San Francisco Street Food Festival

Don’t miss @lacocinasf ‘s final event of the year: #VoicesFromTheKitchen Over the last 5 years, our sold-out storytelling event has been performed on an SF stage. This year, we go virtual with a 1-hour show this Thursday, Oct. 29. We know you may be screened out, but we promise this show will provide beautiful human connection + stories told from new perspectives. Get friends across the country to join you with drinks + dinner and settle in to hear about Choices. We have some big ones coming up. Link in our bio for FREE tixs lacocinasf.org/voicesfromthekitchen A special shoutout to our news media sponsor @sfchronicle , and sponsors @mofollp, @oatly, @postmates, and Via Licensing. We could not put this show together without your generous support #wearelacocina

Nominating Fernay McPherson of Minnie Bell's Soul Movement to win $25K from Discover #EatItForward #Sweepstakes Chef Fernay launched her restaurant vision for Minnie Bell's Soul Movement at our 2013 festival. She began cooking in 2008 + joined La Cocina 3 years later. Today, she has her own location at the @publicmarketemeryville But Covid has made it hard. Support this Black-owned biz by nominating them before Oct. 31. P.S. Show support + get fed! Today is the LAST DAY to order a family-size Minnie Bell’s meal for La Cocina’s LAST EVENT of the year. Visit https://lacocinasf.org/voicesfromthekitchen + order yours TODAY! #friedchicke#wearelacocina #bucket #wearelacocina #voicesfromthekitchen #blackownedbusiness

We'll take 3, please! Buko Bakes magical unicorn rice krispies treats Featured in La Cocina's special Halloween Sweets Box. Order by NOON TOMORROW (Fri.)! Swipe to see the full treat menu. Get on it y'all. Visit https://la-cocina-sf-store.myshopify.com/collect/food-boxes

This Friday (Oct. 23) is the LAST day to order a special meal box for our FINAL event of the year: Voices From the Kitchen on Oct. 29. Enjoy an Algerian/Mediterranean vegan feast by La Cocina entrepreneurs Wafa and Mounir Bahloul of KAYMA while you watch our 1-hour virtual show. Check out this repost + pics from La Cocina’s Linda Esposito. Visit lacocinasf.org/voicesfromthekitchen for tix + meal kits! - - - - - - Love working with these two - Wafa & Mounir Bahloul - an Alge...rian couple who is about to start the city's first Algerian eatery KAYMA at La Cocina's Municipal Marketplace Their food is beautiful, flavorful and honest. At the upcoming La Cocina #voicesfromthekitchen virtual story-telling event next week, they are serving a beautiful #vegan meal similar to these items in this post. Handmade bread, dips, marinated cured olives using Wafa's very own blend of spices, harissa, a flavorful lentil broth and a lovely hand rubbed couscous with stewed vegetables. . We may be virtual but food is going to be physically connecting us together as we listen to the stories themed "CHOICES" each in our own zoom screen. The meal kits from KAYMA or other choices like Damansara straits/nyonya/peranakan or Minnie Bell's Soul Movement fried chicken will be delivered ahead to those of us lucky enough to be in the Bay Area. And a snack boxes for those beyond the bay. Order by Friday. The event is free to attend, proceeds from the meal kits go to both the business and La Cocina. #wearelacocina #storytelling #lacocina

Week 5 of the La Cocina Community Food Box is live! Thanks to our staff, volunteers and above all, our entrepreneurs, for making these boxes happen over the past month and a half Swipe to see the lineup for 5/1 and get your box while you can, they sell fast! Visit link in bio or lacocinasf.org - If you have QUESTIONS, please see the link for details and our FAQ. Couple of reminders: No delivery (pick up in SF only but we’re working to change that). No custom boxes. Deadline to put in your order is by 3PM on Tuesday and pickup takes place at La Cocina on Fridays between 12PM-3PM. New menus go live Saturdays. Cannot offer refunds on boxes not picked up. - 2nd : @genex

Friends: Seeing the enormous impact of COVID-19 has made us all the more grateful for the community we have at La Cocina. We come to you for support. Within weeks, La Cocina-born businesses have seen sales decline 80-100%. Opportunities with corporate events and catering have ceased. Many have made the heartbreaking decision to temporarily close their business & lay off staff. These folks are rightfully concerned with their family’s survival & well-being of their employees. ... In response, our team is focused on the resiliency and solvency of these businesses. While we are supporting entrepreneurs in securing 100% rent abatement & navigating the process of seeking payment for their employees, it’s not enough. We’ve created the La Cocina Emergency Relief Fund, starting with $100,000 from our organization. The fund will provide emergency relief to active participants of La Cocina to meet a variety of needs, including basic necessities for personal, family or living expenses. We are actively seeking donations to grow the fund and increase its effectiveness. Thank you for letting us lean on you. Please share and take care! Visit www.Lacocinasf.org.

Like everyone, we were saddened by the closing of @missionpie , the 12-year-old restaurant and bakery at Mission and 25th near our kitchen. Even more sad was the reason behind the closing. As Mission Local wrote, it became clear to Mission Pie’s founders that running their business in a manner that adhered to its founding principles in today’s San Francisco was a no-win scenario. . Luke Tsai of @eater_sf writes: So it is, then, that while the pastry gods sometimes take awa...y, when they give, they give generously. La Cocina graduate @reem.assil will open her second location and the city’s first Arab bakery. . Tsai continues: There are a number of ways, then, to frame the story of Reem’s move into the old Mission Pie. There is, for starters, the sense that Assil is carrying on the legacy of her predecessors in the space, in terms of serving baked goods in a warm, community-minded setting. It’s also a homecoming: Assil explains that she started her career, years ago, at the La Cocina kitchen incubator just a couple of blocks away; in fact, some of the earliest Reem’s popups were at Mission Pie: 'We essentially got our start in that building. I can’t move in as quickly as someone with more upfront cash, but I’m going to stay there longer. This neighborhood needs a Reem’s.’ Indeed. Congratulations, Reem. . @pchangphoto See more

The 10th La Cocina San Francisco Street Food Festival is off to a busy start! Tickets are available at the door, so there’s still plenty of time to bring your friends and stop by. Visit www.sfstreetfoodfest.com for more information!

If you haven’t gotten a ticket yet, maybe this will do the trick. Cheesecakes by Chef Charles Farrier of @crumbleandwhisk will be there. Enough said.

Don’t pass up @passthesauced at this Saturday’s festival Karla Rosales-Barrios’s small-batch handcrafted salsas are made with organic tomatoes and nonGMO ingredients locally sourced directly from Bay Area small farms. Whether it’s her La Clásica Chipotle Salsa that doubles as a cooking sauce or her citrusy herb-based Pasto Sauce featuing ginger, celery, cilantro - you’ll want to stock up on some saucy goods before you leave. #lacocinabiz

How amazing are these? It’s the gorgeous and delicious work of @lacocinasf graduate Rosa Rodriguez of @sweets_collection16 Made with a combination of colored milk-based #gelatin encapsulated in a delicate clear gelatin exterior, it’s #art meets #dessert. Get yours at the Shop & Lounge station at this Saturday’s festival!

A La Cocina t-shirt a free meal ticket AND an opportunity to support talented emerging chefs of color Come VOLUNTEER with La Cocina this Saturday at the SF Street Food Festival! . Did you know that @offthegridsf grew out of volunteer work at the festival? Or that this fest is where restaurants like @misterjius @nyumbai @reemscalifornia @uma_casa previewed their restaurant visions before opening their own locations to acclaim? . Open shifts include bartending, food service stations, entrance greeting, and more. Visit sfstreetfoodfest.com to sign up! Thank you

This year, we’re thrilled to have some serious culinary talent joining us from Brazil! Chef Fih Fernandes- @fihfernandes - cooking up Pastrami Tostadas at our Tostada Mercado. Chef Fabio Benedetti - @chefbenedetti - at our BBQ Pitmasters station with his Brazilian Picanha (prized Sirloin Cap) Chef Marcelo Campos- @marcelocampos1885 - at our Night Market with his Calamari & Shrimp Coconut Thai Rice Gabriel Mathias and Ravi Leite at our Fried Chicken bucket bar. En...joy @becosp ‘s Pulled Chicken Croquette and @ravileite ‘s Miolo Chicken Alla Birdie. Got your tickets yet? . . . . . #brazil #lacocinasf #lacocinagreatesthits #streetfoodfest #brazilianchef See more

A La Cocina t-shirt, a free meal ticket, AND an opportunity to support emerging chefs of color? Come volunteer with La Cocina this Saturday at the San Francisco Street Food Festival!! Open shifts include bartending, food service stations, entrance greeting, and more. Visit sfstreetfoodfest.com to sign up!