An estimated 1,000-2,000 people came to Berkeley’s first Off The Grid. Photos: Tracey Taylor An estimated 1,000-2,000 people came to Berkeley’s first Off The Grid. Photos: Tracey Taylor [Update, 8:50 pm: Watch a video of Off The Grid, at foot of story.] Organizer Matt Cohen needn’t have worried about the weather being a dampener — […]
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More local food trucks join Berkeley’s first Off The Grid
An Off The Grid street-food gathering at Fort Mason, San Francisco. Photo: Off The Grid A total of eight food trucks will be working Berkeley’s inaugural Off The Grid street-food event tomorrow night in the Gourmet Ghetto, and four of them are East Bay based vendors. Joining the four who signed up early — Cupkates, Liba Falafel, Hapa […]
Off The Grid to launch street food event in Berkeley
Off The Grid, which is launching in north Berkeley, currently has six San Francisco locations, including in the Haight (above). Photo: Off The Grid Off The Grid is launching its first event outside San Francisco and, starting next month, a regular group of street food vendors will set up shop every Wednesday evening in Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto. […]
Why does the street food scene bypass Berkeley?
Kate McEachern and her CupKate mobile. At Berkeley’s Spice of Life Festival yesterday, for the first time in the event’s eight-year history, street carts were part of the mix. Jon’s Street Eats, Primo Parrilla, Chairman Bao and Skylite Snowballs were among the dozen or so street-food purveyors who signed up to join Gourmet Ghetto chefs and local D.I.Y. food […]