The Edible Atlas is a global street food festival exploring the flavors, food traditions, and stories that make up our collective plate. Across cultures and continents, food carries stories of migration, memory, tradition, and home. In the Bay Area, those stories come together around a shared table.
Throughout the day, guests can eat their way around the world with standout food trucks and street food artisans, discover local makers, and enjoy live music, performances, and family-friendly activities. From a beloved family recipe to a street food tradition carried across generations, every dish offers a taste of the stories that shape our communities.
THE ATLAS EXPERIENCE: Inside Bloc15
Get your Atlas Pass and embark on a tasting journey across the landscape of global cuisine in the Bay Area. Atlas Pass Holders get complete indoor access to Bloc15, including nearly 20 food vendors and experiences, restrooms, and air conditioning.
Enjoy exclusive access to a range of specially curated food vendors! Your Atlas Pass gets you 4 Vouchers to be exchanged for ‘Atlas Bites’, dishes from each food vendor that represents their story and the flavors of their heritage. Each bite will be accompanied by a short story for guests to discover the origin and stamp their map as they travel around the fest!
Inside Bloc15, you will also receive an Atlas to guide your eat-and-learn experience, including origin stories with additional bites and bevs:
- Chef demos and samples from Oakland Bloom
- Fresh microgreens and their history–from Sankofa Urban Farm
- Food culture and history installations from No Immigrants, No Spice and GEMS Oral Histories
Premium Pass holders will enjoy unique food and beverage experiences, including special outdoor seating with a bar and The Atlas Café, featuring a Habesha Coffee Ceremony and herbal tea blending with Café con Cariño.
BLOC 15 VENDORS (Must have Atlas Pass or Premium Pass to access):
- Cali Sweet Cakes
- Café con Cariño
- Chiricana Cocina Panamaña
- Creek House Dim Sum
- Cocobreeze Caribbean Restaurant
- Earth Grown
- M&D Food
- No Immigrants No Spice
- Peaches Patties
- Oakland Bloom
- Oakland Gleaners
- Reem’s California
- Sankofa Urban Farm
- Sisters Catering and Events
- That Hausa Vegan
- TSIRI
- Turnip That Beet
ALICE STREET VENDORS:
- AiR Temple
- Chula SF
- Cowrie Collective
- Dai Pai Dai Lo
- Jollof Kitchen
- Koja Kitchen
- Miraflores Studios
- Ochamode
- Pacifico
- Oakland United Beerworks
- Pho Vy Vietnamese Cuisine
- Swahili Spot
- Wahjeewah
- Yo Soy Ceviche
ATLAS PASS ACTIVATIONS:
Oakland Bloom Presents: Flavors + Traditions
Flavors + Traditions brings together chefs and community members to share the recipes, techniques, and traditions that have been passed down through generations. Curated by Oakland Bloom, each demonstration brings together storytelling, cooking, and tasting, inviting guests to experience the cultures and traditions that make our communities so vibrant.
Flavors + Traditions Workshop Schedule
12:30PM – 1:30PM
Salsa Macha: A Taste of Mexico by Chef Marlene of TSIRI
Discover the bold, smoky flavors of salsa macha while learning about its origins, ingredients, and the traditions that have made this beloved Mexican condiment a kitchen staple for generations. Along the way, you'll have the chance to taste this versatile chili oil and discover why it's become such a cherished part of Mexican cuisine.
2:00PM – 3:00PM
Hong Kong Milk Tea by Chef Kit of M&D Food
Rich, smooth, and deeply woven into Hong Kong's café culture, this iconic milk tea has been enjoyed for generations. Learn the traditional brewing techniques behind every cup, then enjoy a tasting while exploring the craft and traditions that have made it a beloved favorite.
3:30PM – 4:30PM
Middle Eastern and North African Salted Lemons by Chef Alia of Turnip That Beet
For generations, salted lemons have been a treasured ingredient in Lebanese and Middle Eastern/North African (MENA) kitchens, transforming simple dishes with bright, savory citrus flavor. Learn the traditional curing process, discover how preserved lemons are used in everyday cooking, and enjoy a tasting that showcases this timeless pantry staple.
Sankofa Urban Farm Stand
Explore where our greens come from and how they made their way to our tables today through a culinary anthropological perspective. Sample fresh microgreens grown at Sankofa Urban Farm while learning about the origins, journeys, and cultural histories of the foods we call soul food.
Sankofa Urban Farms is transforming San Francisco backyards into productive edible gardens, growing fresh fruits and vegetables while building a more just and equitable local food system. The farm prioritizes feeding the Black community and provides fresh, locally grown produce to neighborhood restaurants and free food pantries. By bringing neighbors into the growing process, Sankofa is cultivating both food and community, one garden at a time.
Let’s end hunger, one garden at a time.
Oakland Gleaners Public Fruit Stand
A community fruit stand celebrating the abundance growing in our own backyards. Enjoy rescued local fruit, learn about gleaning, and discover how neighborhood harvests can help reduce food waste and feed the community.
Oakland Gleaners is an all-volunteer organization that picks, packs, and delivers fruit from people’s backyard trees to food distribution networks around the East Bay. Born out of a desire to address the dual issues of food waste and food insecurity, the Gleaners believe that our collective capacity to care for and uplift our neighbors starts from the ground up. Since 2025, we've moved over 8.5 tons of fruit into free and public programs, pantries, and kitchens.
Setting the Table: A Sonic Installation of Food, Migration & Belonging
Setting the Table: A Sonic Installation of Food, Migration & Belonging is an interactive banquet table featuring audio stories from immigrant, refugee, and diasporic communities across the East Bay. Grounded in the belief that food brings us together, that gathering can be joyful, and that there is room for everyone, the installation invites visitors to sit, listen, and celebrate the stories, memories, and traditions that connect us.
Towards a Greener Future
Towards a Greener Future brings the spirit of No Immigrants No Spice's Barbecue Without Borders 2025 event back to life — an immersive look at how immigrant communities across the Bay Area have used food as a vehicle for connection, resilience, and cultural preservation. Drawing on the voices of chefs - Anthony Salguero of Popoca, Daniel Aderaw Yeshiwas of Cafe Colucci, Maria Marquez of Tacos Mamá Cuca, Sincere Justice of Tacos Sincere and Sam Butarbutar of Third Culture Bakery, the exhibit traces personal migration stories alongside the sustainability-centered food traditions immigrants have long championed.
Originally presented by No Immigrants No Spice, whose 2025 BBQ Without Borders event raised and distributed over $27,000 in community microgrants through its Resilience Fund, this exhibit invites Edible Atlas visitors to explore how our relationship to food mirrors the stories we tell ourselves and our time on Earth.
Entrance to the Alice Street Block Party is FREE!
Adult Pass: $65
- All Day Entry into Bloc15 Food & Programming
- (4) Atlas Bites Vouchers
Junior Pass: $45
- All Day Entry into Bloc15 Food & Programming
- (2) Atlas Bites Vouchers
Premium Pass: $95
- All Day Entry into Bloc15 Food & Programming
- Special Seating in the Atlas Lounge
- Exclusive activations through the day
- (1) Drink Voucher
- (4) Atlas Bites Vouchers