{"id":325765,"date":"2026-05-21T05:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/325765\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T05:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:30:09","slug":"third-annual-rockridge-market-hall-indie-food-fest-san-francisco-bay-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/325765\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Annual Rockridge Market Hall Indie Food Fest &#8211; San Francisco Bay Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-151.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54857\" width=\"358\" height=\"264\"   \/><\/p>\n<p>Dozens of producers and makers of exceptional\u00a0cheeses, olive oils, charcuterie, chocolates, spices, wines, sake, and cocktails\u00a0were represented at the Third Annual Rockridge Market Hall Indie Food Fest in Oakland on May 9, 2026. The well-attended event also included two featured authors: David Lebovitz, visiting from Paris, who signed copies of his newly revised Ready for Dessert and The Great Book of Chocolate; and Ashy Loupy, co-author of The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook, who was also offering delicious spice blends.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-152.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54858\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\"   \/>Fran\u2019s Chocolates<br \/>PHOTO COURTESY OF MARKET HALL FOODS<\/p>\n<p>Held just before Mother\u2019s Day, the event additionally included special items from each of the shops at Market Hall: Billingsgate Seafood (which has another location in Noe Valley), Marin Sun Farms Butcher, Market Hall Bakery, Market Hall Foods, Market Hall Produce, Paul Marcus Wines, The Pasta Shop, and Wild Flower and Fern.<\/p>\n<p>Market Hall is now gearing up for special menus and products for Memorial Day, Father\u2019s Day, Pride, and picnic-ready favorites for the 4th of July. <a href=\"https:\/\/rockridgemarkethall.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/rockridgemarkethall.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-156.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"54862\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-156.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sfbaytimes.com\/?attachment_id=54862\" class=\"wp-image-54862\"   \/>Clif Family Artisan Foods<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-154.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"54860\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-154.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sfbaytimes.com\/?attachment_id=54860\" class=\"wp-image-54860\"   \/>The mother of Uplands Apiary owner Stewart Jones proudly displayed a jar of her son\u2019s honey.Photo Left: Courtesy of Market Hall Foods<br \/>Photo Right: Courtesy of San Francisco Bay Times<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-155.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"54861\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-155.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sfbaytimes.com\/?attachment_id=54861\" class=\"wp-image-54861\"   \/>Author David Lebovitz holding one of his books<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-153.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"54859\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-153.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sfbaytimes.com\/?attachment_id=54859\" class=\"wp-image-54859\"   \/>LAFAZA Madagascar bourbon vanilla and spicesPhotos Courtesy of Market Hall Foods<\/p>\n<p>Bay Times Dines<br \/>Published on May 21, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dozens of producers and makers of exceptional\u00a0cheeses, olive oils, charcuterie, chocolates, spices, wines, sake, and cocktails\u00a0were represented at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-325765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}