It's Game Day!
2019-01-07 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | All Cafes
Today is the day you’ve been waiting for all season. Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Clemson Tigers in the NCAA College Football National Championship!
Get in the old college spirit early by joining us in the cafe for your game day favorites!

Energy Balance | Food for Your Well-Being
2019-01-16 11:30 - 13:00 | All Cafes
Weight management is about energy balance. Eat well and move often.
Join us in the café to discover tasty swaps that cut calories and boost flavor.

Chili Cook-Off
2019-01-25 11:00 - 14:00 | All Cafes
Stop by your favorite Disney Cafe to sample chili from our fierce competitors and decide who should take home the title of Chili Cook-Off Champion!

(IMPOSSIBLE) BURGERS WERE JUST THE BEGINNING
2019-01-25 11:00 - 14:00 | Kingswell Cafe
For a limited time only, taste Impossible’s now-even-more-revolutionary plant-based meat before it’s widely available.
Visit the Kingswell Cafe Friday, January 25 to try Chef Kelly’s LAOS-STYLE LARB WITH PEANUTS made with the all-new Impossible meat. It’s so good she’s entered it into a nationwide Impossible recipe contest.
Get ready to have your mind blown. Again.
Impossible Laos-style Larb with Peanuts
Larb is a Laos-and-Thai fusion dish traditionally made with ground lamb. Today we’ve substituted lamb for Laos-style spiced impossible meat with mint, thai-chilis, lemongrass and kaffir lime.
Sides: Served with papaya rice, lettuce cups, raw crushed peanuts.

(IMPOSSIBLE) BURGERS WERE JUST THE BEGINNING
2019-01-28 11:00 - 14:00 | Buena Vista Cafe
For a limited time only, taste Impossible’s now-even-more-revolutionary plant-based meat before it’s widely available.
Visit the Buena Vista Cafe Monday, January 28 to try Chef Mayet’s FILIPINO EMBUTIDO made with the all-new Impossible meat. It’s so good she’s entered it into a nationwide Impossible recipe contest.
Impossible meat will also be featured January 25 at the Buena Vista grill, where you can try the BANGLADESH BURGER.
Get ready to have your mind blown. Again.

Celebrate Lunar New Year!
2019-02-05 11:00 - 13:30 | All Cafes
2019 is the Year of the Pig!
Egg rolls for affluence.
Fish for wealth and abundance.
Scallions for intelligence.
Start the year off right with these lucky Lunar New Year foods traditionally served during the holiday observance.

VALENTINE’S DAY IS FOR (FOOD) LOVERS
2019-02-14 11:00 - 13:30 | All Cafes
Join us in the cafes for a sweetheart of a menu!
Still shopping for Valentine’s Day? SHARE THE LOVE
Pick up something hand-crafted for your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day.
For the week of February 11th, our cafés will be featuring treats that are perfectly packaged for gifting and made using fresh, authentic ingredients including real dairy butter, pure vanilla, fair-trade chocolate and cage-free eggs.
Our delightful treats make a great teachers gift too!
Choose from:
(4) Mickey Linzer Cookies 4.75* per package
(6) Dark Chocolate Fruit Gelee 5.25* per box
(6) Cake Truffles 7.25* per box
* plus tax
Available for a limited time only, while supplies last.

Well-being Wednesday | Healthy Fats
2019-02-20 11:00 - 13:30 | All Cafes
Fats Matter. Get yours from (mostly) plants.
Join us in the café for a DIY Oil Infusion activity.

YOURS FOR THE TASTING
2019-02-28 11:00 - 14:00 | Buena Vista Cafe
Your chef is a finalist!
Earlier this month, Executive Chef, Mayet Cristobal served a dish of Impossible Embutido featuring Impossible’s all-new plant-based meat. Her recipe was so good she is one of only four finalists in a nationwide contest!
This week, enjoy Chef Mayet’s recipe again, and show your support by snapping and tagging photos with #BAMCOxImpossible. We’ll be doling out samples at Buena Vista Cafe on Thursday, February 28th at lunch time.
CLICK HERE for the full story!

Well-being Wednesday | National Nutrition Month
2019-03-06 11:00 - 14:00 | All Cafes
March is National Nutrition Month®.
Our theme this year is “Go Further with Food – Explore the extraordinary versatility of vegetables.”
It encourages the discovery of different culinary techniques to prepare and transform vegetables from ordinary to extraordinary.
Top tips to explore the versatility of vegetables:
1. Aim to eat a fruit or vegetable at every meal, especially breakfast.
2. Think more plant-forward. Try to make vegetables half of your plate.
3. Elevate your kitchen literacy skills and learn new techniques to prepare vegetables.
Try our recipe for Cauliflower Rice at home.

Pi Day
2019-03-14 11:00 - 14:00 | All Cafes
What is Pi?
Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159.
What is Pi Day?
Pi Day is an annual opportunity for math enthusiasts to recite the infinite digits of Pi and talk to their friends about math.
Around here – we eat Pie! Join us in the cafe for sweet and savory pie options.

St. Patrick's Day
2019-03-15 11:00 - 14:00 | All Cafes
St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Sunday this year, but it’s your lucky day – we’re celebrating in the cafes on March 15 by featuring a traditional Irish menu with all of your St. Patrick’s Day favorites!

First Day of Spring
2019-03-20 11:00 - 14:00 | All Cafes
Join us as we welcome Spring in the cafes with a delightful menu written based on this season’s produce.
What’s in season now?
VEGETABLES: Artichokes, Asparagus, Broccoli, Carrots, Cauliflower, Greens (Collard Greens, Kale, Swiss Chard), Fava Beans, Fennel, Green Garlic, Nettles, Peas, Spinach
FRUITS: Avocados, Grapefruits, Guava, Kumquats, Meyer Lemons, Rhubarb, Strawberries, Tangerines
Try a seasonal dish today!

Celebrate Women In the Culinary Field
2019-03-21 11:00 - 14:00 | All Cafes
Learn more about the local Women Chefs who have paved the way in the culinary field in California.
We will be featuring recipes from:
Nancy Silverton
Suzanne Goin
Susan Feniger
Mary Sue Milliken
Alice Waters
Cecilia Chiang
Traci Des Jadrins
Tanya Holland
CLICK HERE to read Chef Mayet’s latest blog and learn more about the women who have influenced her career.

Farmworker Awareness Week (March 25-31)
2019-03-25 - 2019-03-31
This Farmworker Awareness Week, join us in celebrating female changemakers in the farmworker rights movement. Learn about leaders from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, the women of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, and the work of Dolores Huerta. They represent a small number of the many whose advocacy deserves greater recognition.

SLAM DUNK!
2019-03-29 11:00 - 14:00 | All Cafes
Stop by your café Friday, March 29 for one last chance to try our final two dips one more time and vote for your favorite.

We are down to the final 2!
Will it be: The Slam Dippers or The Drunken Hopstas?
YOU DECIDE – It’s madness!
The winning dip will be selected after our final championship battle March 29th and will become a limited time offering in our grab and go cooler.

National Pet Month
2019-04-08 - 2019-04-12 | All Cafes
Did you know?
April is National Pet Month and April 11 is National Pet Day.
While loving our pets is something we do every day, National Pet Day encourages us to pay special attention to pets who may not get that extra attention. Helping out orphaned pet companions will improve their health and enhance their opportunities for adoption.
To help you give some extra love to your furry friends this week, our chefs have prepared house-made “Bone Appétit ” dog treats! Pick some up for your pup… before they run out.

Performance Nutrition | Food for Your Well-Being
2019-04-10 11:30 - 13:30 | All Cafes
Vary your protein routine. Plant proteins pack a powerful punch.
Join us in the café to create your own powerful (plant) protein bowl.

Star Chef Event at the Buena Vista Cafe!
2019-04-29 11:30 - 13:30 | Buena Vista Cafe
Bon Appetit at the Walt Disney Studios present Star Chefs Gayle Pirie and John Clark of Foreign Cinema!
Gayle Pirie and John Clark will sign copies of their book, The Foreign Cinema Cookbook, and a special menu featuring recipes from the book will be offered in the cafe. This beautiful book makes a wonderful Mother’s Day gift!
Foreign Cinema opened its doors in 1999 in the Mission District of San Francisco, pioneers in transforming the neighborhood into a culinary destination. The dramatic experience of dining in the sweeping atrium, where films screen nightly, still enchant visitors 18 years later. Now, for the first time, chef-owners Gayle Pirie and John Clark share the best from their distinctive North African, California-Mediterranean menu.
Featuring 125 signature dishes, the book spans Pirie and Clark’s award-winning brunch favorites like Champagne Omelet and Persian Bloody Mary, cocktail hour with Lavender Baked Goat Cheese in Fig Leaves, and dinner fare including a Five-Spice Duck Breast with Cassis Sauce and Madras Curry Fried Chicken with Spiced Honey, alongside instructions for how to blend spice staples like Ras el Hanout. With rich storytelling throughout, Pirie and Clark offer home cooks a chance to take the restaurant into their own kitchen.

Cinco de Mayo
2019-05-03 11:30 - 13:30 | All Cafes
Well… actually it’s Tres de Mayo, but we’re still celebrating by offering your Cinco de Mayo menu favorites in the cafes so you can double your annual Cinco de Mayo fun this year!

Antioxidants | Food for Your Well-Being
2019-05-08 11:30 - 13:30 | All Cafes
Eat a rainbow of colorful plants. Get your nutrients from nature.
Join us in the café to paint your plate (nutritious) colors with a rainbow salad.

Meet Weber's Master Griller and Teacher, Jamie Purviance at Grand Central!
2019-05-15 11:30 - 13:30 | Grand Central Cafe
Grilling season is here, and so is Weber’s Ultimate Grilling!
Meet author Jamie Purviance and pick up a signed copy of his book, a wonderful outdoor cooking companion or Father’s Day gift! The cafe will feature a special menu with offerings from the book.
Quantities of the book will be limited and offered for purchase at a very special discounted rate to our guests on a first come, first served basis.
Guests who purchase the book or the featured menu item will receive a raffle ticket into our drawing for Weber branded accessories to help kick off barbecue season.
About Jamie Purviance:
Jamie Purviance is a world-renowned grilling expert, and culinary director for Weber. After graduating from Stanford University, he taught English in California and then Indonesia. It was in Asia that he developed a full-blown obsession with outdoor cooking that put smoke in his veins. He graduated from the Culinary Institute of America with high honors and launched a food career that has included multiple New York Times best-selling cookbooks and a James Beard Award nomination. His latest book, “Weber’s Ultimate Grilling,” is a culmination of his 20 years as Weber’s master griller and teacher.
About Weber’s Ultimate Grilling:
From the experts at Weber, the must-have guide for total grill mastery, with 100 all-new recipes and more than 800 inspiring and instructive photos.
This is your new go-to companion from the most trusted name in grilling. Much more than just a recipe collection, Weber’s Ultimate Grilling is an entirely new take on grilling today, with every recipe step visually depicted in full-color photography. With these extensively tested recipes, anyone from amateur to ace can be a barbecue genius. Foundational recipes for popular grilled foods- steak, burgers, pork chops, ribs, chicken breasts and wings, and salmon fillets are masterfully explained in this keepsake classroom-in-a-book. Flavor Bomb spreads offer inspiring, weeknight-friendly recipe ideas for how to create wonderful variations of the most-loved grilled foods. And fun food science facts, along with info-graphics, illustrations, and tips, help you get the absolute best results every time.

Meet Cookbook Author Amy Kimoto-Kahn at Grand Central Cafe
2019-06-24 11:30 - 13:30 | Grand Central Cafe
In Japan, hot pot cooking is called nabemono, or nabe, and cooked in donabe, traditional clay pots. Comforting, healthy, affordable, easy, and quick—especially when you make your broth bases in advance—these satisfying one-pot meals can be customized for anyone (including kids!).
Meet Simply Hot Pots cookbook author Amy Kimoto-Kahn!
Monday, 6.24 lunch time at Grand Central Café
Tuesday, 6.25 lunch time at Buena Vista Café
The Cafés will feature menu items from the book. Personally signed books will be available for purchase at a very special discounted rate on a first come, first served basis. Guests who purchase the book or featured menu item will receive a chance to win a traditional clay pot!
ABOUT THE BOOK
Simply Hot Pots brings hot pot cooking to your table with a complete course of 75 recipes, including 15 base broths (from shabu-shabu to bone broths to creamy corn and tomato broths); pork, chicken, beef, seafood, spicy, vegetable, and specialty hot pot meals; dipping sauces; sides; and desserts. Amy Kimoto-Kahn, the best-selling author of Simply Ramen, shares recipes of traditional and non-traditional Japanese hot pots, along with East Asian hot pots with flavors from Mongolia, Thailand, and Malaysia.
You and your guests will love quickly cooking shabu-shabu–style meats, greens, mushrooms, onions, root and other vegetables, and tofu in the piping hot, savory broths, followed by a shime (end-of-meal course), when plump udon noodles, tender ramen noodles, or fluffy rice are placed into the leftover broth and simmered until warm and bursting with its delicious flavor.
With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and stunning photos, Simply Hot Pots will not only have your dinner table brimming with great food, but also great conversation.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Amy Kimoto-Kahn was born in Fullerton, California, and now lives with her family in Boulder, Colorado. She is Yonsei, or fourth-generation Japanese-American, and a mom of three. She is a graduate of the Miyajima Ramen School in Osaka, Japan, and has taught a popular series of Asian-inspired cooking classes for Williams-Sonoma. She shares her Japanese-American homestyle, kids-will-like-it-too recipes on her blog, Easy Peasy Japanesey. When she is not cooking, she runs a mom-focused marketing firm, Fat Duck Consulting that she founded in 2008. She is the best-selling cookbook author of Simply Ramen (Race Point, 2016) and Simply Hot Pots (Race Point, 2019).

Meet Cookbook Author Amy Kimoto-Kahn at Buena Vista Cafe
2019-06-25 11:30 - 13:30 | Buena Vista Cafe

Eat Local Challenge 2019
2019-09-24
Our chefs are taking on Bon Appétit Management Company’s annual Eat Local Challenge! Come enjoy a meal made entirely of foods grown within 150 miles of this café, and see a list of local farms and purveyors that we’re featuring.

Oktoberfest
2019-10-03 11:00 - 14:00
Did you know?
Oktoberfest is held annually in Munich, Germany and is the world’s largest fair drawing more than six million people from around the world!
Join us in the Disney Cafes at lunch time as we celebrate in the cafe with an Oktoberfest menu!

Food for Your Well-Being: Plant-Based Proteins
2019-10-09 11:00 - 14:00 | All Cafes
VARY YOUR PROTEIN ROUTINE | Plant proteins pack a powerful punch!
Plant proteins are a powerhouse of good nutrition, loaded with phytonutrients, fiber, and naturally low in saturated fat. Visit us in the café on October 9th to explore creative and delicious ways to incorporate plants into your meals.

Join us for a Harvest Party
2019-10-24 11:00 | Buena Vista Cafe
Enjoy all the fall feels in the Buena Vista Cafe as our chefs feature autumn flavors inspired by the bounty of the season.

Happy Halloween!
2019-10-31 11:00 - 14:00 | All Cafes
No tricks, just treats… that scream Halloween!
Get them while they last.

It's Tamale Time!
2019-12-16 - 2019-12-20
Our house-made tamales are back by popular demand!
Look for them to be featured at lunch time throughout the week of December 16th in the Disney Cafes so you can try them.
Then pre-order so you can take some home to share with your friends and family over the holiday season.
Choose from chile rojo tamales, tamales de pollo, or rajas con queso tamales with our freshly-made salsa.
