Vista Village Chocolate Festival details
 Over 140 vendors last year: arts, crafts, jewelry, clothing, business services, food court and chocolate!
Kite sculptures + "Kites over Vista" events - details
Weather - The forecast is partly cloudy with a high temperature of 67 on Sunday with a 10% chance of rain. The festival WILL be held, rain or shine. Details.
CHOCOLATE ALLEY (in the vicinity of Broadway and Indiana), featuring a dozen chocolate vendors. Here is a sample of last years participants
- Brandini Toffee - Fresh and simple. They use only 4 ingredients – Creamy Butter, Pure Cane Sugar, Dark Chocolate and Roasted Almonds. From La Quinta.
- C.C.’s Chocolate Etcetera – A chocolate and candy shop with retro flair owned by Cindy "C.C." Casady at
189 S. Rancho Santa Fe Road
in nearby
San Marcos
. Specializes in hand-made fudge and customized favors for any special event.
- Fran & Patti's Past Times Chocolate Shop - Manufacturing
a variety of delicious and beautifully detailed
chocolates, filled and solid, since 1992.
Mother and daughter-owned business based in Sun City. "Our Triple Dipped Chocolate Caramel Pecan Turtles, our
Chocolate Covered Cherries and our Chocolate Crunches are
"Simply Irresistible."
- Garden State Ice - Flavored Italian ice, including chocolate. Alan Amster of Carlsbad.
- Mellace Family Brands -
Dark chocolate & cinnamon almonds, milk choc. Irish cream, dark chocolate cashews and assorted roasted nuts. Based in Carlsbad.
- Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory -
Chocolate dipped strawberries, chocolates and other candies
- Starbucks Coffee - Frappucino samples.
- Sweet Treats - Chocolate-dipped goodies from Dale Prochnow of Wildomar.
- Tony & Lucy's - Funnel cakes with chocolate topping. From San Diego.
- Victorian Sweet Shoppe - Frozen fresh fruit kabobs dipped in various chocolate and cruch mixtures. Based in Colton.
- Yo Lily Cheesecake Company - Cheesecake on a stick, chocolate atrawberries. From Chula Vista.
- Zoofari - Boxes of chocolate truffles. Jackie Navarro of Carlsbad.
Kids Zone (Main Street from Santa Fe to Indiana) - Rides on Main Street.
Music featured at Entertainment Stage at the Fountain (corner of Main Street and Michigan Ave.)
From 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
FOOD COURT (last years line-up)
- Carvel Ice Cream
- Hunter Steakhouse
- El Gordito Feliz Mexican Food
- Hot 2 Pop Kettle Korn
- Donut Dudes
- Major League
- New York Giant Pizza
- Olga's Concessions
RESTAURANTS - On Main Street within the festival boundaries:
- Curbside Cafe
- Hennessey's
- Village Cafe
- Juanita's Taco Shop
- El Ranchero
- Allen's Alley
- URBN Pizza
NEARBY ATTRACTIONS - Open during the festival:
- The Wave Waterpark, 101 Wave Drive, one block away, open 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Memorial weekend
- Krikorian Theatres, 25 Main Street, one block from festival
- Celebrate Vista art banner display - On Main Street in the middle of the festival. Also on S. Santa Fe Avenue.
- Vista Art Foundation Gallery, 204 Main Street, open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday
- Vistacado Mural - 562-ft. long mural tracing Vista's history. Behind Hennessy's in the 200 block of Main Street. Believed to be the world's longest mural painted by one artist on a series of buildings.
- Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, 2040 N. Santa Fe Ave., two miles away, open daily 10 to 4
- Vista Entertainment Center - 435 W Vista Way, half mile away. Bowling and laser tag.
- Boomers - 1525 W Vista Way, one mile away. Miniature golf, batting cages, bumper boats, go-carts, laser tag.
* FREE admission North County Times story on 2006 Chocolate Festival
* Red Cross Bloodmobile - sign up for an appointment time during the Chocolate Festival - use sponsor code "Chocofest"
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