Achieve Maximum Bougieness With Caviar-Bumped Limited-Edition Dishes at Outside Lands

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3 days ago

is the associate editor for the Northern California and Pacific Northwest region writing about restaurant and bar trends, coffee and cafes, and pop-ups.
San Francisco's Outside Lands music festival is not quite at Coachella seen-and-be-seen level, but it's damn near. From Friday, August 8, to Sunday, August 10, the extravaganza in Golden Gate Park will host full stack coders spending their final paychecks before agentic AI takes their jobs and would-be Beat poets brazenly blasting through the paychecks they don't have (read: their parents' credit cards) alike. It's the food and drink that attracts some to Outside Lands. Wisely so, as the festival just announced this year's 10 limited-edition items. Caviar rules the day.
The dishes are all from local players and all are over-the-top indulgences. There are only a finite amount served each day, and attendees are encouraged to show up early to try them out. There are up to 30 of some of the items, while there are just 10 or 15 of others, making this a Northern California shiny Charizard-of-the-food-game situation — extremely rare, and sought-after. This year, there are super wild bites from 10 Bay Area players, ranging from Gumbo Social to Pedro's in Los Gatos.
My Friend Fernando's Wagyu and caviar-riddled tostada. My Friend Fernando
The real magic here is in the details. Caviar-topped Korean corn dogs from Michelin Guide-recommended Um.ma, for instance, and beef tartare tostadas from pop-up phenom My Friend Fernando, edible flowers littering the plate. Caviar here and caviar there on Mamahuhu's General Roe's fries with mushroom seaweed garlic seasoning, ginger scallion creme fraiche, and, yes, Siberian caviar. The Mission shows up large with Piglet & Co.'s caviar-topped wings and Pink Onion Pizza's mushroom and shaved-truffle pizza.
The festival's food managers Taste of the Bay Area curated this hit list, like they put together the entire festival's food and beverage options. One does not need to pay extra to access these items; the Bites of the Bay program from 2024 is not back in 2025. For those who can't make Outside Lands this year, there's plenty of good food by the park. You can stream the festivities through Amazon and Twitch, if that's your thing.
Here's the full list of participating restaurants and limited-edition items:
• Gumbo Social's Cajun bayou shrimp burger, 20 available per day
• Johnny Doughnuts' Dubai dream bar, 15 available per day
• Mamahuha's General Roe's caviar fries, 20 available per day
• My Friend Fernando's wagyu beef tartare tostada, 10 available per day
• Pedro's wagyu quesabirria crunch wrap, 30 available per day
• Piglet & Co.'s wings and caviar, 30 available per day
• Pink Onion Pizza's truffle magic pizza slices, 30 available per day
• Provecho's sashimi tostada, 20 available per day
• Um.ma's lobster tail Korean corn dogs, 10 available per day
• Woodhouse Fish Co.'s lobster roll cones, 30 available per day
Outside Lands 2025 is Friday, August 8, through Sunday, August 10, at Golden Gate Park. For the entire food lineup, head to sfoutsidelands.com.
Pedro's crunch wraps are not to be slept on. Bex Wyant
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