When I first moved to the Bay Area, I, admittedly, didn’t even know that Emeryville was its own city. Wedged between Berkeley and Oakland, bordering the San Francisco Bay, it’s one of the region’s smallest cities, a place that’s often defined by the giants around it and commonly overshadowed as a result. Who would’ve thought that this municipality, with a population just under 14,000 (fewer than the number of riders who pass through Embarcadero Station on an average weekday) would have a food hall that punches well above its weight?

Founded in the late 1980s, the Emeryville Public Market offers almost 20 fast-casual stalls, with options like Peruvian street food, house-made BBQ, Korean-Japanese fusion, among others. Phaedra Morris, general manager of the Public Market, strongly feels th

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