"Perhaps no cuisine is as frustratingly scarce in the Bay Area as the one I was born into - Armenian food. While San Francisco once boasted a world-famous Armenian restaurant, you can't find so much as a food truck now with an officially Armenian menu. As if taunting me, Los Angeles with its larger diaspora population has a thriving Armenian food scene, including one restaurant in the Michelin Guide."
"A nighttime stroll around the stalls in the bustling, tented bazaar area can offer comfort or serendipity, in the form of dried fruit rolls and baklava for sale, a chance encounter with a former classmate, mint tea from a giant silver samovar or traditional coffee from a copper pot. You may even get pulled into Armenian line dancing led by a singing DJ."
A 4.3-magnitude earthquake at 2:56 a.m. rattled Bay Area windows, waking sensitive sleepers and sending some people crouching beneath tables. The Bay Area's arts, music and cuisine create a staggering cultural variety expressed through local events. Food festivals, restaurants and park gatherings showcase regional flavors and community life. Armenian cuisine is notably scarce in the Bay Area compared with Los Angeles, which supports a thriving Armenian food scene and at least one Michelin-recognized restaurant. St. Gregory Church's food festival at the KZV Armenian School near Lake Merced offers bustling tents selling dried fruit rolls, baklava, mint tea from a giant silver samovar and traditional coffee from a copper pot. The festival features Armenian line dancing and draws attendees beyond the primarily Armenian community.
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