Off the Grid: San Francisco, in partnership with the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Dept launches Off the Grid: Saint Mary’s Square in San Francisco’s Financial District.

Key Details-
Off the Grid: St. Mary’s Square
Soft Launch Date: Monday July 25, 2011
Official Opening: Monday August 1, 2011
Times: 11am-2pm Weekly
Number of Trucks: 4 Weekly
Location: Parking available immediately below the park in the Saint Mary’s Square Parking Garage off California Street.

Participating Vendors Include:
Hapa SF
3 Sum Eats
The Rib Whip
Senor Sisig
Toasty Melts
Fins on the Hoof
… and more.

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

(San Francisco—Tuesday July 19, 2011)
Off the Grid: San Francisco is proud to announce the launch of “Off the Grid: Saint Mary’s Square,” located in San Francisco’s Financial District in the beautiful Saint Mary’s Square Park. Off the Grid: Saint Mary’s Square will feature vendors from all over the Bay Area (4 each week) serving Mondays from 11am-2pm.

Off the Grid: Saint Mary’s Square is a project created in partnership with the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department. 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 and is thrilled to be able to locate in Saint Mary’s Square. Off the Grid: Saint Mary’s Square marks Off the Grid: San Francisco’s first location in San Francisco’s Financial District.

Off the Grid: Saint Mary’s Square will feature a rotating list of the Bay Area’s best traditional and nouveau Street Food vendors, including:

- 3-Sum Eats
- The Rib Whip
- Toasty Melts
- Fins on the Hoof
- Brass Knuckle
… and More.

For more details on Off the Grid: Saint Mary’s Square 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

Connie Chan-
Deputy Director of Public Affairs,
San Francisco Recreation and Park
Phone: 415.831.2796
Connie.Chan@sfgov.org