16 – Market Hall Foods
Tuesday, March 17 – Oaktown Spice Shop
Wednesday, March 18 – Amphora Lafayette
Thursday, March 19 – Rosamunde Sausage Grill
Friday, March 20 – Cana Cuban Parlor & Cafe
Sunday, March 22 – REVE Bistro
Monday, March 23 – Benchmark Oakland
Tuesday, March 24 – Urban Remedy
Wednesday, March 25 – Original Pattern Brewing Company
Thursday, March 26 – A16 Rockridge
Friday, March 27 – Chop Bar
Saturday, March 28 – Smitten Ice Cream
Sunday, March 29 – LaFarine Boulangerie
Monday, March 30 – Zachary’s Chicago Pizza
Tuesday, March 31 – Cactus Taqueria
Wednesday, April 1 – Diablo Foods
Thursday, April 2 – Miette Patisserie & Confiserie
Friday, April 3 – Bardo Lounge & Supper Club
Sunday, April 5 – Federation Brewing
Monday, April 6 – Ver Brugge Foods
Tuesday, April 7 – Fentons Creamery

Click here for a full list of our Tour Stop Partners.

Social Distancing Survival Contest Rules

  • Winner will be selected using an online random name selector tool
  • Local Food Adventures will contact the winner via direct message for mailing address information and must live within 50 miles of Oakland, CA.
  • Instagram, Facebook, Visit Oakland and the food tour partners featured are not responsible for this contest.
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