"The SF Street Food Festival began as a two-block affair on Folsom Street, off of 24th Street, but very quickly had to expand after its inaugural event in 2009 became a raucous shit-show of Millennials clamoring for tasty, reasonably priced bites. By its third year, it spanned four blocks, from 22nd to 26th Street, and took over the grounds of Cesar Chavez Elementary School as well."
"The festival began as a benefit for La Cocina, the kitchen-incubator non-profit focused on BIPOC women-owned food businesses that began four years earlier. And as such, its first vendors were primarily nascent small businesses that were ill-prepared for the massive crowd that showed up. The festival was then named the Best Food Festival in the Country by CNN, which only added to its draw."
SF Street Food Festival launched in 2009 as a small two-block event on Folsom Street and expanded rapidly after wide radio, web, TV, and print coverage. The festival began as a benefit for La Cocina, supporting BIPOC women-owned food businesses, and initially featured nascent vendors unprepared for large crowds. Rapid growth included expansion to four blocks and the Cesar Chavez Elementary grounds, CNN naming it Best Food Festival, and a 2015 edition with over 100 vendors and an estimated 80,000 attendees. Organizers paused the fest in 2016 for sustainability and vendor viability, returned smaller in 2017 at Potrero Power Station, then paused again until a relaunch at China Basin Park.
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