Pop-Ups on the Plaza: Celebrating Black Women Makers
Saturday, March 30, 2024, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Pop-Ups on the Plaza Ferry Plaza
This Women’s History Month, celebrate Bay Area Black women makers 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 Businesses
- Big Black Brunch: Baked goods and chocolates
- Cookie Maven: Cookies and bars
- Hella Juiced: Fresh pressed juices and fresh squeezed lemonade
- The Lemonade Bar: Fresh squeezed, lemonade, frozen lemonade, and ginger drink
- Lil’ Alijo Catering & Events: New Orleans bourbon chicken, crawfish & shrimp étouffée, red beans & rice, honey-butter cornbread, specialty macarons, croissant cubes, signature cookies, and bread pudding
- Mo’Raysha’s: Gumbo, lobster and shrimp mac, and garlic noodles
- Peaches Patties: Jamaican patties (beef, curry chicken, mushroom), Jamaican patty boxes, jerk chicken, plantains, sorrel
- The Pleasure Principle Supperclub & Dining Events: Bottles sauces, Caribbean pastries
- Smoke Soul Kitchen: Soul-fusion brunch options
- That’s My Jam: Various flavors of low-sugar and pectin-free jams
- Yummy Honey: Kosher honey
Participating Craft Businesses
Support local Black designers, including participants from the Fillmore-based Black-led marketplace In The Black.
- Belle Noire: Handcrafted accessories made by artists from Africa and the African Diaspora
- Bismillah Boutique: Handmade candles and beauty products
- CIK Apparel: Apparel, jewelry, and accessories
- Cocoacentric: Statement jewelry and accessories
- En Vie Naturals: Aromatherapy sprays, spray gift sets, and hand and body butter lotions
- Ice Body Skincare: Soaps, body creams, body scrubs, body oils, candles, room spray
- Urembo Asili: African-inspired plant-based luxury skincare
Activities
- Foodwise Demo: Zakiyyah Shaheed, Baby Bean Pie (11:00 am; Foodwise Classroom in front of the Ferry Building)
- Foodwise Demo: Christina Alexis, The Pleasure Principle Supperclub & Dining Events (12:00 pm; Foodwise Classroom in front of the Ferry Building)
- Music by DJ Lonnie Taylor of BFF.fm
Join Us at Future Pop-Ups on the Plaza
Support Bay Area Black food entrepreneurs at these upcoming events in 2024:
- Saturday, June 1: Juneteenth on the Waterfront
- Saturday, August 17: Black Creators Craft Market (National Black Business Month)
- Saturday, September 28: Fall Kickoff
- Saturday, December 7: Black Holiday Market
Foodwise and our community partners, En2action’s Ujamaa Kitchen, In The Black, La Cocina, Mandela Partners, and SF Black Wealth, are proudly committed to uplifting and advancing equity for BIPOC, immigrant, and limited-resource entrepreneurs across the Bay Area.