SF’s Ferry Building “Pop-Ups on the Plaza” Fall Kickoff (2024)

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Celebrate local Black-owned businesses and kick off the harvest season with a day of delicious food, crafts, and community 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 series of events celebrating Bay Area Black entrepreneurs, including businesses in Foodwise’s Building Equity program. 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.

Participating Food Vendors

• A Girl Named Pinky: Cakes, cookies, and cake pops
• Belle Noire: Accessories
• Bruthas Honey: Local honey, honeycomb, beeswax candles, and lip balm
• CIK Apparel: Apparel and accessories
• Cocoacentric: Jewelry and accessories
• En Vie Naturals: Aromatherapy sprays, body butter lotions, and gift sets/holiday gift sets
• Evolution Hot Sauce: Savory, sweet, and spicy hot sauces
• The Final Sauce: Barbecue sauce, spice rubs, marinades, hot sauces, and vinaigrettes
• Ice Body Skincare: Soaps, body creams, body scrubs, body oils, candles, room sprays, and bath salts
• In Real Life Apparel: Letterman jackets, workout clothes, t-shirts, and hats
• Jewels Dela Soul: Jewelry and handmade bags
• Josephine Southern Cuisine: Peach cobbler, mac & cheese, fried chicken, and collard greens
• The Lemonade Bar: Organic lemonade and organic frozen lemonade
• Lil’ Alijo Catering & Events: Creole and Caribbean cuisine
• MelanAid: Organic and seasonal bottled juices and elixirs
• The Pleasure Principle Supperclub & Dining Events: Peppers sauces, pastries, and curry bowls
• Queso Kings: Artisan cheese, chocolate covered cheese, and grilled cheese sandwiches
• Soul Ties Catering: Shrimp and grits
• That Hausa Vegan: Nigerian meatpies, suya tacos, and fufu and stew
• TriniGirlDoubles: Made-from-scratch Trinidadian street food, with baras (frybread), curry channa (garbanzo beans), chutneys and peppah sauce
• Val’s Hosiery: Pantyhose, knee-highs, tights, trouser socks, and leggings
• Wright’s Delights: Cookies, cakes, dessert chips, drink, candy, and bread and banana pudding

More to come! Check back for updates.

Activities

• Foodwise Demo: Kaliva Morgan, Evolution Hot Sauce | 11:00 am at the Foodwise Classroom (in front of the Ferry Building)
• Foodwise Demo: Sitalbanat Muktari, That Hausa Vegan | 12:00 pm at the Foodwise Classroom (in front of the Ferry Building)
• Music by DJ Lonnie Taylor of BFF.fm
• Check back for updates

Join Us at Future Pop-Ups on the Plaza

Support Bay Area Black entrepreneurs at these upcoming events in 2024:

• Saturday, December 7: Black Holiday Market

Foodwise and our community partners, En2action’s Ujamaa Kitchen, In The Black, Mandela Partners, and Oakland Bloom, are proudly committed to uplifting and advancing equity for BIPOC, immigrant, and limited-resource entrepreneurs across the Bay Area.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.