Savor Santa Ana

Each year at Savor Santa Ana, more than 40 downtown Santa Ana restaurants fling open their doors for small bites and libations as you walk through music-filled streets of DTSA. Savor Santa Ana is back on Saturday, October 13 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. all over downtown.

Walk door-to-door or take a trolley to hear live musicians and student performers, meet local food scene entrepreneurs, taste from local restaurants, and see downtown Santa Ana’s historic buildings beautifully restored with wood, brick, glass and steel.

One of OC’s most historic cities is now home to not one but two food halls, and dozens of food options that feature everything from Santa Ana’s hallmark traditional cuisines from northern and central Latin America, to millennial-generation experimental foods, modern Mexican, modern Filipino, wine bars and bistros, and central and southeast Asian traditional and fusion fares.

TASTING TICKETS: $10 gets you 5 tasting tickets to redeem at any of 40+ participating restaurants and eateries. Order as many sets of 5 tasting tickets as you like. Buy tickets online in advance at SavorSantaAna.com. Tickets will also be available for purchase during Savor Santa Ana at two locations: East End: 4th and Spurgeon, and West End: 4th and Broadway. Ticket booths will open at 5 pm and will be CASH ONLY.

The event features restaurant tastings and East End incubator kitchen tastings; free trolley rides; Viva La Vida street cultural event with entertainment by Kilson Street; cool craft beer and cocktails for the adults! There will also be new restaurants participating like Element 7, Cevicheria Nais, Chevita’s, Ramen Tokudai, Graze & more.

Savor Santa Ana

Savor the tastes of Downtown Santa Ana on Thursday from 5:30 to 9 p.m. when more than 20 restaurants and artisanal food producers will offer inexpensive tastings.

At Savor Santa Ana you can pick up a booklet of 12 tasting tickets for just $10. With your booklet and a route map, you can walk to local eateries and exchange your tickets for food tastings, local art and other goodies, too.

Some of the participating restaurants include: Chapter One: the modern local, Diego's, Little Sparrow, C4 Deli: cure for the common, Blackmarket Bakery, Taqueria Guadalajara, Life is Sweet Bakery, The Copper Door, Playground, Robbins Nest, Boldo and more.

Start your Savor Santa Ana experience at the ticket & Info Booth that opens at 5 p.m. on Spurgeon Promenade (located on Spurgeon between 3rd and 4th Streets) or at the Gypsy Den (125 N. Broadway).

Advance tickets are also available online at Downtown-SantaAna.com for will-call pickup at the ticket booths.

The DTSA Farmer’s Market will also be open for a chance to shop for fresh foods and handcrafted desserts, pop-up restaurants and beverages. 

Savor Santa Ana is produced by Downtown Incorporated with support from the Santa Ana Restaurant Association and is sponsored by Yelp and OC Weekly with music provided by the OC Music League.