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EXPERIENCE THE
SWEETER SIDE OF OCEANSIDE

Saturday, May 6

2-5 p.m. | Downtown Oceanside

Experience the sweeter side of Oceanside at the Third Annual Mother’s Day Is Sweet. From 2 -5 p.m. on Saturday, May 6, treat Mom to an afternoon of dessert, small bites and craft beverage tasting at Sweet and NEW Savory Stops throughout Downtown Oceanside while you shop for her and make her day. Bring the whole family to our returning spring tasting event with a discounted family ticket and enjoy mobile scavenger hunt fun and sweets while you walk. 

All tickets sales are online. Tickets will be available until 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 6. Tickets are limited to 500. Check-in will begin at 1 p.m. on the day of the event at the Civic Center Fountain in front of the Oceanside Public Library at 330 N. Coast Highway. This event is rain or shine.

BACK FOR 2023! Make this Mother’s Day the sweetest one yet with our mobile challenge to shop, eat and play local with Mom, the Mother's Day Is Sweet Challenge. Register below by March 31 to take our returning mobile challenge to shop, eat and play local with Mom, and you will be entered to win a free pair of tickets to Mother's Day Is Sweet.

TICKET PRICING 

ADVANCE

Adult food only: $30

Adult food + beverage: $45

Child (ages 4-12): $15

Family pack: $100

(for two adults and two kids)

DAY OF

Adult food only: $35

Adult food + beverage: $50

Child (ages 4-12): $15

Family pack: $105

(for two adults and two kids)

MOTHER'S DAY IS SWEET CHALLENGE

Saturday, May 6-Mother's Day, May 14

Downtown Oceanside

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Take our returning mobile challenge to shop, eat and play local. Register and download our scavenger hunt mobile app. Then get ready to visit Oceanside businesses and destinations at Mother's Day Is Sweet, May 6, through Mother's Day, May 14, for a chance to win local prizes. Shop local for Mother's Day and win!

2023 PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES

SWEET STOPS | SIP STOPS | SAVORY 

1022 CAFE & GELATERIA

602 Mission Ave.

Serving Gelato & Sorbet

BEACH HUT DELI

280 Mission Ave

Taste by Beach Hut Deli

Serving Acai Bowls with coconut, granola, fruit, & honey

BLISS TEA & TREATS

301 Mission Ave.  #101a

Taste by Bliss Tea & Treats 

Tasting of Cherry Blossom mocktail

CARRILLO POTTERY

309 S. Coast Highway

Sip by CaliFino Tequila

COMMUNAL COFFEE

602 S. Tremont St. Suite 100

Sip by Communal Coffee

COOMBER CRAFT WINES

611 Mission Ave.

Sip by Coomber Craft Wines

Serving Coomber Beach Chardonnay & Coomber Beach Cabernet Sauvingon

DAIRY QUEEN

620 Mission Ave.

Tasting by Dairy Queen

Serving soft serve ice cream 

FLIP FLOP SHOPS OCEANSIDE

214 N. Coast Highway

Sip by Bagby Beer

FLOURISH + LIVE WELL

510 N. Coast Highway

Tasting by Baked Jess Right

FLYING PIG PUB & KITCHEN 

509 Mission Ave.

Tasting by Flying Pig Pub & Kitchen

Serving Banana Pudding

FUGU ICE CREAM & TAIYAKI

410 Mission Ave.

Tasting by Fugu Ice Cream 

Serving Ice Cream & Taiyaki

GOBLIN SHARK EMPORIUM

109 S. Coast Hwy.

Sip by Cut Water

HANDELS ICECREAM

509 Mission Ave.

Tasting by Handels Homemade Ice Cream

THE FAMOUS HIGH PIE

250 N. Pacific

Serving hand pies

HIGH/LOW

201 N. Meyers

Sip by High/Low

Serving a Sunset Cocktail (It's a surprise)

KNVS

127 S. Coast Hwy

Taste by Haetae

Serving Stuffed tator tots with bacon, cheddar & sour cream

Sip by Batch 22

LANDMARK PLANT CO.

321 S. Coast Highway

Sip by Northern Pine Brewing

LUNA GRACE PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO & ART GALLERY 

409 Mission Ave. Unit C125

Taste by @superflypiesoside

MAB BEAUTY BAR

212 Artist Alley Suite B & C

Sip by Golden Coast Mead

MYSTIC SOUL RITUAL SHOP

212 Artist Alley Suite E

Sip by Coomber Craft Wines

NORTH COUNTY ROASTERY

129 S. Coast Hwy. 

Sip & Taste by North County Roastery

Serving Roasted pure chocolate with Himalayan salt

& coffee

OCEANSIDE ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

401 N. Coast Highway Set 101A

SUNSHINE BROOKS THEATRE

217 N  COAST HWY

Sip by Oceanside Theatre Company

ORFILA VINYARDS & WINERY

221 N. Cleveland St

Taste by Orfila Vinyards

Serving Vegan champagne cake bites

OTTERLEI COASTAL

250 Mission Ave.

Sip by Orfila Vineyards

SIREN FLORAL SHOP

427 S. Coast Hwy.

Taste by Tara's Lucious Cheats

THE LAB COLLABORATIVE

201 N. Cleveland St.

Taste by The Lab Collaborative

THE SWITCHBOARD RESTAURANT & BAR

131 S. Coast Highway

Tasting by The Switchboard Restaurant & Bar

Sip by The Switchboard Restaurant & Bar

Serving a house made craft cocktail

WHITLOCK INDUSTRIES INC. 

609 Mission Ave.

Sip by Señor Grubbys

Serving the Whitlock Wipeout

About Mother's Day Is Sweet

Part of MainStreet Oceanside’s Eat & Shop Local Oceanside series of annual events, Mother’s Day Is Sweet is a spring family tasting and shopping event to support local restaurants, retail businesses and artisan bakers by encouraging residents and visitors to eat and shop local for Mother’s Day. Our Eat & Shop Local Oceanside program events also include Taste of Oceanside the first weekend in October and ’Tis the Season to Shop Local starting on Small Business Saturday. 

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