By: Victoria Nguyen | June 08 2011
Posted in San Francisco Bay Area - Find It - San Francisco

A mouth-watering treat at a Dishcrawl event. Photo by: Dishcrawl

Welcome to Follow the Food, The Local Dish's weekly guide to food events in the San Francisco Bay Area. Every Wednesday, we'll highlight noteworthy (and drool-worthy!) happenings around town, from classes and tastings to mobile gatherings and restaurant openings. So before you fill up your schedule, remember to "follow the food" on The Local Dish.

Friday, June 10

Following the recent debut of North Berkeley’s Off the Grid, it’s time to check out their newest East Bay counterpart, Bites of Broadway. Today marks the first weekly congregation of food trucks that will gather outside Oakland Technical High School. This small though growing new collective features homegrown Oak-town vendors such as Boffo Cart, El Taco Bike, Fist of Flour, Go Streatery and Vesta Flatbread.

Oakland Tech Highschool
4351 Broadway
Oakland, Calif. 94609
5:30pm-8:30pm
Every Friday through Oct. 21

For a sweet (free!) treat, stop into Noe Valley’s Omnivore Books to learn how to make your own soda pop at home. Author Andrew Schloss demonstrates a small sampling of recipes from his recent cookbook Homemade Soda, including delightful nose-tickling drinks like Sparkling Orange Creamsicle, Pomegranate Punch, and Honey Cardamom Fizzy Water.

Omnivore Books
3885a Cesar Chavez St
San Francisco, Calif. 94131
6pm

Thirsty Bay Area Brewfest customers! Photo by: Dan Silberstein

Saturday, June 11

There’s nothing like a daytime beer buzz to carry you into the night. The Bay Area Brew Fest hits Fort Mason for the second year in a row, featuring foamy beer selections from Lagunitas, Pacific Coast, Landshark, Hoegaarden, and more. A $40 General Admission ticket gets you three hours of unlimited tastings, while for $10 more, the VIP ticket buys you an extra hour of slurring, “OK, OK – just one more, please.” And no worries – food carts Tomkat, Southern Sandwich, and Hapa Ramen will be stationed just outside the event to help soak up all that hoppy goodness.

Fort Mason's Festival Pavilion
San Francisco, Calif. 94123
GA admission, 2-5 p.m.; VIP admission, 1-5 p.m.
Buy tickets at EventBrite.com

The humble soybean finally gets its moment at the first Soy and Tofu Festival at Japantown’s Peace Plaza. Along with soy-related food vendors, the event will feature games, raffles, live music, and a tofu dessert competition. And if eating soy doesn’t make you feel good enough already, proceeds of the event will benefit Nichi Bei Weekly, a non-profit ethnic newspaper for Japanese American and Asian American communities.

Japantown’s Peace Plaza
Post St, between Webster + Laguna
San Francisco, Calif. 94115
11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Free admission

Tuesday, June 14

The poor Inner Sunset, always getting dismissed by visitors for hipper, younger, or more famous neighborhoods like the Haight-Ashbury, the Mission, or the Marina. However, this commonly overlooked, mostly residential hood hosts a strip of diverse eateries that will be spotlighted at tonight’s Magic Dishcrawls: Eat Around the World in Inner Sunset. For $26, follow a guided tour where you can sample food from four of the area’s best local restaurants.

Exact meeting location to be announced via email to ticket holders.
7 p.m.
Buy tickets at Dishcrawl.com

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