Pop-Ups on the Plaza: Fall Kickoff

Celebrate local Black-owned businesses and kick off the harvest season with a day of delicious food, community, and family fun at the Embarcadero Ferry Terminal Plaza (south of the Ferry Building) and Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Entry is free and open to the public, and food and drinks will be available for purchase.

Pop-Ups on the Plaza is a Port sponsored event brought to you by Foodwise. This program is proudly funded in partnership with the San Francisco Human Rights Commission’s Dream Keeper Initiative. Additional support is provided by the Ferry Building.

Visit the Ferry Terminal Plaza (south of the Ferry Building) for special pop-up food vendors, family activities, music, and more:

• A Girl Named Pinky: Cookies, Cake Pops, Sweet Treats
• Boug Cali: Gumbo Jars, Jambalaya Mix
• Brutha’s Honey: Honey, Honeycomb, Beeswax, Beeswax Candles, Beeswax Lip balm, Honey Sticks
• Evolution Hot Sauce: Pre-packaged Hot Sauce
• Gourmonade: Gourmet Lemonade
• The Lemonade Bar: Organic Lemonades, Organic Frozen Lemonades
• Lil’ Alijo Catering & Events: Crawfish & Shrimp Étouffée, Seafood Pan Roast, Red Beans & Rice, Macarons, Praline Candy, Peach Croissant Bread Pudding, Signature Blondies & Brownies, Praline Glazed Mini Bundt Cake
• LoJo’s Tacos: Breakfast Tacos (Vegetarian, Meat, Special)
• MelanAid: Bottled Organic Juices: Soulstice (Pear, Elderberry, Mint), Firestorm (Hibiscus, Turmeric, Ginger)
• Peaches Patties: Ackee and Saltfish Patty (Jamaican Breakfast Patty), Beef Patty, Irie Lentil Patty, Oxtails Jerk Wings, Sorrel
• Sam’s Gourmet Jams: Gourmet, Low-Sugar, Small-Batch Jams, Jellies, and Preserves
• Smoke Soul Kitchen: Soul-Fusion BBQ
• Sukulenta SF: Beef Empanadas, Mushroom Empanadas, Colombian Asado (grilled beef, chicken, pork, potatoes, corn, guacamole, ají)
• That’s My Jam: Various Flavors of Low-Sugar and Pectin-Free Jams, Biscuit Mix
• Wright’s Delights: Cakes, Cupcakes, Caramel Apples, Bread, Banana Pudding
• Community Zone with Port of San Francisco Dream Keeper Initiative, Stanford Cancer Institute (breast cancer screening info)
• Foodwise Education Station: Vegetable Stamp Art
• Kids Activity with Bonita the Bumblebee
• Music by DJ Lonnie Taylor of BFF.fm

Visit the south patio in front of the Ferry Building to support Black makers at the In the Black pop-up craft market. Check back for details.

Visit the Foodwise Classroom (green tent in front of the Ferry Building) for free cooking demos featuring the seasonal bounty of the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market.

• Foodwise Demo: Angélica Mena, Sukulenta SF (10:30 am)
• More to come.

Pop-Ups on the Plaza is a series of quarterly events celebrating Bay Area Black entrepreneurs, including businesses in Foodwise’s Building Equity program. Foodwise and our community partners, En2action’s Ujamaa Kitchen, La Cocina, Mandela Partners, and SF Black Wallstreet, are proudly committed to uplifting and advancing equity for BIPOC, immigrant, and limited-resource entrepreneurs across the Bay Area. Support Bay Area Black food entrepreneurs at these upcoming events:

• Saturday, December 9: Pop-Ups on the Plaza: Black Holiday Market

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco, United States