Pop-Ups on the Plaza: Fall Kickoff
Saturday, September 28, 2024, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Pop-Ups on the Plaza Ferry Plaza
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
- Bruthas Honey: Local honey, honeycomb, beeswax candles, and lip balm
- The Final Sauce: Barbecue sauce, spice rubs, marinades, hot sauces, and vinaigrettes
- Gourmonade: Gourmet lemonades
- 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: Pepper sauces and pastries
- 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
- Wright’s Delights: Cookies, cakes, dessert chips, drink, candy, and bread and banana pudding
Participating Craft Vendors
- Belle Noire: Accessories
- CIK Apparel: Apparel and accessories
- Cocoacentric: Jewelry and accessories
- En Vie Naturals: Aromatherapy sprays, body butter lotions, and gift sets/holiday gift sets
- 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
- Val’s Hosiery: Pantyhose, knee-highs, tights, trouser socks, and leggings
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)
- Foodwise Education Station: Vegetable Stamp Art (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.