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The giant food truck party returns to Fort Mason with 32 trucks & four bars | Friday
By - posted 3/21/2013 No Comment


Over 32 food trucks and street food carts in a huge circle with a full bar and bands in the middle? Now that’s a party.

Off the Grid is a weekly outdoor food truck bonanza staged every Friday from 5-10pm at the historic waterfront campus of Fort Mason Center. In 2013, they are focusing on the new and innovative – introducing a bevy of first-time vendors, as well as established favorites, including bar services from Alembic and Magnolia Brewery.

  • Over 32 innovative food vendors
  • Four bars featuring classic cocktails, craft beer and local wines.
  • A reserved lounge for Popup Prix Fixe Dining
  • Live music all night

Off The Grid: Fort Mason
Fridays at 5pm – Starting March 22, 2013
Fort Mason
FREE Admission

The truck list varies each week, but here’s a typical lineup you can expect…

Main Event Area Vendors:

  • Alicia’s Tamales
  • Belly Burgers
  • Bini’s Kitchen
  • Bok Ssam
  • Bombzies BBQ
  • The Chairman
  • Chotto
  • The Crème Brûlée Cart
  • Cupkates
  • Curry Up Now
  • El Sur
  • Fat Face
  • Fins on the Hoof
  • Koja
  • Little Green Cyclo
  • Old World Food Truck
  • Onigilly
  • Peter’s Kettle
  • Rocko’s Chocolate Tacos
  • Sanguchon
  • Senor Sisig
  • Side Pony
  • Sticks
  • Taco Guys
  • The Whole Beast

Prix Fixe Dining Vendors:
You’ll need to make reservations for these.

  • Azalina’s Malaysian
  • Californios
  • Hapa SF
  • Stag Dining Group

Alcohol:

  • Alembic Cocktail Bar
  • Derby by Stag Dining Group
  • Magnolia Brewery
  • Wine Bar by QB Catering

Vendor lineup is, of course, subject to change.

Off the Grid
A mobile food adventure hits Friday nights in the Fort Mason Center parking lot. Off The Grid brings a rotating and diverse group of mobile food vendors to the Marina neighborhood – plus live music and a bar.

Other Off The Grids:

  • Sunday: Larkspur at Marin Country Mart (11am-3pm)
  • Mondays: Vallejo and Front (11am-2pm), Hayward (5pm-9pm), Belmont (5pm-9pm) 
  • Tuesdays: UN Plaza (11am-2pm)
  • Wednesdays: 5th & Minna (11am-2pm), Vallejo and Front (11am-2pm), North Beach at Joe DiMaggio Playground (5pm-9pm)
  • Thursdays: UN Plaza (11am-2pm), Upper Haight (5pm-8pm), Southside Berkeley (5pm-9pm)
  • Fridays: Civic Center (11am-2pm), 5th & Minna (11am-2pm), Fort Mason Center (5pm-10pm), Lake Merritt at OMCA (5pm-9pm)
  • Saturdays: McCoppin (11am-3pm), Alameda (11am-3pm), 

Please note that some Off the Grids do not operate during the winter months.
Full Off the Grid schedule