Food for Thought [Day 1]

⚡️Food for Thought: Bayview Day 1

Related Events:
Food for Thought: Bayview Day 2, Thursday, July 9, 5:00-8:00, The Food Pavilion – Register
Bay City 2051: Sci-fi speculative future cooperative game about Bayview, Wednesday, July 8, 5:00-8:00, Southeast Community Center - Register

Overview
As part of the Future of Us Festival (@futures.us), Kamu Siapa Kitchen (@kamu_siapa_kitchen) is teaming up with local Bayview non-profit, En2action (@en2action) to host a back-to-back live dinner service and pre-order takeout featuring a Indonesian + Southern Soul Food set menu that was co-created with Bayview residents, advocates, and chefs that speaks to the past, present, and now future of food cultures in Bayview.
ALL ARE WELCOME, and we invite Bayview/Hunter's Point residents in particular to come and enjoy a meal by simply providing their address.
What to Expect
Come join us for a relaxed, mid-week night out at the Food Pavilion's India Basin location overlooking the port of San Francisco. We have tons of outdoor seating and whether you come for quick takeout or a leisurely dinner, please stop by to enjoy Bayview and Hunter's Point for what the area is. A lively, resilient, and thriving community with a long history of being the backbone of San Francisco. This night will feature:
A set menu inspired by Bayview's past and present food cultures
Opportunity to leave your name, drawings, and dreams for Bayview's food scene on a banner for the Food Pavilion
Menu (subject to change)
Grilled Chicken Smothered in Sweet Soy Sauce Gravy or Cornmeal-Crusted Fried Tempeh (V)
Indonesian-style Creamed Corn (V)
Tamarind Coleslaw (V)
Coconut Rice (V)
Emping (Melinjo Nut) Crackers (V)
Parking & Transportation
Street parking is available along Innes Avenue and the Food Pavilion is accessible via public transit along the number 19 or 15 Muni bus lines with easy connection to the T tramline.
Accessibility & Considerations
The upper deck and food service area of the Food Pavilion is ADA accessible.

About the Future of Us Festival
Launching on America's 250th anniversary, the inaugural Future of Us festival is a 10-day celebration of civic imagination and possibility. We're turning community-sourced, expert-crafted visions of the future into art, storytelling, and participatory experiences. With 100+ events spanning every corner of the city (floral labyrinths, speculative future worlds, dance parties with a purpose, and neighborhood meet-ups), it's a living exploration of what a more creative and generative civic culture could feel like. Organized around four themes (Green Futures, Social Futures, Science & Tech Futures, and Media Futures), Future of Us is breaking down the barriers between art, ideas, and each other, and everyone is invited to co-imagine what comes next.
⚡ Learn more: future-of-us.com
About En2Action's Mission
To engage, empower, and inspire action to promote equitable growth, build resilient communities, and achieve transformative good. En2action's VALUES: Our work is framed by three core values: people matter, communities need to be heard, and collaboration requires openness and transparency. We mix the power of community and collaboration to create and build equity.
⚡ Learn more: en2action.org
About the Future Culture Fellows Program
The Future Culture Fellowship is a yearlong program that resources the people best positioned to shape the future of civic life in San Francisco: the community builders, artists, and grassroots visionaries already rooted in neighborhoods and traditions across the Bay. Fellows design and host original, science- and arts-centered experiences that reflect their unique perspectives on what's possible, and become part of a growing Future Culture Collective dedicated to making civic life in SF more vibrant, connected, and imaginative. The event you're signing up for was dreamed up by one of the 2026 Fellows.
⚡ Meet your hosts:
https://www.future-of-us.com/2026-fellows/salina-galeai
https://www.future-of-us.com/2026-fellows/dakota-pekerti
⚡ Learn more about the Fellows Program: future-of-us.com/collective
⚡ Follow us:
https://www.instagram.com/futures.us