We headed over to the 2nd Underground Farmer’s Market together over at Capp Street and . . . → Read More: Underground farmer’s market – street food by the people, for the people]]> Last week I met up with my friend who has a “Sexysoup” street food cart in the city. Kristin is one of the many successful San Francisco street chefs and a nutritionist promoting quality, tasty food “for the people” in San Francisco.

We headed over to the 2nd Underground Farmer’s Market together over at Capp Street and showed up in time to beat the line. There was a lot of press there this time, including the New York Times. Here’s a cool write up with great photos by KQED.

The first market was Iso Rabins’ idea and took place last year in a private home in the Mission. The concept grew out of ForageSF, making foraged food more accessible to people, as well as help those who make  quality food be able to sell it without the startup costs required in city farmer’s markets.

This time around, the market was exploding. It took place upstairs in a crowded wherehouse. Aside from various tasty kombucha, homemade jam, chocolate, and baked good stands, I was most impressed with the dark chocolate brownies made with acorn flour, a delicious mushroom spread I tried, and some very fresh scones. Oh, and how could I forget Birdy Numnums’ granola too? Yum. There was apple pie sold by the slice by The Golden Crust too.

Upon entering we were welcomed by Roger from La Cocina, one of the most popular street food vendors in the scene (check out his reviews on Yelp). We had some of his tasty Indian spicy puffed rice, served in a newspaper cone, and I could have gone for seconds. Right away I ran into my friend Gregory, the hip dad with the babysling mentioned in the KQED article.

But just because this is underground doesn’t mean it’s cheaper. Slow Jams sells each jar for $10, for example, and I passed this time.

Iso is now on the lookout for a new location. His twitter says the 3rd Underground Farmer’s Market will be at 9 Langton St in San Francisco this coming Saturday at 5 p.m. He’s looking for more music talent and people to teach workshops too!

The only other place I can picture this is Brooklyn, where the food scene is also blowing up, but let me know if I’m missing something.