Pop-Ups on the Plaza: Celebrating Black Women Makers

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.

• Cookie Maven: Cookies and bars
• Hella Juiced: Fresh pressed juices and fresh squeezed lemonade
• Lil’ Alijo Catering & Events: Special Easter menu, specialty macarons, croissant cubes, signature cookies, and bread pudding
• Mo’Raysha’s: Gumbo, lobster and shrimp mac, and garlic noodles
• Smoke Soul Kitchen: Soul-fusion brunch options
• That’s My Jam: Various flavors of low-sugar and pectin-free jams
• The Lemonade Bar: Fresh squeezed, lemonade, frozen lemonade, and ginger drink
• The Pleasure Principle Supperclub & Dining Events: Bottles sauces, Caribbean pastries, salads, and more to come
• Yummy Honey: Kosher honey
• More to come. Check back for updates.

• Support local Black designers from the Fillmore-based Black-led marketplace In The Black.
• Belle Noire: Handcrafted accessories made by artists from Africa and the African Diaspora
• 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
• More to come. Check back for updates.

• 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)

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.

Host or Publisher Foodwise