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La Cocina's Two-Year-Old Tenderloin Food Hall Is Closing In September

The food hall that opened in the spring of 2021 on a beleaguered corner of the Tenderloin, the La Cocina Municipal Marketplace, never succeeded in drawing in enough customers to justify the expense for private security and other costs. And now it is set to close on September 1.

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‘I Love Tenderloin Week’ Seeks to Beautify, Celebrate the Neighborhood With SF’s Most Checkered Reputation

It’s a week of art walks, movie nights, and family fests in the Tenderloin, plus a big Cinco de Mayo party at La Cocina's food hall, as something called “I Love Tenderloin Week” is now underway, though unsurprisingly drawing jeers from social media trolls.

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All About the Six Restaurants Debuting at La Cocina's New Tenderloin Food Hall Next Week

La Cocina's much anticipated Municipal Marketplace is debuting Monday on one of the rougher corners of the Tenderloin — in the former U.S. post office at the corner of Golden Gate and Hyde.

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La Cocina Prepares for Spring Opening of Its Tenderloin Food Hall After Pandemic Delays

La Cocina, an SF-based nonprofit that primarily helps low-income food entrepreneurs grow their businesses, is set to host a soft opening of its much-anticipated Tenderloin food hall — aptly called the Municipal Marketplace — sometime in the coming months.

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SF Street Food Festival Got Too Big, Will Take 2016 Off

Last August, the seventh annual San Francisco Street Food Festival was its largest yet, spanning two days and requiring a relocation to the Dogpatch from the usual Mission location. But, as such, Inside

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How To Do The San Francisco Street Food Festival

"It’s probably no surprise to you to hear that we, too, have felt the changes of the Mission" writes La Cocina of the relocation of their annual summer Street Food

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SFist Eats: Nombe's Underwhelming Ramen Burger

Saturday's San Francisco Street Food Festival was a much bigger and better organized event than previous years. With vendors that ranged from street tacos to vegan donut burgers to $8 garlic

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Monday: SFist Editor Brock Keeling Guest Bartending At Gitane

In semi-self-serving news, your SFist editor (that's me!) will kick off a new guest-bartending series at Gitane on Monday, May 6th. It goes to benefit La Cocina. Monday

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7 Scenes From Last Night: SF Street Food Festival Preview

SFist was lucky enough to attend a media preview on Thursday night at Fort Mason for the SF Street Food Festival. Spices abounded. Piquant flavors and argentine wine dominated the evening. Food scribes

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The SFist Guide to Saturday's SF Street Food Festival

Restaurant incubator La Cocina brings their 3rd annual San Francisco Street Food Festival back to the Mission this Saturday and with over 75 vendors in attendance, ranging from bacon-wrapped hotdog slingers to

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Fully Legal Food Carts Coming to Dolores Park

Speaking of street food, Rec & Parks has given the OK to La Cocina (the non-profit incubator of such vendors as Estrellita's Snacks, Onigilly, and Zella's Soulful Kitchen

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SPUR and La Cocina Look at the Economics of Street Food

It's been a big year for food trucks, nonstaurants, and street food in general. In addition to the buzz around things like the Crème Brûlée Cart and the Chez Spencer truck,