Venice Doubled Its Access-Fee Days for 2025 — What Food Travelers Need to Know
The day-tripper charge now covers 54 days including every summer weekend, but overnight guests — the ones eating at the bacari — follow different rules.
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News that moves the dates of a food trip: festival and fair calendars, harvest timing shifted by weather, market hall renovations, seasonal restaurant closures, transport disruption and entry rule changes. Reports carry the dates and the places affected. For readers holding a booking that depends on a season.
Dates and disruptions for food trips: festival calendars, harvest timing, market renovations, seasonal closures and entry rules affecting a journey.
Michelin Guide Adds Six Great Lakes Cities to Its Culinary Map
Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Pittsburgh join a new regional Michelin edition, with inspectors dining anonymously now and the first stars due in 2027.
Champagne Prepares Its Earliest Harvest on Record, Opening August 15
The region's official 2026 picking calendar opens mid-August — on course to beat the previous record set in 2020, per the trade press and the CIVC's dates.
Galway Oyster Festival 2026: The World's Longest-Running Oyster Party Returns Sept 25–27
The 72nd Galway International Oyster & Seafood Festival opens the native oyster season from September 25 to 27, with its Oyster Trail of 35-plus venues across the city.
Oktoberfest 2026 Dates Confirmed: Munich's 191st Festival Runs Sept 19–Oct 4
The Theresienwiese program opens Saturday, September 19, 2026, and closes Sunday, October 4 — with tent reservations, the deciding factor for food travelers, already in motion.
North America's 50 Best Restaurants 2026: Smyth of Chicago Takes No. 1
The list was revealed in New Orleans on May 29, with Calgary's EIGHT the highest new entry at No. 2 and Mashama Bailey named best female chef.
Evvai and Tuju Become Latin America's First Three-Star Michelin Restaurants
Two São Paulo kitchens took three stars at the April 13 ceremony at Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Palace, a first for Brazil and for Latin America.
Vinitaly 2026 Closes in Verona: What the April Fair Means for Wine Travelers
The 58th edition ran April 12–15 at Veronafiere and drew more than 90,000 trade visitors from 135 countries, per the organizer.
Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2026: Gaggan Tops the List in Hong Kong
Bangkok's Gaggan was named Asia's best restaurant for the new list, revealed March 25 at the Kerry Hotel, Hong Kong, with The Chairman at No. 2.