Shop in style, taste a tart, indulge in a sundae, or try a new canned cocktail! HEAD WEST Marketplace will return to the Back Plaza at the San Francisco Ferry Building on Sunday, December 13, 2020 from 11:00am to 5:00pm, just two miles from your door at NEMA San Francisco. The marketplace is an ideal spot to start your holiday shopping as they bring the best of Bay Area makers, crafters, designers, artists + vintage merchants together in one local, outdoor retail marketplace.

HEAD WEST Marketplace Founder Jimmy Brower curates an open-air experience that brings together the ideals of the modern maker with the spirit of the traveling vagabond. The marketplace provides an 'in-real-life' platform for new, emerging + established brands to have selling space multiple times per month at various iconic and well-known venues around the Bay.

The Mission of HEAD WEST is to provide an environment that supports and embraces local creativity + the spirit of entrepreneurship. Through connecting people, it assists in preserving arts + culture, realizing it’s impact on the local economy + providing for the well-bring of the people that keep these ideals alive. Those creatives + entrepreneurs that identify as BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+ are strongly encouraged to apply.

While you’re out and about, delight in these fall finds at the Ferry Building:

Fall is in the air at the farmers market! The CUESA Farmers Market Box is a curated selection of some of the best and freshest offerings from San Francisco's beloved Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, available for contactless curbside pickup on Saturdays. The Fall Fruit Box is a beautiful and fresh curated selection of fall fruit.

Humphry Slocombe is serving up their Duck Yeah! Sundae all November long. This treat is made with a duck fat pecan pie topped with a scoop of Brown Butter ice cream.

Smooch Tartshop is offering up fall inspired tarts including Drunken Pear, Blackberry Macaroon, Pumpkin Spice Latte and many more fall flavors.

New Hog Island Canned Cocktails are now available from the bar at Hog Island Oyster Co. Enjoy any of Hog Island's delicious cocktails on the bay-side patio or grab a few cans to-go and enjoy in the comfort of your home. Available for pickup from the oyster bar, order in person or online here.

Fans of Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant and Boulibar, rejoice! Thanks to a brand new pop-up at the Ferry Building, you no longer have to choose between Boulibar’s delicious eats and Ferry Plaza Wine’s curated booze. Enjoy a selection of domestic and imported wines paired with a rotating menu of market-fresh, seasonal anti-pasta, flatbreads, and salads at the new outdoor pop-up location on our front plaza every Monday-Friday from 11:30am to 7pm and Saturday-Sunday 10am to 7pm.

Just in time for the holiday season, Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant is offering up perfectly paired food and wine gift boxes, wine only gift boxes, beer gift packs, spirits gift packs, and holiday platters. The variety is sure to satisfy anyone you are shopping for this season.

Enjoy the best bites of the bay on the SF Ferry Building’s new, appropriately-distanced outdoor seating area—a perfect place to enjoy your favorite Marketplace merchants, live music and free public wifi. They can now accommodate up to 228 guests at 76 tables, each separated by a minimum of 10 feet, making the Ferry Building one of the largest and safest outdoor dining venues.

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