The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/15/la-cocinas-very-popular-sf-street-food-festival-returns-after-five-year-hiatus/Those of us who lived in San Francisco in the last decade remember the ever-popular SF Street Food Festival — which thanks to widespread coverage on radio, web, TV, and in print was an immediate, very crowded success in its first year, and only grew from there. The SF Street Food Festival began as a two-block affair on Folsom Street, off of 24th Street, but very quickly had to expand after its inaugural event in 2009 became a raucous shit-show of Millennials clamoring for tasty, reasonably priced bites. By its third year, it spanned four blocks, from 22nd to 26th Street, and took over the grounds of Cesar Chavez Elementary School as well. The f
La Cocina's Very Popular SF Street Food Festival Returns After Five

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