The Edible Atlas is a global street food festival exploring the flavors, food traditions, and stories that make up our collective plate. Across cultures and continents, food carries stories of migration, memory, tradition, and home. In the Bay Area, those stories come together around a shared table.

Throughout the day, guests can eat their way around the world with standout food trucks and street food artisans, discover local makers, and enjoy live music, performances, and family-friendly activities. From a beloved family recipe to a street food tradition carried across generations, every dish offers a taste of the stories that shape our communities.

THE ATLAS EXPERIENCE: Inside Bloc15

Get your Atlas Pass and embark on a tasting journey across the landscape of global cuisine in the Bay Area. 

Enjoy exclusive access to a range of specially curated food vendors! Your Atlas Pass gets you 4 Atlas Vouchers to be exchanged for Atlas Bites, dishes from each food vendor that represents their story and the flavors of their heritage. Each bite will be accompanied by a short story for guests to discover as they eat their way through the festival. 

Inside Bloc15, you will also receive an Atlas to guide your eat-and-learn experience, including origin stories with additional bites and bevs:

• Chef demos and samples from Oakland Bloom
• Fresh microgreens and their history–from Sankofa Urban Farm
• Food culture and history installations from No Immigrants, No Spice and GEMS Oral Histories

Premium Pass holders can participate in unique and mouthwatering food interactions such as an Eritrean Coffee Ritual, sampling tours of Oakland United Beerworks, and more!

BLOC 15 VENDORS:

• Cali Sweet Cakes
• Peaches Patties
• Ochamode
• Oakland Bloom
• Oakland Gleaners
• Pacifico
• That Hausa Vegan 

ALICE STREET FOOD VENDORS:

• Chiricana Cocina Panamaña 
• Jollof Kitchen
• Swahili Spot 
• SIsters Catering and Events
• Wahjeewah 
• Yo Soy Ceviche

COMMUNITY PARTNERS:

• Bloc 15
• Jack London Improvement District
• GEMS Oral Histories
• No Immigrants No Spice
• Sankofa Urban Farms
• Oakland Bloom
• Oakland Gleaners

ATLAS PASS ACTIVATIONS:

Oakland Bloom Presents: Flavors + Traditions

Flavors + Traditions brings together chefs and community members to share the recipes, techniques, and traditions that have been passed down through generations. Curated by Oakland Bloom, each demonstration brings together storytelling, cooking, and tasting, inviting guests to experience the cultures and traditions that make our communities so vibrant.

Sankofa Urban Farm Stand

Explore where our greens come from and how they made their way to our tables today through a culinary anthropological perspective. Sample fresh microgreens grown at Sankofa Urban Farm while learning about the origins, journeys, and cultural histories of the foods we call soul food.

Sankofa Urban Farms is transforming San Francisco backyards into productive edible gardens, growing fresh fruits and vegetables while building a more just and equitable local food system. The farm prioritizes feeding the Black community and provides fresh, locally grown produce to neighborhood restaurants and free food pantries. By bringing neighbors into the growing process, Sankofa is cultivating both food and community, one garden at a time.

Let’s end hunger, one garden at a time.

Oakland Gleaners Public Fruit Stand

A community fruit stand celebrating the abundance growing in our own backyards. Enjoy rescued local fruit, learn about gleaning, and discover how neighborhood harvests can help reduce food waste and feed the community.

Oakland Gleaners is an all-volunteer organization that picks, packs, and delivers fruit from people’s backyard trees to food distribution networks around the East Bay. Born out of a desire to address the dual issues of food waste and food insecurity, the Gleaners believe that our collective capacity to care for and uplift our neighbors starts from the ground up. Since 2025, we've moved over 8.5 tons of fruit into free and public programs, pantries, and kitchens.

Setting the Table: A Sonic Installation of Food, Migration & Belonging

Setting the Table: A Sonic Installation of Food, Migration & Belonging is an interactive banquet table featuring audio stories from immigrant, refugee, and diasporic communities across the East Bay. Grounded in the belief that food brings us together, that gathering can be joyful, and that there is room for everyone, the installation invites visitors to sit, listen, and celebrate the stories, memories, and traditions that connect us. 

Workshop Schedule

12:30PM – 1:30PM
Salsa Macha: A Taste of Mexico by Chef Marlene of TSIRI

Discover the bold, smoky flavors of salsa macha while learning about its origins, ingredients, and the traditions that have made this beloved Mexican condiment a kitchen staple for generations. Along the way, you'll have the chance to taste this versatile chili oil and discover why it's become such a cherished part of Mexican cuisine.

2:00PM – 3:00PM
Hong Kong Milk Tea by Chef Kit of M&D Food

Rich, smooth, and deeply woven into Hong Kong's café culture, this iconic milk tea has been enjoyed for generations. Learn the traditional brewing techniques behind every cup, then enjoy a tasting while exploring the craft and traditions that have made it a beloved favorite.

3:30PM – 4:30PM
Middle Eastern and North African Salted Lemons by Chef Alia of Turnip That Beet
For generations, salted lemons have been a treasured ingredient in Lebanese and Middle Eastern/North African (MENA) kitchens, transforming simple dishes with bright, savory citrus flavor. Learn the traditional curing process, discover how preserved lemons are used in everyday cooking, and enjoy a tasting that showcases this timeless pantry staple.

Entrance to the Alice Street Block Party is FREE!

Adult Pass: $65
- All Day Entry into Bloc15 Food & Programming
- (4) Atlas Bites Vouchers

Junior Pass: $45
- All Day Entry into Bloc15 Food & Programming
- (2) Atlas Bites Vouchers

Premium Pass: $95
- All Day Entry into Bloc15 Food & Programming
- Special Seating in the Atlas Lounge
- Exclusive activations through the day
- (1) Drink Voucher
- (4) Atlas Bites Vouchers