Hospitality & foodservice events for California operators, 2026–2027

The California Restaurant Show (Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo) runs August 23 to 25, 2026 at the Anaheim Convention Center. It is the largest West Coast gathering of restaurant operators, foodservice technology buyers, and QSR leadership, and is co-located with the Pizza Tomorrow Summit.

Multi-unit QSR operators should prioritize California Restaurant Show (Aug 2026, Anaheim), Pizza Tomorrow Summit (Aug 2026, Anaheim, co-located), ALIS (Jan 2027, Los Angeles) for lodging-adjacent partnerships, and Natural Products Expo West (Mar 2027, Anaheim) for menu ingredient trends. National shows California operators travel to include MURTEC (Mar 2027, Las Vegas), NRA Show (May 2026, Chicago), and Bar & Restaurant Expo (Mar 2027, Las Vegas).

Winter FancyFaire 2027 (Winter Fancy Food Show) runs January 17 to 19, 2027 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. It is the West Coast anchor for the specialty food industry: 1,400+ exhibitors and major buyers from Whole Foods, Erewhon, Gelson's, Draeger's, and the restaurant chefs who shape California foodservice menus.

California hospitality operators regularly travel to seven national events: NRA Show (May 2026, Chicago) for the flagship foodservice trade show, MURTEC (Mar 2027, Las Vegas) for restaurant technology, HITEC (Jun 2026, TBA) for hotel tech, FSTEC (Sep 2026, TBA) for foodservice tech, Bar & Restaurant Expo (Mar 2027, Las Vegas) for operations, The Lodging Conference (Oct 2026, Phoenix) for hotel investment, and Restaurant Leadership Conference (Apr 2027, Phoenix) for senior restaurant leadership.

ALIS (Americas Lodging Investment Summit) runs late January 2027 at JW Marriott LA Live in Los Angeles, the primary lodging investment gathering of the year. The Lodging Conference runs October 2026 in Phoenix and draws senior California hotel owners and developers. HITEC is the leading hotel technology trade show in June 2026 (location varies annually).

Yes. Winter FancyFaire (Jan 17 to 19, 2027, San Francisco) is the West Coast specialty food anchor. Natural Products Expo West (March 2027, Anaheim) is the largest natural and organic products trade show in the world and draws 65,000+ attendees including California QSR and specialty grocery buyers shaping ingredient trends at restaurants and hotels.

The highest-density California restaurant tech buyer rooms are California Restaurant Show (Aug 2026, Anaheim), MURTEC (Mar 2027, Las Vegas, national but heavy CA operator attendance), FSTEC (Sep 2026, TBA), and SF Tech Week hospitality tracks (Oct 2026, San Francisco). Dreamforce (Sep 2026, San Francisco) also pulls enterprise hospitality buyers for Commerce Cloud and Service Cloud tracks.

This directory is verified weekly by Robot.com editorial. Last verification: April 20, 2026. The window covers a rolling 12 months, currently April 2026 to April 2027. Events with TBA dates are flagged and re-checked against the organizer's official site each week.