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CULINARY MARKETPLACE TO OPEN IN BERNAL HEIGHTS
Six Vendors to Showcase Artisanal, Hand-Crafted Culinary Products & Services
SAN FRANCISCO, (December 16, 2009) – With a focus on local, seasonal, and sustainable, a new collaboration of San Franciscans offering artisanal food and food-related services will open a culinary marketplace at 331 Cortland Avenue at Bennington Street in Bernal Heights. Doors will be open from 7am-7pm, seven days-a-week opening by late January 2010.
The marketplace at 331 Cortland is a site-specific vision, designed with the Bernal Heights neighborhood in mind. The venture aims to satisfy the need on the Cortland retail strip for more food-related businesses, especially at lunch time, offering delicious and health-conscious prepared foods to-go, some by Bernal neighbors, including: El Porteño Empanadas, ICHI Lucky Cat Deli, Paulie’s Pickling, and Wholesome Bakery including DEZYS DRINKS, as well as the freshest organic fruit and vegetables by Della Terra Organics for shoppers and local kitchens, and professional knife sharpening services by Bernal Cutlery.
The Vision
Created by longtime San Francisco hands-on small property owner and manager Debra Resnik, the marketplace reflects her vision to offer a space where entrepreneurs can work together toward success.
“I believe in small businesses as the backbone of a good economy and central to creating healthy neighborhoods,”
Resnik began identifying potential vendors after working with La Cocina, the non-profit incubator that primarily helps women start food-related businesses. The experience helped Resnik solidify who she thought would thrive in the environment. She handpicked an eclectic mix of enthusiastic vendors, all poised and ready for the further development of their businesses. Each selection of a vendor pointed to what need was left to fill, and after meeting with many great chefs, caterers, bakers and people with unique food-related business ideas, she narrowed down to the current group.
The Space
The marketplace at 331 Cortland houses six kiosk spaces. The building will have a low energy impact for a retail space, given that all six vendors will be sharing the 1,000 square foot storefront and all the amenities will be fueled by a solar electric system. Green products and techniques were used in the build-out. All of the vendors will use recyclable and compostable ware.
El Porteño Empanadas
http://www.elportenosf.com/
Owner, Joseph Ahearne
El Porteño Empanadas celebrates the food and culture of Argentina, serving handmade delicious savory meat and poultry, as well as vegetarian empanadas and sweets, to appreciative mouths at Bay Area farmers’ markets and through their catering business and delivery truck since 2007. They proudly serve Prather Ranch Beef, Fulton Farms Chicken, and fresh organic/local produce and dairy whenever possible.
ICHI Lucky Cat Deli
http://ichisushi.com/
Owners, Timothy Archuleta, Executive Chef, and Erin Archuleta, Partner
ICHI Lucky Cat Deli is a neighborhood Japanese deli specializing in market-fresh fish, sushi to-go, Asian sandwiches, Japanese salads, and sweet treats building on ICHI Catering’s Best of the Bay (2008, 2009) editor’s pick reputation. Sushi and Asian sandwiches will be made to order, featuring homemade bread and Japanese sauces. ICHI Lucky Cat Deli will offer sushi-grade fish for the at-home chef, as well as sushi making kits.
Paulie's Pickling
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Owners, Elizabeth Storm and Paul Ashby
Pucker up for Paulie's Pickling, offering hand-crafted pickled vegetables and featuring them in an array of sauces and relishes, sandwiches and salads, made fresh daily in always tasty and sometimes surprising ways. Seasonal produce for their creations is hand-selected, with a focus on supporting local growers and farmers’ markets. Paulie’s Pickling takes great care to make sure the flavors of their brines have depth, combining a complex variety of spices and complimentary vegetables.
Wholesome Bakery—featuring DEZYS DRINKS
http://wholesomebakery.com/
Owner, Mandy Harper
Wholesome Bakery offers handmade and completely unique healthy vegan baked goods, including Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes, Vanilla Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies and Sweet Potato Pecan Baby Pies. Everything Wholesome Bakery creates is vegan, low-glycemic, wheat-free, soy-free, yeast-free, contains only healthy fats, and is delicious. Also available: Desiree Salomon’s DEZYS DRINKS—freshly made
chai, juice, and kombucha tea, all made from scratch daily using mostly organic fruits, vegetables, and spices, and all kid-friendly.
Della Terra Organics
http://www.dtoproduce.com/
Owner, Susan D'Arcangelo
Della Terra Organics—From the Earth, is an organic produce market supporting local organic farmers and providing the freshest organic fruits and vegetables right into the hands of the customer with convenient seven day-a-week service.
Bernal Cutlery
http://www.bernalcutlery.com/
Owner, Josh Donald
Bernal Cutlery has operated San Francisco’s only Japanese whetstone sharpening service for nearly five years and sells an assortment of new, vintage and antique cutlery for the casual to professional chef, the gardener, and the collector.
