Something NEW Has Arrived at EPCOT's Food & Wine Festival ? and We're Seriously Excited

September 22nd cannot get here fast enough!

EPCOT Food & Wine Festival

September in general is actually a BIG month for Disney World. During that month, the 100th Anniversary celebration will “officially” kick off in Disney World with more additions at EPCOT, like a platinum Mickey statue and a new Spaceship Earth lighting show. But it’ll also mark the opening of some very special things at EPCOT’s International Food & Wine Festival!

While we were walking around EPCOT recently, we spotted a NEW booth that had been placed around World Showcase lagoon!

There It Is!

According to a Cast Member we spoke to, the booth will become the new home of Char & Chop — one of the BRAND NEW food booths coming to the 2023 Food & Wine Festival. Keep in mind, this is just what a Cast Member told us and things are subject to change.

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The booth is located right along the start of World Showcase, as you walk down the center pathway and hang a left. According to the Cast Member, it’ll be across from Disney Traders once completed. Char & Chop is marked as spot #32 in the map below so you can get a better feel for where it’ll be.

Festival Map!

Char & Chop is set to open on September 22nd, 2023. Here’s a look at its full menu:

Food Items:

Roasted Porchetta with lemon-parsley salsa verde and shaved fennel salad (New)
Grilled IMPOSSIBLE Spicy Sausage with herbed polenta, puttanesca sauce, and ricotta (New)
Meat Assorti: Trio of shaved meats with baby arugula, pickled mustard seeds, truffle oil, and grilled ciabatta (New)

Beverages:

Krombacher Pilsner (New)
North Coast Laguna Baja Vienna Lager (New)
Motorworks Brewing Midnight Espresso Coffee Porter (New)
GoGi ‘Birdie’ Pinot Noir
Bloody Mary with Seaside Grown Bloody Mary Mix and Kurvball Barbecue Whiskey
Beer Flight

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Three other NEW food booths will open on the same day — September 22nd — as part of the Food & Wine Festival and 100th Anniversary celebrations.

One of those new booths could be located at the former Traveler’s Cafe location (old Starbucks). We’re continuing to look for updates there.

Traveler’s Cafe

To see the FULL menus for these new booths that will open on September 22nd and all of the booths available at the Festival, click here. We’re continuing to watch for updates as the opening date for these booths approaches, so stay tuned for more news!

To see ALL of our reviews from the Food & Wine Festival, click here!

IT'S WINE & DINE TIME!

Food & Wine Festival can be a bummer. You stand in line waiting for what looks like the perfect treat, and it's a bust. But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE EPCOT Food & Wine Festival experience.

If you're planning a day or a week at the festival, we've got every performance, activity, and tasty nosh detailed out so you can make the most of your time and money. Listen, it's a tough job eating and documenting the nearly 200 bites and sips, but we do it all for YOU!