From October 23 to November 1, the traditional restaurant and café event “Autumn Tasting in the Jelgava Area 2026” will take place in Jelgava and Jelgava Municipality. This year, the event will celebrate the 370th anniversary of potatoes being served at the duke's table. To honor this occasion, fourteen restaurants and cafés will offer traditional potato dishes in unexpected flavor variations and combinations with other seasonal vegetables and natural treats.
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Price: 40 EUR
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Crispy shrimp croquette, potato nest, lime aioli
Main courses of your choice
Duck fillet, mushroom medallions, pear-cranberry chutney
Halibut fillet with herbs, coconut-citrus orzotto, white wine-shrimp sauce
Dessert
Sweet potato, pear, sea buckthorn
 63010220  Jelgava, Kr.Barona Street 6
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Price: 30 EUR
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Beet Salad with Feta Cheese — oven-roasted beets, mixed greens, crumbled feta cheese, lemon-honey dressing, walnuts
Pumpkin salad—oven-roasted butternut squash, arugula, pumpkin seeds, balsamic dressing, paprika
Main Courses of Your Choice
Potato in its Jacket with Tuna—oven-roasted potato with skin, stuffed with tuna and red onion salsa, mixed fall greens
Potato in its Jacket with Beans—oven-roasted potato in its jacket, stuffed with beans and caramelized bacon, mixed fall greens
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Sweet Potato Cheesecake with Berries
26671966Jelgava, Jāņa Asara Street 1
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Price: 30 EUR
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Cream of pumpkin, carrot, and tomato soup served with potato bread
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Pork medallions with creamy potato dumplings in a sauce of sun-dried tomatoes and spinach
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“Kartupelis” cake with raspberry confit and whipped cream, served with black coffee
26403805 Jelgava, Elektrības iela 10
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Price: 30 EUR
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Potato appetizer stuffed with Gouda cheese—a crispy potato appetizer with a creamy Gouda cheese filling and garlic sauce
Soup
Cream of Potato Soup – velvety cream of potato soup with cheese and crispy bacon
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Stuffed Sweet Potato Boats – baked sweet potatoes with a juicy filling of ground meat, tomatoes, and beans
Dessert
Chocolate and Sweet Potato Brownie—a moist chocolate brownie with sweet potato, chocolate sauce, and ice cream
24203211 Jelgava, Lielā iela 19A
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Price: 30 EUR
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Autumn potato soup with smoked pork belly
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Beef rollmops stuffed with onions, smoked meat, and pickled cucumbers, served with layered potato casserole
Dessert
Chocolate potato with lemon sauce
63025909, 20227939 Jelgava, 7 J. Čakstes Blvd.
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Price: 40 EUR
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Potato carpaccio with truffle oil, hard cheese, pine nuts, trout roe, and arugula
Main courses of your choice
Venison entrecôte seared in clarified butter, served with a potato-porcini mushroom muffin and a lingonberry-port wine sauce
Traditional ravioli with grilled potatoes and Latvian porcini mushrooms
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Potato-chocolate cake with dark cherry balsamic sauce and vanilla ice cream
20006488 Jelgava, Akadēmijas Street 1 - 8th floor
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The grill bar and restaurant “Parks”
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Price: 40 EUR
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Cream of potato and leek soup with pan-seared portobello mushrooms, truffle oil, and bacon
Main courses of your choice
Confit of rabbit legs with sweet potato purée, potato galette, smoked Savoy cabbage, and a lingonberry-thyme reduction
Slow-cooked beef cheeks with potatoes sautéed in Parmesan-garlic butter, roasted fava beans, caramelized onion foam, and a broth-porcini mushroom sauce
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Dark chocolate tart with quince candies, caramelized pear ice cream, and raspberry gel
20118881 Jelgava, Krišjāņa Barona Street 3
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Bistro and Pastry Shop – Café “Silva”
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Price: 30 EUR
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COURSE I — THE BEGINNING. ANDI
Peruvian Potato Salad
Main Course
COURSE II — THE ARRIVAL. MĪTAVA, 1656
THE DUKE’S CROWN
Dessert
COURSE III — TRANSFORMATION. JELGAVA, 2026
Potato Transformation
22009889; 29266586 Jelgava, Driksas Street 9
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Price: 30 EUR
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COURSE I — THE BEGINNING. ANDI - CAUSA — Peruvian potato tower
Main Course
COURSE II — THE ARRIVAL. MĪTAVA, 1656 - CAPCHI, in the style of the Duke
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COURSE III — TRANSFORMATION. JELGAVA, 2026 — The Potato Becomes a Cake
22119119, 29266586 Jelgava, Pilssalas Street 2a
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Price: 35 EUR
Appetizers of your choice
Crispy pikeperch croquettes with Jerusalem artichoke purée, dill oil, spicy chickpeas, purple potato chips, and creamy shrimp sauce
Crispy cheese-almond croquettes with Jerusalem artichoke purée, dill oil, spicy chickpeas, purple potato chips, cranberry-raisin chutney, and white wine sauce
Main courses of your choice
Beef braised in red wine with celery root–quince purée, broad bean–mushroom ragout, candied cranberries, potato–mustard cream roll, and toasted malt–cider sauce
Tofu caramelized in soy-chili sauce with celery root–quince purée, broad bean–mushroom ragout, potato–mustard cream roll, and fennel–carrot salad
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Brownie tiramisu with buttered pumpkin cream, raspberry gel, and candied cranberries
20455402 Jelgava County, Riga–Šiauliai 43 km
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Price: 40 EUR
Soup
Cream of wild mushrooms, leeks, and potatoes with toasted country bacon, croutons, and a herb cream potato carpaccio
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Grilled beet and duck salad with goat cheese, black balsamic, cherry, and chili caramel, and toasted seeds
Main courses of your choice
Venison medallions, tenderized and marinated in beet and lingonberry juice, served in a smoked and grain pepper cream sauce with marinated pepper and onion slices and a purée of grilled garlic, pumpkin, and carrots; venison fillet with a potato and porcini mushroom muffin
Ketlaša, a layered potato pancake burger with cranberry cream, arugula salad, Brie, and parsley-nut pesto ravioli with potatoes and porcini mushrooms
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Warm quince-blueberry-cheese tart with dragon fruit ice cream; potato-chocolate cake
29160393 Jelgava County, Valgunde Parish, Riga–Liepāja 22 km
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Price: 35 EUR
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Burrata cheese salad
Main Course
Chicken cordon bleu with sweet potatoes and vegetables
Dessert
Puff pastry cake with delicate vanilla cream
28730584, 26532866 Jelgava County, Vilces Street 8, Svēte Parish
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Price: 40 EUR
Amuse-bouche
Tender Jerusalem artichokes with nuts, apricots, and quinces, garnished with browned butter
Appetizer
Silky pumpkin and Jerusalem artichoke soup with a light hint of ginger and crunchy pumpkin seed croutons
Main courses of your choice
Pike in a Blankenfelde apple and pear wine sauce with potato and Jerusalem artichoke purée, mushroom duxelle, and fresh herbs
Beef tenderloin steak in a Blankenfelde elderberry and blackcurrant wine sauce, served with potato and Jerusalem artichoke purée, mushroom duxelle, and fresh herbs
Baked goat cheese with three varieties of tomatoes and a honey sauce
Dessert
Pumpkin and salted caramel pie with a spelt flour crust
Available dates and times Oct. 23 — 7:00 p.m.; Oct. 24 — 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.; Oct. 25 — 2:00 p.m.; Oct. 30 — 7:00 p.m.; Oct. 31 — 1:00 p.m.; Nov. 1 — 2:00 p.m.
29445426 Jelgava County, Blankenfelde, Vilce Parish
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“Masti” Restaurant
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Price: 35 EUR
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Turkey fillet salad with marinated mini potatoes and nameko mushrooms; turkey fillet marinated in teriyaki sauce, rosemary, juniper berries, and anise berries, cooked sous vide. Served with boiled and marinated mini potatoes, a mixed green salad, and nameko mushrooms marinated in oil
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Oven-roasted sturgeon fillet with potato-spinach purée and white wine-horseradish sauce; sturgeon fillet, potato-spinach purée, white wine-horseradish sauce, baby carrots
Marinated pork tenderloin medallions with potato gratin and a green pepper-cranberry sauce; pork tenderloin marinated in rosemary and ginger, potato gratin, green pepper-cranberry sauce
Dessert
Pear strudel with sweet potato-peach sauce; homemade pear strudel served with a sauce made from sweet potatoes, peaches, rosemary, and coconut milk
23884400 Jelgava County, Ozolnieki, Ozolnieku Lake, Ezerkrasti
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The "Autumn Tasting" campaign continues an already established tradition, offering local residents and visitors a chance to discover and rediscover the variety of dining options in Jelgava and the Jelgava region. The menu will feature dishes characteristic of autumn, made with ingredients from the land, forest, and water, allowing guests to taste foods not usually offered on everyday menus. The campaign aims to encourage visitors to try new dining spots and enjoy a specially balanced three-course meal.
Menus for the campaign, along with the opening hours of the participating restaurants, will be available in early October on the website www.visit.jelgava.lv and on Visit Jelgava’s social media profiles. Guests are encouraged to book tables in advance to ensure they can enjoy the prepared offerings.
In October, Visit Jelgava’s social media profiles will also host a contest where participants can win the chance to taste the special "Tasting" menu at one of the restaurants.
“Tasting” days in the Jelgava area are held twice a year – in spring and autumn. The events are organized by the Jelgava Regional Tourism Center in cooperation with the city of Jelgava, Jelgava municipality, the Jelgava Catering and Hospitality Association, and local catering businesses.
