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"content": "\u003cp>For a couple Friday nights in August and September of 2024, some 20,000 visitors descended on the west end of San Francisco for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11961526/smiles-and-slurps-san-franciscos-sunset-neighborhood-night-market-kicks-off\">Sunset Night Market\u003c/a> — maybe the biggest, splashiest night market the city had ever seen, occupying a whopping seven blocks of Irving Street. There were lion dancers in full regalia. Lamb skewers and prehistoric-sized turkey legs served hot off the grill. Stinky tofu and durian eating contests. Martin Yan even \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_bob2XybFq/\">made an appearance\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Asian-style night markets continued their emergence as the Bay Area’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11961526/smiles-and-slurps-san-franciscos-sunset-neighborhood-night-market-kicks-off\">single most popular format for community events\u003c/a>, many looked forward to seeing what new offerings the Sunset Night Market had in store for 2025. But the new season never got off the ground, as the market’s organizers struggled with funding and blowback from some of the businesses in the neighborhood. In June, organizers announced that the night market would be \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2025/06/sf-sunset-night-market-faces-uncertain-fate/\">put “on pause” \u003c/a>for the rest of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the Sunset Night Market is back with a tentative slate of four events in 2026, all of them tied to Chinese holidays — a nod to the neighborhood’s strong cultural identity as an \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfheritage.org/sunset-chinese-cultural-district/\">informal Chinatown\u003c/a>. The revamped market will kick off with a Lunar New Year–themed event on Feb. 27, followed by night markets timed to coincide with the Dragon Boat Festival (June), the Moon Festival (September), and the Winter Solstice (December).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13985636\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13985636\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/LOV02844-1.jpg\" alt=\"A night market vendor grills turkey legs.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/LOV02844-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/LOV02844-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/LOV02844-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/LOV02844-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vendor grills turkey legs at a 2024 edition of the night market. \u003ccite>(Jimmy Love, courtesy of Sunset Night Market)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fact that the night market will kick off the Year of the Horse is especially auspicious, says Lily Wong, director of the Sunset Chinese Cultural District, which helps organize the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In Chinese, we actually have a saying about [how] when the horse arrives, success arrives too,” Wong says. The hope is for the event to usher in a longer-term night market that’s more sustainable than last year’s edition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angie Petitt, founder of \u003ca href=\"https://sunsetmercantilesf.com/\">Sunset Mercantile\u003c/a>, another of the night market’s organizers, says the event’s ultimate goal is to show off the diversity of the Sunset and to “help bring a lot more attention to these wonderful brick-and-mortars that line Irving Street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2025/07/10/sunset-irving-street-night-market-cancelled-recall/\">media reports\u003c/a> speculated that last year’s run of night markets may have been scuttled at least in part for political reasons — which is to say, because the Sunset Night Market was too closely associated with embattled (and eventually recalled) District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio, who helped spearhead the event in 2023. Wong and Petitt, however, are adamant that politics had nothing to do with it. Instead, they say, the problem mostly had to do with funding. In particular, there was an \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/san-francisco-sunset-night-market-canceled-in-2025/\">eight-month delay\u003c/a> before organizers received the $120,000 in city grant money promised by San Francisco’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) for the 2024 markets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13985634\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13985634\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A father carries his young daughter on his shoulders as she eats food from a Chinese takeout carton.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">3-year-old Maise Lee eats rice while sitting on her dad Edward Young Lee’s shoulders at 2023’s inaugural Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We just weren’t confident that we could run the market when we were already in debt, so that took a little bit of time to figure out,” Wong says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, the 2026 iteration of the night market is being funded by grants from both the OEWD and the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.avenuegreenlightsf.org/\">Avenue Greenlight\u003c/a> — though Wong stresses that they’re still looking for additional sponsors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, even though the huge scale of the night market’s 2024 season made it one of the splashiest events in the city, the market’s seven-block footprint also posed significant challenges. Those events drew 20,000 visitors to the Sunset each night, which was a boon to some of the local businesses — but the street closures and huge crowds proved to be a big inconvenience for others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13985637\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13985637\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/LOV02776.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd of diners seated outside a Chinese restaurant.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/LOV02776.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/LOV02776-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/LOV02776-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/LOV02776-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd of diners seated outside Yuanbao Jiaozi, a local Sunset District restaurant, during one of the 2024 night markets. \u003ccite>(Jimmy Love, courtesy of Sunset Night Market)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This year’s events will be “right-sized” to five blocks instead of seven — a happy medium that Wong hopes is more viable for the future. And while organizers have applied to host the first two night markets (on Feb. 27 and June 12) on Irving Street, Wong says they’re open to moving future editions to other parts of the greater Sunset area — perhaps to Parkside or Noriega Street — if business owners in those neighborhoods are interested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">\u003cb>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13963258,arts_13981034,news_11961526']\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/b>\u003c/span>Even at this slightly smaller scale, Petitt says this year’s markets should have all the hallmarks of the Sunset Night Market’s past successes — music, cultural performances, games and other family-friendly activities, celebrity chef appearances and, of course, hot food. While organizers are still curating the Feb. 27 lineup, Petitt says some of the likely food vendors include Filipino dessert pop-up \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/loulouslecheflan/?hl=en\">Loulou’s Leche Flan\u003c/a>, Korean-Mexican fusion candymaker \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kimoysf/?hl=en\">Kimoy Chamoy\u003c/a>, Taiwanese bento cult favorite \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mitk1655/\">MITK Taiwanese Kitchen\u003c/a>, Jamaican hand pie specialist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/peachespatties/?hl=en\">Peaches Patties\u003c/a> and more — plus a host of Irving Street restaurants that will be open for business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13985639\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13985639\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"People strolling a crowded night market.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors strolling the Irving Street night market in 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The night market’s return is especially important for the neighborhood’s Chinese cultural district, which is hitting its five-year anniversary. “During the pandemic, there was a lot of hate toward Asians. It was a double whammy for our Chinese-owned small businesses that have consistently served the community,” Wong says. Even now, she adds, many of those businesses still haven’t gotten back to pre-pandemic levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not that hard to get to the Sunset,” she says. “A lot of these businesses are family-owned, and they need our support. Come check them out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The first \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DTOhjoukovY/\">\u003ci>Sunset Night Market\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> of 2026 will take place on Feb. 27, 5–10 p.m., on Irving Street between 20th and 25th avenues in San Francisco.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>\u003c/b>\u003c/span>Even at this slightly smaller scale, Petitt says this year’s markets should have all the hallmarks of the Sunset Night Market’s past successes — music, cultural performances, games and other family-friendly activities, celebrity chef appearances and, of course, hot food. While organizers are still curating the Feb. 27 lineup, Petitt says some of the likely food vendors include Filipino dessert pop-up \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/loulouslecheflan/?hl=en\">Loulou’s Leche Flan\u003c/a>, Korean-Mexican fusion candymaker \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kimoysf/?hl=en\">Kimoy Chamoy\u003c/a>, Taiwanese bento cult favorite \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mitk1655/\">MITK Taiwanese Kitchen\u003c/a>, Jamaican hand pie specialist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/peachespatties/?hl=en\">Peaches Patties\u003c/a> and more — plus a host of Irving Street restaurants that will be open for business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13985639\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13985639\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"People strolling a crowded night market.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors strolling the Irving Street night market in 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The night market’s return is especially important for the neighborhood’s Chinese cultural district, which is hitting its five-year anniversary. “During the pandemic, there was a lot of hate toward Asians. It was a double whammy for our Chinese-owned small businesses that have consistently served the community,” Wong says. Even now, she adds, many of those businesses still haven’t gotten back to pre-pandemic levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not that hard to get to the Sunset,” she says. “A lot of these businesses are family-owned, and they need our support. Come check them out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The first \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DTOhjoukovY/\">\u003ci>Sunset Night Market\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> of 2026 will take place on Feb. 27, 5–10 p.m., on Irving Street between 20th and 25th avenues in San Francisco.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Before last year’s inaugural Oakland Chinatown Night Market, community leaders had long dreamed of hosting a big, rollicking night market event — the sort of outdoor bash you’ll find in cities across Asia. Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council (OCIC) Executive Director Tony Trinh says the hardest part was getting the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/chinatown\">Chinatown\u003c/a> shopkeepers and restaurant owners themselves to believe such a thing was possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of the merchants were very doubtful that we could pull off an event like that. Historically, Chinatown is a ghost town by like four o’clock,” Trinh says. When \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13892437/oaklanders-combat-chinatown-attacks-with-volunteering-mutual-aid\">fears of anti-Asian violence surged\u003c/a> during the COVID era, he explains, “Everybody was just too afraid to be out here.” As a result, only a couple of Chinatown restaurants set up booths at last year’s market. Most of the food vendors wound up coming from outside the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that sense, the inaugural event was a proof of concept — a test to see if Oakland Chinatown actually \u003ci>could \u003c/i>host a bustling night market. And it proved to be even more successful than Trinh and his team had dared to hope: 14,000 people poured into the streets of Chinatown on a Saturday night. Food vendors were completely sold out by 8 p.m. Even the restaurants that chose not to actively participate still benefited, reporting a 200% increase in revenue that night, Trinh says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13981226\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13981226\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-150.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd of people eating at outdoors tables in Chinatown at nighttime.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-150.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-150-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-150-768x614.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-150-1536x1229.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">About 14,000 people came to the 2024 night market, according to the Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council. \u003ccite>(Gianpaolo Pabros, courtesy of OCIC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s with bolstered confidence, then, that OCIC is running the event back this year. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.ocic-ca.org/2025-night-market\">second annual Oakland Chinatown Night Market\u003c/a> will take place this Saturday, Sept. 13, 5–10 p.m., bringing the neighborhood to life with a mix of street food, antique trinkets, sports and live music — this time with much more robust participation from businesses within Chinatown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now the food vendors believe in us,” Trinh says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of what that means is that many more restaurants will set up booths selling street food in front of their shops, including neighborhood staples like Alice Bakery and Shooting Star Cafe. Though one of last year’s core vendors, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13956218/late-night-taiwanese-beef-noodle-soup-stinky-tofu-oakland-chinatown\">Lounge Chinatown\u003c/a>, has since closed, its Jack London sister restaurant, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13918993/dragon-gate-oakland-taiwanese-restaurant-reopening-karaoke\">Dragon Gate\u003c/a>, will also have a booth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13963258,arts_13974383']\u003c/span>This year’s featured food theme will be a “Taste of Chinatown,” highlighting the kind of classic dishes that are most emblematic of the neighborhood: chicken wings and spring rolls from New Gold Medal, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13974383/oakland-chinatown-new-gold-medal-late-night\">legendary late-night spot\u003c/a>, and a roast duck rice plate from newcomer Hay Yue. Both of those plates will be available at OCIC’s own booth at the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All told, there will be more than 20 food vendors. The layout of the event will be inspired by Hong Kong’s traditional night markets, with a mix of food and retail, including Chinese antique vendors from the Laney College Flea Market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13981229\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13981229\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-131.jpg\" alt=\"A rapper viewed from behind as he performs in front of a large crowd in the streets of Oakland.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-131.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-131-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-131-768x614.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-131-1536x1229.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland rapper Seiji Oda performing at the 2024 Oakland Chinatown Night Market. \u003ccite>(Gianpaolo Pabros, courtesy of OCIC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This year’s night market will also have a car show, curated by Castro Valley’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/nakayamamotorsports/?hl=en\">Nakayama Motorsports\u003c/a>. And it will bring back the most popular elements from last year’s event, including a performance stage featuring live music and DJs. This year’s featured artists will include Oakland’s own “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13957194/seiji-oda-bay-area-rap-lo-fi-minimalist-hyphy\">minimalist hyphy\u003c/a>” rapper Seiji Oda, up-and-coming R&B singer \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13894289/pass-the-aux-new-tracks-by-kiyomi-beeda-weeda-tyler-holmes-kelly-mcfarling-and-more\">Kiyomi\u003c/a> and a traditional Cantonese cover band Midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also returning from last year: a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DOPo8JUEZtv/?hl=en&img_index=1\">pan-Asian basketball tournament\u003c/a> at the Lincoln Square Park rec center starting at 1:30 p.m., with local squads representing China, Japan, Laos/Cambodia and the Philippines. Led by two popular streetball influencers, the Filipino squad took last year’s cup. But Trinh says the other teams have powered up with new recruits this year — they’ll be out for revenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13981232\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13981232\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-95.jpg\" alt=\"On an outdoor basketball court, a Filipino American player scoops the ball toward the basket as two opponents look on.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-95.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-95-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-95-768x614.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-95-1536x1229.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Team Philippines (in the blue and gold shorts) beat out Team China at the 2024 ‘Asia Cup’ tournament. \u003ccite>(Gianpaolo Pabros, courtesy of OCIC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Trinh says that he’s been to other night markets around Oakland, but this one will always feel “just a little more special.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It really showed a sense of community,” he says. “It was a lot of people coming out and just supporting because they know that Chinatown has dealt with so much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ocic-ca.org/2025-night-market\">\u003ci>Oakland Chinatown Night Market \u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>will take place on Saturday, Sept. 13, 5–10 p.m. on 8th Street in Oakland, between Webster and Broadway.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>This year’s featured food theme will be a “Taste of Chinatown,” highlighting the kind of classic dishes that are most emblematic of the neighborhood: chicken wings and spring rolls from New Gold Medal, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13974383/oakland-chinatown-new-gold-medal-late-night\">legendary late-night spot\u003c/a>, and a roast duck rice plate from newcomer Hay Yue. Both of those plates will be available at OCIC’s own booth at the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All told, there will be more than 20 food vendors. The layout of the event will be inspired by Hong Kong’s traditional night markets, with a mix of food and retail, including Chinese antique vendors from the Laney College Flea Market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13981229\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13981229\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-131.jpg\" alt=\"A rapper viewed from behind as he performs in front of a large crowd in the streets of Oakland.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-131.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-131-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-131-768x614.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-131-1536x1229.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland rapper Seiji Oda performing at the 2024 Oakland Chinatown Night Market. \u003ccite>(Gianpaolo Pabros, courtesy of OCIC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This year’s night market will also have a car show, curated by Castro Valley’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/nakayamamotorsports/?hl=en\">Nakayama Motorsports\u003c/a>. And it will bring back the most popular elements from last year’s event, including a performance stage featuring live music and DJs. This year’s featured artists will include Oakland’s own “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13957194/seiji-oda-bay-area-rap-lo-fi-minimalist-hyphy\">minimalist hyphy\u003c/a>” rapper Seiji Oda, up-and-coming R&B singer \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13894289/pass-the-aux-new-tracks-by-kiyomi-beeda-weeda-tyler-holmes-kelly-mcfarling-and-more\">Kiyomi\u003c/a> and a traditional Cantonese cover band Midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also returning from last year: a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DOPo8JUEZtv/?hl=en&img_index=1\">pan-Asian basketball tournament\u003c/a> at the Lincoln Square Park rec center starting at 1:30 p.m., with local squads representing China, Japan, Laos/Cambodia and the Philippines. Led by two popular streetball influencers, the Filipino squad took last year’s cup. But Trinh says the other teams have powered up with new recruits this year — they’ll be out for revenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13981232\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13981232\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-95.jpg\" alt=\"On an outdoor basketball court, a Filipino American player scoops the ball toward the basket as two opponents look on.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-95.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-95-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-95-768x614.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/ocic_jeepeezee_final-95-1536x1229.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Team Philippines (in the blue and gold shorts) beat out Team China at the 2024 ‘Asia Cup’ tournament. \u003ccite>(Gianpaolo Pabros, courtesy of OCIC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Trinh says that he’s been to other night markets around Oakland, but this one will always feel “just a little more special.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It really showed a sense of community,” he says. “It was a lot of people coming out and just supporting because they know that Chinatown has dealt with so much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>The \u003c/i>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ocic-ca.org/2025-night-market\">\u003ci>Oakland Chinatown Night Market \u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci>will take place on Saturday, Sept. 13, 5–10 p.m. on 8th Street in Oakland, between Webster and Broadway.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"title": "Bay Area Night Markets Are the Best Place to Taste the World’s Cuisines",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>Be sure to check out our full \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/summer-guide-2025\">2025 Summer Arts Guide to live music, movies, art, theater, festivals and more\u003c/a> in the Bay Area.\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’ve ever wandered the back alleyways of a stinky tofu–fragrant Taipei night market, or done a laksa crawl at a Singaporean hawker center, or strolled from yakisoba stall to takoyaki stand amid a sea of yukata at a traditional Japanese summer festival — then you know the\u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20171201052033/https://modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-power-of-night-market\"> power of a night market\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And you also probably know: We’ve never really had a street food culture quite like that in the Bay Area, and\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/soleilho/article/san-francisco-night-market-food-bureaucracy-19654195.php\"> maybe we never will\u003c/a>. And yet, five years since the start of a pandemic that isolated communities and crippled downtown shopping districts, the night market has emerged as the single most popular antidote to those woes. Loosely modeled after the kinds of late-night, food-centric markets that are ubiquitous through much of Asia, night market events have launched as a way to bring communities together in cities and neighborhoods all across the Bay — from the chilly west end of San Francisco to the vast suburban parking lots of Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This summer, there are some weekends when a dedicated night market enthusiast can hit up two or three of these street food panaceas.\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/the-midnight-diners\"> Miracle of miracles\u003c/a>, a few of them are even open as late as 10 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as we head into the heart of the summer, these night markets are some of the best places to taste a sampling of our region’s diverse, multicultural cuisines. Here are nine night markets we’re excited about:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>365 Night Market\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>June 20–21, July 25–26, Aug. 29–30 and Sept. 26–27, 4–10 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>1111 Story Rd., San José (Grand Century Mall parking lot)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Set in the heart of San José’s Little Saigon neighborhood, this market replaces the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13961537/san-jose-night-market-vietnamese-grand-century-mall\">heavily Vietnamese\u003c/a>-inflected one that previously held court in the Grand Century Mall parking lot. For its part, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/365nightmarket/?hl=en\">365 Night Market\u003c/a> takes a somewhat more pan-Asian approach but otherwise keeps the same format: Spread across a consecutive Friday and Saturday night each month, the event features 60-some-odd food stalls, live DJ sets, a sprinkling of cultural performances, and carnival games like Plinko and Connect Four. The June 20–21 food lineup includes vendors specializing in Chinese candied fruit skewers, northern-style beef phở, dessert crepes and pandan tiramisu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13977829\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13977829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/OyC-Night-Lights.jpg\" alt=\"View of an outdoor beer garden with vintage lowrider cars on display.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/OyC-Night-Lights.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/OyC-Night-Lights-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/OyC-Night-Lights-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/OyC-Night-Lights-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Berryessa Night Market’s ‘Oldies y Cerveza’–themed events are a celebration of old soul vinyls and lowrider culture. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Berryessa Night Market)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Berryessa Night Market\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Fridays, 5–9 p.m., from April through October\u003c/i>\u003ci>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003ci>San José Flea Market, 1590 Berryessa Rd., San José\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every Friday through October, the San José Flea Market (aka\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13905374/la-pulga-san-jose-flea-market-redevelopment-eulogy\"> La Pulga\u003c/a>) operates a weekly night market at its “Garden at the Flea” beer garden and events space, often with a specific theme. On June 20, for instance, the market will host its annual Kawaii Kpop Night — a celebration of anime, K-pop and J-pop, to go along with a diverse lineup of food vendors serving poke bowls, shaved ice and Mexican-style loaded baked potatoes. Meanwhile, June 27 will be “Oldies y Cerveza” night, a recurring event that celebrates rare soul vinyls, lowriders and cold beer.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Heart of the Richmond Night Market\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>June 21, July 19, Aug. 16 and Sept. 20, 4–8 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003ci>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003ci>Clement Street (between 22nd and 25th Avenues), San Francisco\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Richmond District has long been one of the best dining destinations in San Francisco, between its well-established (if informal) designation as the city’s “New Chinatown,” status as the historical center for the local Russian-speaking communities, and sprinkling of trendy higher-end restaurants. It’s fitting, then, that the neighborhood’s new night market reflects that vibrancy and diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://heartoftherichmonddistrictnightmarket.com/june-21st-participants/\">June 21 market\u003c/a> will have a special focus on kid-friendly activities like lawn games, Lego and temporary tattoos. Meanwhile the food options play to the neighborhood’s strengths: dim sum, Korean barbecue, ube hand pies, dragon beard candy, ice cream sandwiches and more. All that, plus free cartoons for kids at the 4 Star Theater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13977831\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13977831\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/chinatown-night-market-fruit_julie-ramsey.jpg\" alt=\"A street vendor sells colorful skewers of candied fruit.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/chinatown-night-market-fruit_julie-ramsey.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/chinatown-night-market-fruit_julie-ramsey-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/chinatown-night-market-fruit_julie-ramsey-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/chinatown-night-market-fruit_julie-ramsey-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A street vendor sells tanghulu, or Chinese candied fruit, at the Chinatown Night Market. \u003ccite>(Julie Ramsey, courtesy of BeChinatow )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Chinatown Night Market\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>July 11, Aug. 8, Sept. 12, Oct. 10 and Nov. 14, 5:30–9 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003ci>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003ci>Grant Avenue (between Sacramento and Jackson), San Francisco\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the tail of several challenging pandemic-era years, San Francisco’s Chinatown now has its own night market, held the second Friday of every month. Hosted by \u003ca href=\"https://bechinatown.weebly.com/\">BeChinatown\u003c/a> and a fleet of hundreds of volunteers, the Chinatown Night Market now regularly packs three full blocks of Grant Avenue with a crowd that includes a large proportion of young people — a priority for Chinatown legacy businesses hoping to connect with the new generation, says BeChinatown president Lily Lo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People just feel the energy,” says Jonathan Sit, president of the volunteer coalition. “There’s lanterns. There’s karaoke in the street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Foodwise, the market’s main distinguishing feature is that it’s focused almost entirely on local vendors within Chinatown (“\u003ci>no\u003c/i> food trucks,” Lo stresses), many of which offer special items that they only sell during the night market — fried cheese at the Wong Lee bakery, for instance, or tea eggs at one of the sushi shops. Another difference? The prices are set lower than other street food events, with most vendors offering $5 menu items. Fan favorites include tanghulu (candied fruit), coconut pudding served inside the shell, and Xinjiang-style meat skewers — one of the few items that are grilled fresh on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13977836\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13977836\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/valencia-live_ugur-dursun.jpg\" alt=\"Crowded street party at night.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/valencia-live_ugur-dursun.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/valencia-live_ugur-dursun-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/valencia-live_ugur-dursun-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/valencia-live_ugur-dursun-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Valencia Live! night market takes place every second Thursday of the month. \u003ccite>(Ugur Dursun/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Valencia Live!\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>July 10, Aug. 14, Sept. 11, Oct. 9, 5–10 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\n\u003ci>Valencia Street (between 16th and 19th), San Francisco\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of San Francisco’s newest night markets takes place on every second Thursday of the month, with a focus on highlighting local vendors in the Mission. Instead of bringing in outside food trucks or other street vendors, the event is more like a street party that promotes Valencia Street’s existing brick-and-mortar restaurants, many of which set up pop-ups with outdoor dining outside their space. Notably, Valencia Live! is one of three new “entertainment zones” in the city that allow, among other things, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/valencia-street-night-market-20246721.php\">the sale of to-go cocktails\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963298\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963298\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/prescott-1_don-feria.jpg\" alt=\"Asian man in black backwards baseball cap tosses fried rice in a hot wok at an outdoor market.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/prescott-1_don-feria.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/prescott-1_don-feria-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/prescott-1_don-feria-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/prescott-1_don-feria-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/prescott-1_don-feria-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/prescott-1_don-feria-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/prescott-1_don-feria-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Woo Can Cook’s wok-fried rice is one of the Prescott Night Market’s street food options. \u003ccite>(Don Feria)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Prescott Night Market\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>July 24, Aug. 21, Sept. 4 and Oct. 9, 5–9 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003ci>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003ci>1620 18th St., Oakland\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West Oakland’s popular monthly\u003ca href=\"https://www.westoaklandfarmersmarket.org/nightmarket\"> Thursday night market\u003c/a> packs plenty of Town energy into each four-hour market, starting with a multicultural lineup of food vendors that might, in a given month, sell Cambodian meat skewers, Nigerian jollof, Cubano sandwiches, Taiwanese night market–inspired fried rice, whole roast pig and more. (The exact lineup for this year’s first market in July is still in the works.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prescott Night Market is located in an increasingly lively stretch of West Oakland, on the same block where an\u003ca href=\"https://www.westoaklandfarmersmarket.org/markethall\"> affiliated food hall\u003c/a> opened earlier this spring and just across the street from the\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13960687/oakland-ballers-baseball-summertime-fans\"> Oakland Ballers’ ballpark\u003c/a>, which has created a fortuitous bit of synergy when market nights have coincided with Ballers’ home games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963302\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963302\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/BHANGRA_BEATS_7.12.24_SM-6.jpg\" alt=\"A woman grilling meat skewers over a charcoal grill.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/BHANGRA_BEATS_7.12.24_SM-6.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/BHANGRA_BEATS_7.12.24_SM-6-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/BHANGRA_BEATS_7.12.24_SM-6-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/BHANGRA_BEATS_7.12.24_SM-6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/BHANGRA_BEATS_7.12.24_SM-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/BHANGRA_BEATS_7.12.24_SM-6-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/BHANGRA_BEATS_7.12.24_SM-6-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indian barbecue courtesy of Hayward’s Wah Jee Wah. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bhangra and Beats)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Bhangra and Beats Night Market\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>July 25 and Oct. 24, 5–10 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003ci>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003ci>Battery Street at Clay Street, San Francisco\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of downtown San Francisco’s most unique night markets is essentially a massive, rollicking Friday night block party that shines a particular spotlight on South Asian culture — feet-pounding\u003ca href=\"https://nonstopbhangra.com/\"> bhangra folk music and dancing\u003c/a> and, of course, a wide spectrum of street food offerings, including charcoal-grilled meat skewers from Indian barbecue sensation\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wahjeewah/?hl=en\"> Wah Jee Wah\u003c/a>, Nepalese momos from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/biniskitchen/\">Bini’s Kitchen\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13960580/jollof-festival-oakland-west-african-food-competition-nigerian-sierra-leone\">championship-pedigreed Nigerian jollof rice\u003c/a> from Jollof Kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each edition of\u003ca href=\"https://www.bhangraandbeats.com/\"> Bhangra and Beats\u003c/a> has its own theme. The July night market, for instance, is being billed as a “Summer Block Party.” Meanwhile, October’s market has been designated as the city of San Francisco’s official Diwali celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Millbrae Gateway Night Market\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Aug. 1, Sept. 5, Oct. 3, Nov. 7, Dec. 5, 4–10 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\n\u003ci>200 Rollins Rd., Millbrae\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The quiet suburb of Millbrae has long been one of the Bay Area’s top destinations for Asian cuisines, so it’s no surprise that the city now has its own \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/millbrae-gateway-night-market-tickets-1269974902119\">Asian-style night market\u003c/a>, hosted at the Gateway at Millbrae Station mixed-use complex. The first few markets have featured live music, free yoga classes, axe throwing and, of course, a robust selection of (mostly Asian) street food vendors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963303\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963303\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/cupertino-night-market.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd waits in line at the Liang's Village food stand.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/cupertino-night-market.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/cupertino-night-market-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/cupertino-night-market-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/cupertino-night-market-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/cupertino-night-market-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/cupertino-night-market-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/cupertino-night-market-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Liang’s Village Taiwanese food stand at a previous edition of the Cupertino Night Market. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Cupertino Chamber of Commerce)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Cupertino Night Market\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Aug. 16, 3–10 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003ci>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003ci>De Anza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-cupertino-night-market-tickets-1333444200499\">Cupertino’s annual night market\u003c/a> typically features about 20 food vendors. This year’s lineup is still being set, but past participants have included South Bay stalwarts like longtime Taiwanese favorite\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/liangsvillage/\"> Liang’s Village\u003c/a> and Mexican pizza truck\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tlaxiacos/\"> Tlaxiaco’s\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fittingly for a Cupertino event, previous editions of the night market have often featured a heavy tech angle, with VR gaming trucks, Tesla test drives and the like — though we’re told organizers are still looking for an electric car sponsor for this year.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003ci>Be sure to check out our full \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/summer-guide-2025\">2025 Summer Arts Guide to live music, movies, art, theater, festivals and more\u003c/a> in the Bay Area.\u003c/i>\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’ve ever wandered the back alleyways of a stinky tofu–fragrant Taipei night market, or done a laksa crawl at a Singaporean hawker center, or strolled from yakisoba stall to takoyaki stand amid a sea of yukata at a traditional Japanese summer festival — then you know the\u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20171201052033/https://modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/the-power-of-night-market\"> power of a night market\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And you also probably know: We’ve never really had a street food culture quite like that in the Bay Area, and\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/soleilho/article/san-francisco-night-market-food-bureaucracy-19654195.php\"> maybe we never will\u003c/a>. And yet, five years since the start of a pandemic that isolated communities and crippled downtown shopping districts, the night market has emerged as the single most popular antidote to those woes. Loosely modeled after the kinds of late-night, food-centric markets that are ubiquitous through much of Asia, night market events have launched as a way to bring communities together in cities and neighborhoods all across the Bay — from the chilly west end of San Francisco to the vast suburban parking lots of Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This summer, there are some weekends when a dedicated night market enthusiast can hit up two or three of these street food panaceas.\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/the-midnight-diners\"> Miracle of miracles\u003c/a>, a few of them are even open as late as 10 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as we head into the heart of the summer, these night markets are some of the best places to taste a sampling of our region’s diverse, multicultural cuisines. Here are nine night markets we’re excited about:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>365 Night Market\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>June 20–21, July 25–26, Aug. 29–30 and Sept. 26–27, 4–10 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>1111 Story Rd., San José (Grand Century Mall parking lot)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Set in the heart of San José’s Little Saigon neighborhood, this market replaces the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13961537/san-jose-night-market-vietnamese-grand-century-mall\">heavily Vietnamese\u003c/a>-inflected one that previously held court in the Grand Century Mall parking lot. For its part, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/365nightmarket/?hl=en\">365 Night Market\u003c/a> takes a somewhat more pan-Asian approach but otherwise keeps the same format: Spread across a consecutive Friday and Saturday night each month, the event features 60-some-odd food stalls, live DJ sets, a sprinkling of cultural performances, and carnival games like Plinko and Connect Four. The June 20–21 food lineup includes vendors specializing in Chinese candied fruit skewers, northern-style beef phở, dessert crepes and pandan tiramisu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13977829\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13977829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/OyC-Night-Lights.jpg\" alt=\"View of an outdoor beer garden with vintage lowrider cars on display.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/OyC-Night-Lights.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/OyC-Night-Lights-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/OyC-Night-Lights-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/OyC-Night-Lights-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Berryessa Night Market’s ‘Oldies y Cerveza’–themed events are a celebration of old soul vinyls and lowrider culture. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Berryessa Night Market)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Berryessa Night Market\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Fridays, 5–9 p.m., from April through October\u003c/i>\u003ci>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003ci>San José Flea Market, 1590 Berryessa Rd., San José\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every Friday through October, the San José Flea Market (aka\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13905374/la-pulga-san-jose-flea-market-redevelopment-eulogy\"> La Pulga\u003c/a>) operates a weekly night market at its “Garden at the Flea” beer garden and events space, often with a specific theme. On June 20, for instance, the market will host its annual Kawaii Kpop Night — a celebration of anime, K-pop and J-pop, to go along with a diverse lineup of food vendors serving poke bowls, shaved ice and Mexican-style loaded baked potatoes. Meanwhile, June 27 will be “Oldies y Cerveza” night, a recurring event that celebrates rare soul vinyls, lowriders and cold beer.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Heart of the Richmond Night Market\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>June 21, July 19, Aug. 16 and Sept. 20, 4–8 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003ci>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003ci>Clement Street (between 22nd and 25th Avenues), San Francisco\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Richmond District has long been one of the best dining destinations in San Francisco, between its well-established (if informal) designation as the city’s “New Chinatown,” status as the historical center for the local Russian-speaking communities, and sprinkling of trendy higher-end restaurants. It’s fitting, then, that the neighborhood’s new night market reflects that vibrancy and diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://heartoftherichmonddistrictnightmarket.com/june-21st-participants/\">June 21 market\u003c/a> will have a special focus on kid-friendly activities like lawn games, Lego and temporary tattoos. Meanwhile the food options play to the neighborhood’s strengths: dim sum, Korean barbecue, ube hand pies, dragon beard candy, ice cream sandwiches and more. All that, plus free cartoons for kids at the 4 Star Theater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13977831\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13977831\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/chinatown-night-market-fruit_julie-ramsey.jpg\" alt=\"A street vendor sells colorful skewers of candied fruit.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/chinatown-night-market-fruit_julie-ramsey.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/chinatown-night-market-fruit_julie-ramsey-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/chinatown-night-market-fruit_julie-ramsey-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/chinatown-night-market-fruit_julie-ramsey-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A street vendor sells tanghulu, or Chinese candied fruit, at the Chinatown Night Market. \u003ccite>(Julie Ramsey, courtesy of BeChinatow )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Chinatown Night Market\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>July 11, Aug. 8, Sept. 12, Oct. 10 and Nov. 14, 5:30–9 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003ci>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003ci>Grant Avenue (between Sacramento and Jackson), San Francisco\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the tail of several challenging pandemic-era years, San Francisco’s Chinatown now has its own night market, held the second Friday of every month. Hosted by \u003ca href=\"https://bechinatown.weebly.com/\">BeChinatown\u003c/a> and a fleet of hundreds of volunteers, the Chinatown Night Market now regularly packs three full blocks of Grant Avenue with a crowd that includes a large proportion of young people — a priority for Chinatown legacy businesses hoping to connect with the new generation, says BeChinatown president Lily Lo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People just feel the energy,” says Jonathan Sit, president of the volunteer coalition. “There’s lanterns. There’s karaoke in the street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Foodwise, the market’s main distinguishing feature is that it’s focused almost entirely on local vendors within Chinatown (“\u003ci>no\u003c/i> food trucks,” Lo stresses), many of which offer special items that they only sell during the night market — fried cheese at the Wong Lee bakery, for instance, or tea eggs at one of the sushi shops. Another difference? The prices are set lower than other street food events, with most vendors offering $5 menu items. Fan favorites include tanghulu (candied fruit), coconut pudding served inside the shell, and Xinjiang-style meat skewers — one of the few items that are grilled fresh on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13977836\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13977836\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/valencia-live_ugur-dursun.jpg\" alt=\"Crowded street party at night.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/valencia-live_ugur-dursun.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/valencia-live_ugur-dursun-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/valencia-live_ugur-dursun-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/valencia-live_ugur-dursun-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Valencia Live! night market takes place every second Thursday of the month. \u003ccite>(Ugur Dursun/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Valencia Live!\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>July 10, Aug. 14, Sept. 11, Oct. 9, 5–10 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\n\u003ci>Valencia Street (between 16th and 19th), San Francisco\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of San Francisco’s newest night markets takes place on every second Thursday of the month, with a focus on highlighting local vendors in the Mission. Instead of bringing in outside food trucks or other street vendors, the event is more like a street party that promotes Valencia Street’s existing brick-and-mortar restaurants, many of which set up pop-ups with outdoor dining outside their space. Notably, Valencia Live! is one of three new “entertainment zones” in the city that allow, among other things, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/valencia-street-night-market-20246721.php\">the sale of to-go cocktails\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963298\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963298\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/prescott-1_don-feria.jpg\" alt=\"Asian man in black backwards baseball cap tosses fried rice in a hot wok at an outdoor market.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/prescott-1_don-feria.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/prescott-1_don-feria-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/prescott-1_don-feria-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/prescott-1_don-feria-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/prescott-1_don-feria-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/prescott-1_don-feria-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/prescott-1_don-feria-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Woo Can Cook’s wok-fried rice is one of the Prescott Night Market’s street food options. \u003ccite>(Don Feria)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Prescott Night Market\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>July 24, Aug. 21, Sept. 4 and Oct. 9, 5–9 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003ci>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003ci>1620 18th St., Oakland\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West Oakland’s popular monthly\u003ca href=\"https://www.westoaklandfarmersmarket.org/nightmarket\"> Thursday night market\u003c/a> packs plenty of Town energy into each four-hour market, starting with a multicultural lineup of food vendors that might, in a given month, sell Cambodian meat skewers, Nigerian jollof, Cubano sandwiches, Taiwanese night market–inspired fried rice, whole roast pig and more. (The exact lineup for this year’s first market in July is still in the works.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prescott Night Market is located in an increasingly lively stretch of West Oakland, on the same block where an\u003ca href=\"https://www.westoaklandfarmersmarket.org/markethall\"> affiliated food hall\u003c/a> opened earlier this spring and just across the street from the\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13960687/oakland-ballers-baseball-summertime-fans\"> Oakland Ballers’ ballpark\u003c/a>, which has created a fortuitous bit of synergy when market nights have coincided with Ballers’ home games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963302\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963302\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/BHANGRA_BEATS_7.12.24_SM-6.jpg\" alt=\"A woman grilling meat skewers over a charcoal grill.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/BHANGRA_BEATS_7.12.24_SM-6.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/BHANGRA_BEATS_7.12.24_SM-6-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/BHANGRA_BEATS_7.12.24_SM-6-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/BHANGRA_BEATS_7.12.24_SM-6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/BHANGRA_BEATS_7.12.24_SM-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/BHANGRA_BEATS_7.12.24_SM-6-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/BHANGRA_BEATS_7.12.24_SM-6-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indian barbecue courtesy of Hayward’s Wah Jee Wah. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bhangra and Beats)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Bhangra and Beats Night Market\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>July 25 and Oct. 24, 5–10 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003ci>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003ci>Battery Street at Clay Street, San Francisco\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of downtown San Francisco’s most unique night markets is essentially a massive, rollicking Friday night block party that shines a particular spotlight on South Asian culture — feet-pounding\u003ca href=\"https://nonstopbhangra.com/\"> bhangra folk music and dancing\u003c/a> and, of course, a wide spectrum of street food offerings, including charcoal-grilled meat skewers from Indian barbecue sensation\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wahjeewah/?hl=en\"> Wah Jee Wah\u003c/a>, Nepalese momos from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/biniskitchen/\">Bini’s Kitchen\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13960580/jollof-festival-oakland-west-african-food-competition-nigerian-sierra-leone\">championship-pedigreed Nigerian jollof rice\u003c/a> from Jollof Kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each edition of\u003ca href=\"https://www.bhangraandbeats.com/\"> Bhangra and Beats\u003c/a> has its own theme. The July night market, for instance, is being billed as a “Summer Block Party.” Meanwhile, October’s market has been designated as the city of San Francisco’s official Diwali celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Millbrae Gateway Night Market\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Aug. 1, Sept. 5, Oct. 3, Nov. 7, Dec. 5, 4–10 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\n\u003ci>200 Rollins Rd., Millbrae\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The quiet suburb of Millbrae has long been one of the Bay Area’s top destinations for Asian cuisines, so it’s no surprise that the city now has its own \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/millbrae-gateway-night-market-tickets-1269974902119\">Asian-style night market\u003c/a>, hosted at the Gateway at Millbrae Station mixed-use complex. The first few markets have featured live music, free yoga classes, axe throwing and, of course, a robust selection of (mostly Asian) street food vendors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13963303\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13963303\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/cupertino-night-market.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd waits in line at the Liang's Village food stand.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/cupertino-night-market.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/cupertino-night-market-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/cupertino-night-market-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/cupertino-night-market-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/cupertino-night-market-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/cupertino-night-market-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/cupertino-night-market-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Liang’s Village Taiwanese food stand at a previous edition of the Cupertino Night Market. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Cupertino Chamber of Commerce)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Cupertino Night Market\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Aug. 16, 3–10 p.m.\u003c/i>\u003ci>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/i>\u003ci>De Anza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-cupertino-night-market-tickets-1333444200499\">Cupertino’s annual night market\u003c/a> typically features about 20 food vendors. This year’s lineup is still being set, but past participants have included South Bay stalwarts like longtime Taiwanese favorite\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/liangsvillage/\"> Liang’s Village\u003c/a> and Mexican pizza truck\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/tlaxiacos/\"> Tlaxiaco’s\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When Jonathan Yang was growing up, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/lunar-new-year\">Lunar New Year\u003c/a> was marked by elaborate feasts at his immigrant family’s Chinese restaurant. “It was hyper-focused on food — and, obviously, being on your best behavior, being a good son and getting that ultimate red envelope,” he recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also never felt like a holiday he could truly call his own, or where he could be authentic to his identity as a gay man. Instead, those New Year’s gatherings were a time of deep anxiety. “It was just like, I have to live a lie,” Yang says. “I have to field questions from the aunties and uncles asking, ‘Oh, why aren’t you married yet? Do you have a girlfriend?’ It was always wrapped up in that kind of experience for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, when Yang, co-owner of Richmond’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/laughing_gems_wine\">Laughing Gems Wine\u003c/a>, attended a boisterous, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13952052/lunar-new-year-party-oakland-cantonese-taiwanese\">next-generation Lunar New Year’s festival\u003c/a> in Oakland last year that bustled with DJs, tattoo artists, tea cocktails and a DIY red envelope station, he felt so inspired, he knew he wanted to be a part of it too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to create a space that I felt represented all of us,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Yang and his business partner, Tiffani Patton, joined forces with visual artist Hanna Chen (of the multimedia art brand \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/itsyangsheng/\">Yăng Shēng\u003c/a>) and Jenn Lui (co-owner of Asian snack shop \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thisisbabas.house/\">Baba’s House\u003c/a> in Oakland) to put on an even bigger, more ambitious party to ring in the Year of the Snake. Rebranded as \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neo-lunar-lunar-new-year-reimagined-tickets-1124707453269?aff=oddtdtcreator\">Neo Lunar\u003c/a>, the sprawling, multi-experiential event will include a night market, a fashion show, a mahjong parlor, a natural wine bar, multiple tattoo artists and art installations, and much more — all crammed into \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oakstop/?hl=en\">Oakstop’s\u003c/a> two-story Uptown Oakland event space on Saturday, Feb. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971056\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1708px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971056\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A man lifts up his shirt to reveal several tattoos, including a red flower on his sternum and a large cat across his abdomen. \" width=\"1708\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-scaled.jpg 1708w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-800x1199.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-1020x1528.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-768x1151.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-1367x2048.jpg 1367w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-1920x2877.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1708px) 100vw, 1708px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An attendee at last year’s party shows off new ink, courtesy of Proper Tattoo, which will again be on hand at the 2025 edition of Neo Lunar. \u003ccite>(J-han, courtesy of Neo Lunar)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The event’s organizers all had different experiences with Lunar New Year as Asian Americans growing up in the diaspora, but the common thread was this sense that the holiday never \u003ci>really \u003c/i>belonged to them. Lui remembers sitting in a folding stool and watching her grandparents play mahjong but not necessarily getting to play herself, and attending street parades that mostly only interested the elders in her family. And Patton, who is Black and Korean, experienced so much racism from Korean peers and family members that she never really felt like any Asian experiences were meant for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Only in the past couple of years have I been able to participate in different Korean traditions,” she says. “It’s been really beautiful and affirming and heart-opening. To provide that for other people is one of the big reasons for me to do this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the obvious ways Neo Lunar’s organizers hope to connect to other second- and third-generation Asian Americans is through food — in particular, new-school pop-up shops that share their aesthetic of remixing old traditions to create something new. For instance, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DFXEnnex16a/?img_index=1\">Lion Dance Cafe\u003c/a>, the vegan Singaporean pop-up, will be on hand slinging mala douhua and kung pao shaobing sandwiches. Beloved Eastside San Jose pop-up \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/_hetsay_/\">Hết Sẩy\u003c/a> will sling Mekong Delta–style Vietnamese dishes for Tết. Baba’s House will introduce a new menu of scallion pancake wraps. And Laughing Gems will curate a natural wine bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971063\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971063\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Ka_in-Na.jpg\" alt=\"A tattooed street vendor cooks skewers over a portable grill.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Ka_in-Na.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Ka_in-Na-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Ka_in-Na-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Ka_in-Na-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Ka_in-Na-768x513.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Ka_in-Na-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Ka_in-Na-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A street food vendor at last year’s party cooks skewers over a portable grill. \u003ccite>(J-han, courtesy of Neo Lunar)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The food pop-ups will anchor Neo Lunar’s night market, along with more than 20 retail vendors selling everything from handmade jewelry and vintage clothing to wellness products like Asian herbal tea blends. Chen, the Yăng Shēng artist, says they wanted to capture the excitement of having a multitude of offerings packed into one physical space — “a bustling, shoulder-to-shoulder experience.” Or, as Lui puts it, “You’ll peek and wonder what’s around the corner. Who’s selling this now? What’s happening next?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those who find the night market vibe too hectic, there will also be a calligraphy workshop and Chinese tea served in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/little-garden-by-arbor-teahouse-tickets-1203996930229?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaFL4FaBQLKIscjmOcIHiC3904R9j4dSeL6e3JeoGeKYZZGIa6_zhJ6OnM_aem_--rILHqsXSRQQykfEUF34A\">quiet little teahouse sanctuary\u003c/a> tucked away in the middle of the party. And at Yăng Shēng’s immersive “Living Room” installation, partygoers can just chill on a couch that Chen made in collaboration with a local woodworker, with a Chinese-style lattice window carved into the back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neo Lunar is also very explicitly not \u003ci>just \u003c/i>for young people. A big part of how the organizers say they’re making this New Year’s celebration their own is by making it an intergenerational affair — a party where, as they’re fond of saying, you can “bring your aunties \u003ci>and \u003c/i>your homies.” While the event has a sheen of coolness (with all the tattoos and the DJs and such) that will appeal to younger folks, there’s a conscious effort to build bridges to the older generation as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971066\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971066\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby.jpg\" alt=\"Traditional Chinese teaware laid out on a slab of wood.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby-800x520.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby-1020x663.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby-768x499.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby-1536x998.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby-1920x1248.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tucked in the middle of the bustling party will be a quiet tea sanctuary. \u003ccite>(silkpunkbaby, courtesy of Neo Lunar)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the best example is “Multi-Gen,” the party’s fashion show component inspired by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/11151933/how-senior-fashion-is-turning-heads-in-san-franciscos-chinatown\">\u003ci>Chinatown Pretty\u003c/i>\u003c/a> photo project, which spotlighted the often bold and idiosyncratic styles of San Francisco Chinatown elders. The fashion show will start and end with drag performers, and it’ll feature a diverse lineup of amateur models, both young and old, who’ll show off looks by 10 Asian American designers. Both Yang’s and Patton’s mothers will be among those walking the runway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really special because I think a lot of our parents who are immigrants, they’ve sacrificed a lot of their own self-identity and desires,” Chen says. “So this is an opportunity to have them feel like superstars, without asking them to be people that they’re not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b2b2b;font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='arts_13924997,arts_13962284,arts_13970881']\u003c/span>\u003c/span>Another attraction geared toward partygoers of all ages is the cluster of mahjong tables, which will be running games all day. Lui, who hosts \u003ca href=\"https://sf.eater.com/2023/7/12/23792850/mahjong-restaurants-bay-area-asian-jewish-culture\">regular mahjong nights\u003c/a> at Baba’s House, says she’s found that the spirit of friendly competition that the game fosters is the perfect way to bridge the gap between young Asian Americans and elders who might not otherwise have much in common. “The younger generation wants to learn,” Lui says. “And the older generation gets surprised [by that interest]. They’re like, ‘Oh, so you want to \u003ci>play\u003c/i>?’ And then they get sassy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The games are meant to be approachable for players of all experience levels, and Baba’s House will have coaches on hand to teach beginners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe the most important way Neo Lunar’s organizers hope to attract a multigenerational crowd? Admission for both seniors and children will be free. The party will also be a masked event, to protect vulnerable community members from COVID and other airborne illnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while the Year of the Snake sometimes \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/world/china/lunar-new-year-snake-china-asia-zodiac-ff5f5fcd\">gets a bad rap\u003c/a>, compared to some of the other zodiac animals, Yang says he can’t imagine a better mascot for this year’s Neo Lunar event: “The Year of the Snake is perfect for what we’re trying to do. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When Jonathan Yang was growing up, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/lunar-new-year\">Lunar New Year\u003c/a> was marked by elaborate feasts at his immigrant family’s Chinese restaurant. “It was hyper-focused on food — and, obviously, being on your best behavior, being a good son and getting that ultimate red envelope,” he recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also never felt like a holiday he could truly call his own, or where he could be authentic to his identity as a gay man. Instead, those New Year’s gatherings were a time of deep anxiety. “It was just like, I have to live a lie,” Yang says. “I have to field questions from the aunties and uncles asking, ‘Oh, why aren’t you married yet? Do you have a girlfriend?’ It was always wrapped up in that kind of experience for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, when Yang, co-owner of Richmond’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/laughing_gems_wine\">Laughing Gems Wine\u003c/a>, attended a boisterous, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13952052/lunar-new-year-party-oakland-cantonese-taiwanese\">next-generation Lunar New Year’s festival\u003c/a> in Oakland last year that bustled with DJs, tattoo artists, tea cocktails and a DIY red envelope station, he felt so inspired, he knew he wanted to be a part of it too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to create a space that I felt represented all of us,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Yang and his business partner, Tiffani Patton, joined forces with visual artist Hanna Chen (of the multimedia art brand \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/itsyangsheng/\">Yăng Shēng\u003c/a>) and Jenn Lui (co-owner of Asian snack shop \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thisisbabas.house/\">Baba’s House\u003c/a> in Oakland) to put on an even bigger, more ambitious party to ring in the Year of the Snake. Rebranded as \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neo-lunar-lunar-new-year-reimagined-tickets-1124707453269?aff=oddtdtcreator\">Neo Lunar\u003c/a>, the sprawling, multi-experiential event will include a night market, a fashion show, a mahjong parlor, a natural wine bar, multiple tattoo artists and art installations, and much more — all crammed into \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/oakstop/?hl=en\">Oakstop’s\u003c/a> two-story Uptown Oakland event space on Saturday, Feb. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971056\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1708px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971056\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A man lifts up his shirt to reveal several tattoos, including a red flower on his sternum and a large cat across his abdomen. \" width=\"1708\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-scaled.jpg 1708w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-800x1199.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-1020x1528.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-768x1151.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-1367x2048.jpg 1367w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/LNY-24-Flash-by-Proper-Tattoo-1920x2877.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1708px) 100vw, 1708px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An attendee at last year’s party shows off new ink, courtesy of Proper Tattoo, which will again be on hand at the 2025 edition of Neo Lunar. \u003ccite>(J-han, courtesy of Neo Lunar)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The event’s organizers all had different experiences with Lunar New Year as Asian Americans growing up in the diaspora, but the common thread was this sense that the holiday never \u003ci>really \u003c/i>belonged to them. Lui remembers sitting in a folding stool and watching her grandparents play mahjong but not necessarily getting to play herself, and attending street parades that mostly only interested the elders in her family. And Patton, who is Black and Korean, experienced so much racism from Korean peers and family members that she never really felt like any Asian experiences were meant for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Only in the past couple of years have I been able to participate in different Korean traditions,” she says. “It’s been really beautiful and affirming and heart-opening. To provide that for other people is one of the big reasons for me to do this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the obvious ways Neo Lunar’s organizers hope to connect to other second- and third-generation Asian Americans is through food — in particular, new-school pop-up shops that share their aesthetic of remixing old traditions to create something new. For instance, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DFXEnnex16a/?img_index=1\">Lion Dance Cafe\u003c/a>, the vegan Singaporean pop-up, will be on hand slinging mala douhua and kung pao shaobing sandwiches. Beloved Eastside San Jose pop-up \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/_hetsay_/\">Hết Sẩy\u003c/a> will sling Mekong Delta–style Vietnamese dishes for Tết. 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Chen, the Yăng Shēng artist, says they wanted to capture the excitement of having a multitude of offerings packed into one physical space — “a bustling, shoulder-to-shoulder experience.” Or, as Lui puts it, “You’ll peek and wonder what’s around the corner. Who’s selling this now? What’s happening next?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those who find the night market vibe too hectic, there will also be a calligraphy workshop and Chinese tea served in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/little-garden-by-arbor-teahouse-tickets-1203996930229?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaFL4FaBQLKIscjmOcIHiC3904R9j4dSeL6e3JeoGeKYZZGIa6_zhJ6OnM_aem_--rILHqsXSRQQykfEUF34A\">quiet little teahouse sanctuary\u003c/a> tucked away in the middle of the party. And at Yăng Shēng’s immersive “Living Room” installation, partygoers can just chill on a couch that Chen made in collaboration with a local woodworker, with a Chinese-style lattice window carved into the back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neo Lunar is also very explicitly not \u003ci>just \u003c/i>for young people. A big part of how the organizers say they’re making this New Year’s celebration their own is by making it an intergenerational affair — a party where, as they’re fond of saying, you can “bring your aunties \u003ci>and \u003c/i>your homies.” While the event has a sheen of coolness (with all the tattoos and the DJs and such) that will appeal to younger folks, there’s a conscious effort to build bridges to the older generation as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13971066\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13971066\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby.jpg\" alt=\"Traditional Chinese teaware laid out on a slab of wood.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby-800x520.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby-1020x663.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby-768x499.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby-1536x998.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/teahouse-_-silkpunkbaby-1920x1248.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tucked in the middle of the bustling party will be a quiet tea sanctuary. \u003ccite>(silkpunkbaby, courtesy of Neo Lunar)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the best example is “Multi-Gen,” the party’s fashion show component inspired by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/11151933/how-senior-fashion-is-turning-heads-in-san-franciscos-chinatown\">\u003ci>Chinatown Pretty\u003c/i>\u003c/a> photo project, which spotlighted the often bold and idiosyncratic styles of San Francisco Chinatown elders. 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"content": "\u003cp>For many Bay Area food lovers, it has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13957666/best-boba-shops-bay-area-berkeley-cupertino-sf\">cold boba summer\u003c/a>, a hot-dog-at-the-\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13960687/oakland-ballers-baseball-summertime-fans\">Ballers’-game\u003c/a> summer and, perhaps more than anything, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/night-markets-19497739.php\">summer of bustling outdoor night markets\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2024/05/23/prescott-night-market-food-lineup-west-oakland/\">West Oakland\u003c/a> recently kicked off a food-centric, thrillingly multicultural monthly night market. San Francisco’s Sunset district will reprise a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/sunset-night-market-vendors-19574731.php\">super-sized version\u003c/a> of its popular Irving Street night market in August and September, featuring as many as 150 vendors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, for the first time, Eastside San Jose is getting its own night market: the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mvbl.co/storyroad/\">Story Road Night Market\u003c/a>, a heavily Vietnamese-focused event located in the Grand Century Mall parking lot. There, right in the heart of Little Saigon, food vendors will grill meat skewers and ladle out cups of cold chè while retail pop-ups sell trading cards, scented candles and handmade plushies — all amid a full lineup of cultural performances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Co-produced by San Jose street food event organizer \u003ca href=\"https://www.mvbl.co/\">Moveable Feast\u003c/a>, the new night market will debut this weekend, July 26–27, with later editions scheduled for September and October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many of the other Bay Area night market events, Story Road Night Market draws its inspiration from the lively late-night street markets that are a staple in cities throughout Asia. Ryan Sebastian, Moveable Feast’s founder and CEO, says his company’s night markets differ from its more standard, Off the Grid–style food truck events in terms of their larger scale and later hours, and also their inclusion of non-food retail vendors, many of which are part of San Jose’s vibrant pop-up maker community. It might not be \u003ci>quite\u003c/i> as sprawling and idiosyncratic as your average Taipei night market, but, as Sebastian puts it, “It’s not just eight food trucks in a parking lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13961555\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13961555\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/night-market-vendor.jpg\" alt=\"A market vendor sells plushies.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/night-market-vendor.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/night-market-vendor-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/night-market-vendor-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/night-market-vendor-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/night-market-vendor-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/night-market-vendor-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/night-market-vendor-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vendor selling plushies at a past Moveable Feast night market event. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Moveable Feast)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not all of the food vendors will be Vietnamese, or even Asian American, necessarily. There will also be food trucks slinging birria tacos and Nashville hot chicken sandwiches. But one of the virtues of the night market’s tighter cultural focus is the sheer variety of Vietnamese foods that will be on offer — not just the most famous dishes like phở and bánh mì, says Moveable Feast events manager Yaneth Lopez, but also other street food dishes that “go great with beer.” (There will be a beer garden on the premises, after all.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID='news_11963136,arts_13904913,arts_13954983']\u003c/span>Here’s where the location right outside \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjose.org/attraction/grand-century-mall\">Grand Century\u003c/a> — a nearly all-Vietnamese shopping mall — really sets the night market apart. About a third of the food stalls will be occupied by traditional Vietnamese restaurants from the food court or the adjacent Vietnam Town shopping plaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, on the one hand, Story Road Night Market visitors will be able to partake in the kind of trendy, hybridized food that you usually find at this kind of event: Portuguese egg tarts with Asian flavors like pandan and durian from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/a.m.patisserie/?hl=en\">A&M Patisserie\u003c/a>, Filipino-Mexican fusion tacos from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/loskuyas/?hl=en\">Los Kuyas\u003c/a> and, of course, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/hotboichilioil/?hl=en\">artisanal chili crunch\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, Grand Century food court staple Cháo Vịt Thanh Đa will be grilling skewered meat, snails and squid, perfuming the air with their enticing, smoky aroma. \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/anvatnhacam.sj/\">Ăn Vặt Nhà Cam\u003c/a>, a newcomer to Vietnam Town, will be on hand to sell, among other dishes, chicken feet in Thai sauce. Meanwhile, longtime farmers market pop-up darling \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963136/flavor-profile-beyond-banh-mi-san-jose-pop-up-plays-with-classics-of-vietnamese-cuisine\">Hết Sẩy\u003c/a> straddles the old and new, serving hard-to-find regional specialties from the Mekong River Delta, often with a Bay Area twist. At the night market, they’ll be serving their signature bánh mì thịt kho tàu, a sandwich filled with braised pork belly, chopped egg, pickled mustard greens and bird’s eye chilies. They’ll also be one of a couple vendors selling \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13904913/vietnamese-drinks-boba-che-guide-san-jose\">chè\u003c/a>, the dessert beverage made up of shaved ice and assorted fruits and jellies — the ideal summer refresher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13961557\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13961557\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230818-HetSayRestaurant-05-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A pop-up restaurant worker ladles broth over a banh mi sandwich.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230818-HetSayRestaurant-05-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230818-HetSayRestaurant-05-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230818-HetSayRestaurant-05-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230818-HetSayRestaurant-05-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230818-HetSayRestaurant-05-BL_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230818-HetSayRestaurant-05-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230818-HetSayRestaurant-05-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hết Sẩy’s signature pork belly banh mi. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The cool thing about having the vendors outside is you can actually see them making these things instead of just reading them on a menu,” says Natalie Truong, Moveable Feast’s catering and operations specialist. In other words, for visitors who aren’t already intimately familiar with Vietnamese cuisine, it will be a relatively unintimidating chance to try something new.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sebastian says the Bay Area’s current night market renaissance can trace its roots back to the height of the pandemic, when all big community gatherings were shut down completely. As it turns out, night markets have been one of the best responses to the “need to establish community connection and combat loneliness,” he says. Meanwhile, as cities and neighborhoods launched successful night market events, everyone in the world of city economic development has been watching and learning. The upshot? Companies like Moveable Feast have been inundated with requests from cities that want to put money into launching a night market — more requests than they have the capacity to fulfill, Sebastian says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13961543\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13961543\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/moveable-night-market.jpg\" alt=\"Visitors to a night market. lit up against the darkness, eating and mingling at picnic tables.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1081\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/moveable-night-market.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/moveable-night-market-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/moveable-night-market-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/moveable-night-market-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/moveable-night-market-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/moveable-night-market-1536x865.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bustling scene after dark at one of Moveable Feast’s previous night market events. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Moveable Feast)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In fact, the Story Road Night Market series came about because of one such request: San Jose District 7 Councilmember Bien Doan reached out to Moveable Feast after raising some money to help fund the night market, and the newly formed Story Road Business Association also chipped in — all with the goal of building community, drawing new visitors to the district and creating some buzz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Little Saigon, it’s already known for its food,” Sebastian says. And if all goes according to plan, the night market should make a convincing case to newcomers for what most folks who live in San Jose already know — that this little half-mile stretch of Story Road has one of the greatest concentrations of delicious food in the entire Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mvbl.co/storyroad/#event-info\">\u003ci>Story Road Night Market\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003ci> will take place on Friday, July 26, and Saturday, July 27, from 4–10 p.m., in the Grand Century Mall’s (1111 Story Rd., San Jose) western parking lot — the side adjacent to Vietnam Town. Both parking and admission are free. The market will take place again Sept. 6–7 and Oct. 11–12.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>Here’s where the location right outside \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjose.org/attraction/grand-century-mall\">Grand Century\u003c/a> — a nearly all-Vietnamese shopping mall — really sets the night market apart. About a third of the food stalls will be occupied by traditional Vietnamese restaurants from the food court or the adjacent Vietnam Town shopping plaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, on the one hand, Story Road Night Market visitors will be able to partake in the kind of trendy, hybridized food that you usually find at this kind of event: Portuguese egg tarts with Asian flavors like pandan and durian from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/a.m.patisserie/?hl=en\">A&M Patisserie\u003c/a>, Filipino-Mexican fusion tacos from \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/loskuyas/?hl=en\">Los Kuyas\u003c/a> and, of course, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/hotboichilioil/?hl=en\">artisanal chili crunch\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, Grand Century food court staple Cháo Vịt Thanh Đa will be grilling skewered meat, snails and squid, perfuming the air with their enticing, smoky aroma. \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/anvatnhacam.sj/\">Ăn Vặt Nhà Cam\u003c/a>, a newcomer to Vietnam Town, will be on hand to sell, among other dishes, chicken feet in Thai sauce. Meanwhile, longtime farmers market pop-up darling \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963136/flavor-profile-beyond-banh-mi-san-jose-pop-up-plays-with-classics-of-vietnamese-cuisine\">Hết Sẩy\u003c/a> straddles the old and new, serving hard-to-find regional specialties from the Mekong River Delta, often with a Bay Area twist. At the night market, they’ll be serving their signature bánh mì thịt kho tàu, a sandwich filled with braised pork belly, chopped egg, pickled mustard greens and bird’s eye chilies. They’ll also be one of a couple vendors selling \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13904913/vietnamese-drinks-boba-che-guide-san-jose\">chè\u003c/a>, the dessert beverage made up of shaved ice and assorted fruits and jellies — the ideal summer refresher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13961557\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13961557\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230818-HetSayRestaurant-05-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A pop-up restaurant worker ladles broth over a banh mi sandwich.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230818-HetSayRestaurant-05-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230818-HetSayRestaurant-05-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230818-HetSayRestaurant-05-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230818-HetSayRestaurant-05-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230818-HetSayRestaurant-05-BL_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230818-HetSayRestaurant-05-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/230818-HetSayRestaurant-05-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hết Sẩy’s signature pork belly banh mi. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The cool thing about having the vendors outside is you can actually see them making these things instead of just reading them on a menu,” says Natalie Truong, Moveable Feast’s catering and operations specialist. In other words, for visitors who aren’t already intimately familiar with Vietnamese cuisine, it will be a relatively unintimidating chance to try something new.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sebastian says the Bay Area’s current night market renaissance can trace its roots back to the height of the pandemic, when all big community gatherings were shut down completely. As it turns out, night markets have been one of the best responses to the “need to establish community connection and combat loneliness,” he says. Meanwhile, as cities and neighborhoods launched successful night market events, everyone in the world of city economic development has been watching and learning. The upshot? Companies like Moveable Feast have been inundated with requests from cities that want to put money into launching a night market — more requests than they have the capacity to fulfill, Sebastian says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13961543\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13961543\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/moveable-night-market.jpg\" alt=\"Visitors to a night market. lit up against the darkness, eating and mingling at picnic tables.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1081\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/moveable-night-market.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/moveable-night-market-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/moveable-night-market-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/moveable-night-market-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/moveable-night-market-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/moveable-night-market-1536x865.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bustling scene after dark at one of Moveable Feast’s previous night market events. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Moveable Feast)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In fact, the Story Road Night Market series came about because of one such request: San Jose District 7 Councilmember Bien Doan reached out to Moveable Feast after raising some money to help fund the night market, and the newly formed Story Road Business Association also chipped in — all with the goal of building community, drawing new visitors to the district and creating some buzz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Little Saigon, it’s already known for its food,” Sebastian says. And if all goes according to plan, the night market should make a convincing case to newcomers for what most folks who live in San Jose already know — that this little half-mile stretch of Story Road has one of the greatest concentrations of delicious food in the entire Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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