Visit the Bay Area’s BARTable food incubators

The Mission’s La Cocina pioneered the food incubator trend back in 2005, offering affordable kitchen space to women from communities of color and immigrant communities, and guiding them through the concept-to-package and concept-to-plate process. Since then, several commercial kitchens and mentoring programs have sprung up, offering wannabe chefs and food and beverage makers the appropriate facility and guidance to test their ideas and present them to the public. The concept is a community driven approach to business and shows no slowing as the Bay Area continues to embrace food and its creators. Though La Cocina’s kitchens aren’t open to the public, their Ferry Building kiosk offers a selection of food, as do two in Oakland that are close to BART stops. Lucky us!

by Sophia Markoulakis

Sophia Markoulakis is a Bay Area-based freelance journalist covering lifestyle and human interest topics. Her first memory riding BART was while attending UC Berkeley when she would ride the train to the Powell Street station when she needed a break from studying and her 7 roommates and to window shop. She still window shops and finds BART the best way to get to Union Square.

by Felicia Kieselhorst

Felicia is a freelance photographer based in Emeryville. Wedding and product photography are her bread and butter but she often takes on gigs in different subjects, including shooting for BARTable! Whatever the job, Felicia can often be found traveling via BART from her home station, MacArthur. When not working she spends her time gardening, kayaking around the Bay, watching A’s games at O.Co, or walking her pooch Qispi.