Off the Grid: San Francisco, in partnership with the City of San Mateo and the Downtown San Mateo Association, launches Off the Grid: San Mateo.

Key Details-
Off the Grid: Downtown San Mateo
Soft Launch Date: Monday July 11, 2011
Official Opening: Monday June 18, 2011
Times: 5-9pm
Location: Parking Area between First Avenue and Baldwin Avenue at the west side of the Downtown San Mateo Caltrain Station.

Participating Vendors Include:
Hapa SF
3-Sum Eats
Chairman Bao
Curry Up Now
Whisk on Wheels
Pacific Puffs
… and many more.

Up to Date Event Information Available At:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/OffTheGridSF
Twitter: @sfcarts

(SAN MATEO—Friday July 8, 2011)
Off the Grid: San Francisco is proud to announce the launch of “Off the Grid: San Mateo,” nestled in Downtown San Mateo’s historic commercial district. Off the Grid: San Mateo will feature vendors from all over the Bay Area (8 each week) serving Mondays from 5-9pm.

Off the Grid: San Mateo is a project created in partnership with the Downtown San Mateo Association to transform a community streetscape into a weekly gathering place. The market continues Off the Grid’s commitment to bring value priced, local, artisanal food experiences to people-oriented public spaces where locals and visitors love to live, work, and play.  Off the Grid is proud of its experience with creating excitement around, and opportunities for, local economies and small businesses.

Off the Grid: San Mateo will feature a rotating list of the Bay Area’s best traditional and nouveau Street Food vendors from a variety of cultural backgrounds, including:
- Hapa SF
- 3-Sum Eats
- Chairman Bao
- Curry Up Now
- Whisk on Wheels
- Pacific Puffs
- and many more.

“Downtown San Mateo is the geographic center of the Peninsula, and an authentic urban experience. We are public transit accessible and walkable. We chose to partner with Off the Grid in creating an innovative community space because of their forward-thinking track record in engaging with merchants on these projects. We are looking forward to bringing even more activity to the Downtown.” said Downtown San Mateo Association Executive Director Rob Edwards.

Jaime Turri: “They were overjoyed because many reside here yet travel to San Francisco to attend this event. The fact is, the food trucks are coming to the Peninsula and San Mateo will be at the top of this nationwide trend. For once, the leaders in our community saw the opportunity and jumped at it. Instead of passing us by for San Carlos or Redwood City, it is landing here — and we are on top. ”

For more details on Off the Grid: San Mateo please follow us on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/offthegridsf.
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ABOUT OFF THE GRID: SAN FRANCISCO:
Off the Grid: San Francisco is an event management company whose goal is the establishment of gourmet mobile food markets throughout the Bay Area. Off the Grid runs the successful “Off the Grid: Fort Mason Center,” “Off the Grid: Upper Haight,” and “Off the Grid: Civic Center” Street Food markets, and actively works with non-profits, small entrepreneurs, and municipal governments to support increased street vending in urban areas. Each Off the Grid market seeks to serve delicious food, and assist in formalizing spaces for mobile entrepreneurs to operate legally and safely in order to be able to positively contribute to the communities they serve.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Matthew Cohen-
Founder, Off the Grid: San Francisco
415-425-8444, matt@offthegridsf.com

Rob Edwards, Executive Director
Downtown San Mateo Association
805-616-9339

Jamie Turri
Owner/Buyer
J’me Boutique
60 East Third Avenue, Suite 108
San Mateo, CA 94401
650.685.2038 p