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have chosen these vendors with care. Their food and drink offer textures,
colors and flavors sure to delight.
Their generosity and dedication to community are sure to feed your soul.
Please explore these links to find out more about their products. |
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ALQUIMIA
ORGANIC
TEQUILA
Alquimia Organic Tequila
Is an award winning, USDA organically certified, estate grown blue
agave tequila. Using a unique growing process that insures bountiful
agave-harvest, owner
Adolfo Murillo has become an international leader in organic
production. Taste its Blanco, where freshly-cooked agave dominates
with sweet, earthy, peppery tones; Reposado, aged in white oak
barrels with notes of pleasant spiciness; Añejo with caramel and
vanilla flavors, ranked #1 on GQ Magazine “Hotlist; and Extra Añejo,
a cognac-like tequila classified as "exceptional." |
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CASA NOBLE ORGANIC TEQUILA
Casa Noble, sponsor of Tequila Rocks!, makes
epic tequilas that use only organically, hand harvested blue agave.
Casa Noble triple distills its tequila in aged in French white-oak
barrels. Taste its most awarded
Crystal
(Blanco),
Reposado aged 365 days with notes of vanilla, chocolate and
butter and its Añejo
aged up to 14 years with notes of chocolate, coffee bean, and rich
oak. Casa Noble has donated its Crystal tequila for cocktails
purchased at the bar. |
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CHEF STEVE CORTEZ
After
a successful career in high tech, Chef Steve Cortez has refined his
talents in the kitchen and the classroom, teaching everything from
cooking basics to advanced courses on world cuisines. He also fills
in as a specialty chef for Stanford University, Apple Computers, and
other local venues. |
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CIPPONERI FAMILY FARMS
A
Modesto family owned business provides fruits to the central valley
and San Francisco Bay Area. Specializing in stone fruit, the
Cipponeris also sell a variety of fruit and dried fruit year round
at various farmer’s markets. |
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COCINA
POBLANA
Chef Lito Saldaña merges traditional colonial flavors with modern
techniques with his Tamales de costillas de puerco (pork rib
tamales), Tamales de rajas con crema (chile slices with cream), Ahi
tuna ceviche, 4 moles, chips and salsas (infierno (hell), pepino
(cucumber, mango, avocado); the First Place Winner 2009 Taste of
Tamales; People’s Choice 2010 Taste of Tequila & Tamales. |
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CROTALO TEQUILA
Crótalo Tequila, new rattlesnake (crotalo) on the block, was rated
the #1 tequila of 2010 by the
tequilawhisperer.com (episode #56) , high praise, indeed. Head
over to taste its 45 day aged triple distilled plata (silver), 11
month 2 week double barrel aged reposado, which holds its own as
stand-alone, and 2 year 3 month double barrel aged añejo, with bold
flavor that can be sipped like a fine Scotch or Brandy. |
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DON RAMON'S MEXICAN RESTAURANTE
A family owned venue for
traditional Mexican food and plentiful bar where San Francisco
politicos (along with everyone else) come to eat and celebrate.
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EL HUARACHE LOCO
Founded in 2005 by
Veronica Salazar, a Mexico City native, El Huarache Loco serves up a
delicious blend of Mexico City classics and organic Bay Area bounty
at the San Francisco Alemany Farmer’s Market. Veronica was awarded
the Best Traditional Tamale at the 2007 and 2008 Taste of Tamales by
the Bay. |
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JOSE CUERVO TRADICIONAL TEQUILA
Crafted from 100% blue agave,
Jose
Cuervo Tradicional tequila is the #1 selling 100% Agave Reposado Tequila in
Mexico. Those in the know keep a bottle chilled in the
freezer, ready to share a crisp, smooth shot with friends. The
newly released
Cuervo Silver, a sweet and smooth libation, is created with
aficionados in mind. |
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LA BORINQUENA
MEX-ICATESSEN
An
Oakland community mainstay since 1944, La Borinqueña is as close to
Oaklican food — Mexicano food with Oaktown roots — as it gets.
Meet the legendary owner, Tina Tamale Ramos. |
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MAMÁ ART CAFE
Mamá Art Cafe
offers warm hospitality and stimulating space to relax and enjoy a
variety of organic and fair-trade coffee beans. Owner Paulo Cabezas has created a dynamic
venue that enriches the community through music, dance, art, spoken
word – and of course, deliciously satisfying coffee. |
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MEXICO BY HAND
features unique high
quality folk art by award-winning artisans from the Mexican state of
Michoacán collected with care by Peggy Stein and Doug Wheeler. Many
of the artisans, most of whom are women, struggle to continue their
rich artistic tradition and earn enough to feed their families.
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MONTCLAIR SKIN CARE
day Kim Emmanuel, master
soapmaker and creator of Montclair Skin Care, wakes up with one
thing in mind: to handcraft the finest, safest, healthiest skin
products ever. Check out his complete line of natural, mostly
organic skincare products. |
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PREMIUM MEZCALES
Premium Mezcales,
created by Rudy and Claudia Favila, is a wholesaler and importer of
certified Mezcal from the State of Oaxaca. Mezcal, a distilled
spirit may be made from a number of different agave species and may
be produced over a wide part of Mexico; while Tequila, made only
from the blue weber agave, is predominantly made in state of
Jalisco. Rudy, King of Mezcal, offers tastes of Sacacuento and Agave
de Cortes from Oaxaca. |
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RANCHO GORDO
Steve Sando, Rancho Gordo's proprietor extraordinaire, grows and sells
outstanding new world heirloom dry beans. Rancho Gordo has twenty to
thirty varieties of beans on hand at any one time and Steve be will be
bringing some to share (cooked, of course) and some to sell
(uncooked). |
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SAN FRANCISCO CHOCOLATE
BOUTIQUE
provides gourmet-quality, creatively packaged chocolate at
affordable prices. They are committed to instilling the complexity
and depth of flavor of fine red wine, dark roast coffee or elegantly
smooth tequila in their chocolate products. |
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SPICE OF LIFE
Spice creator Lori
Foster asks us to imagine life without vanilla ice cream, cinnamon
buns, or gingerbread cookies; chili sauce, taco seasoning or garlic
bread. Lori shares her spices, herbs and blends. |
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SUHA SUHA STUDIO
Artists Sung Jae Bang
and Haelee Choi use their artistic talent to create everyday items
that make people smile. Whimsical animals and foods are their
themes. Their individually handmade ceramic pieces include
coasters, tea bag plates, necklaces and tile paintings. |
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TAMALES LOS MAYA
A
new venture by entrepreneur Alicia Villanueva showcases an awesome
variety of tamales. |
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TEQUILA DON PILAR
Entrepreneur Don Jose Pilar Contreras uses unique, artisanal methods
to create his fine Tequila -- fermented with Champagne yeast, and
bathed in Baroque music during the 200 hour distillation process.
Sample Don Pilar
Blanco,
described as clean and bright with pineapple and zest, and a gently
creamy finish;
and Añejo, aged in virgin American white oak barrels with a taste
redolent of butterscotch, chocolate, toasted agave. Certified
kosher.Tequila.net gives it a 94.1 Editor's Rating. |
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TEQUILA
EL RELINGO
Named after an elegant horse in Jalisco, El Relingo is an award
winning tequila crafted by brothers Sergio and Jose Juan Carlos
Barajas from 100% blue agave. El Relingo’s
Blanco,
Reposado and
Anejo
join unique aromas, body, and flavors sure to please. |
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TEQUILA
MANANA
The Mañana Legend holds
that owner Don Pancho Vidal let his tequila rest much longer than
other tequila makers. When asked when he would bring tequila out of
the barrels, he said: “Mañana, mañana, will be the day.” This mañana
genius has produced exceptional, award-winning tequila. Sample
Mañana’s
Blanco - creamy, fruity, mineral and peppery finish, all in fine
balance;
Reposado - nice, dry sophisticated with mild roasted vegetable,
pimento, cedar dust, pickling spices, and mineral finish;
Añejo - vanilla fudge, ginger and exotic peppercorn flourish on
the long warming finish. |
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THE WHOLE TORTILLA
Vanessa and Ricardo believe the
tamale has gotten a bad w(rap)! Their solution? No-husk
artisan tamales spiced with their secret blend of red and green
chiles for a unique New Mexican flare! |
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TRES
Formerly
known as Tres Agaves, Tres is taking itself to new and exciting
places – growing their tequila list to 150 and expanding their food
offerings beyond Jalisco. |
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YESSICA'S CREATIONS
Yessica Alfaro designs jewelry that is unique, colorful and fun to
wear. She offers for sale handmade
natural jewelry (coconut and tawa seed), handmade silver jewelry
with semi precious stones and sculptured shells. |
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