Kel Mitchell’s Burger Fest to make its Los Angeles debut

Kel Mitchell, who made orange soda a personality trait on Nickelodeon, will bring Kel’s Burger Fest to Griffith Park in 2027.

The actor and comedian is teaming up with Bucket Listers and Street Food Cinema for the outdoor festival’s Los Angeles debut on Feb. 20. The first edition of the burger festival took place in Brooklyn in August 2025.

Mitchell starred with Kenan Thompson on two staples of ’90s-era Nickelodeon, the sketch show “All That” and the sitcom “Kenan & Kel.” On “All That,” he played Ed, the cheerfully hapless cashier he would later play again in the 1997 film “Good Burger” and its 2023 sequel. Los Angeles got a taste in 2019 when a “Good Burger” pop-up opened in West Hollywood with a menu by Eggslut founder Alvin Cailan.

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The burger lineup for Kel’s Burger Fest draws from Los Angeles restaurants, pop-ups and food trucks, with Irv’s Burgers, Heavy Handed, Fat Sal’s, Marathon Burger and Burger She Wrote among the vendors. Also on the bill is Sawtelle’s Ban Ban Burgher, which puts a Thai spin on smashburgers.

Organizers also list Oklahoma onion burgers, sushi burgers and plant-based options among the upcoming offerings. Ed’s special sauce, the orange sauce that helped the fictional burger joint become a success, will be on hand, too.

Event organizers are billing the day as a ’90s throwback with Mitchell hosting a dance battle, trivia and, naturally, an orange soda chugging contest. (For the discerning citrus soda aficionado, there will be orange soda flights and a fountain.) DJs, carnival games, a pickle bar and a vintage flea market will round out the activities.

The burger bonanza happens at the Autry Museum of the America West. Doors will open at 11 a.m. Feb. 20 at 4700 Western Heritage Way in Los Angeles. The festival will be open to all ages. A presale waiting list is open at bucketlisters.com.