News & Announcements

HILLARY CLINTON
Book Passage will welcome former US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to sign her new memoir, Hard Choices, at its San Francisco Ferry Building location on Thursday, June 26, at 8:30 am. Hard Choices was released on Tuesday, June 10, and provides an inside account of Clinton's four years of service as America's 67th Secretary... Read more

RANCHO GORDO TO OPEN STORE
Rancho Gordo New World Specialty Food, a Napa-based specialty food company has announced plans to open a retail space at the San Francisco Ferry Plaza Building Marketplace, home of Bay Area food legends like Acme Bread, Cowgirl Creamery and the Slanted Door. The space will feature ... Read more

MARIPOSA TO OPEN MARKETPLACE SHOP
San Francisco's Ferry Building announced today that Mariposa Baking Company will move from its kiosk location into one the coveted Marketplace nave shops. Mariposa's mission is to create gluten-free baked goods that are indiscernible from the finest, high-caliber gluten-based products available. Read more

PRATHER RANCH LASSOES LARGER SPACE
San Francisco: Prather Ranch Meat Company, a Bay Area company with a well established reputation for selling high quality, humanely raised meat products such as dry-aged beef, heritage breed pork and lamb, ...Read more

MARKET BAR DEBUTS WEEKDAY BREAKFAST
MarketBar opened at the Ferry Building Marketplace in 2003 and has had a steady following for its lunch, dinner, drinks, and weekend brunch offerings. Built on a seasonal menu of fresh fare from local farmers and purveyors, owner Doug Biederbeck said he is proud to announce the new weekday Breakfast Menu, which ...Read more

WAGON WHEEL CHEESE DEBUTS AT COWGIRL CREAMERY
Cowgirl Creamery debuts Wagon Wheel, the latest addition to their lineup. The cheese makers refer to this as an "everyday" cheese. The twenty-five pound wheel is made with milk from the Cowgirl Creamery's West Marin neighbor - Straus Family Creamery. Ten wheels a week are produced in t...Read more

SIX NEW NICHE SHOPS AT THE FERRY BUILDING
Six new small shops situated in the niches of the Ferry Building Marketplace have opened since June 1. The Marketplace niche shops were created by the Ferry Building landlord Equity Office to expand offerings of sustainanle, artisanal products and provide leasing opportunities, particularly for entry-level businesses...Read more

TAYLOR'S REFRESHER NAME CHANGE
Effective March 25, Joel and Duncan Gott who own Taylor's Automativ Refresher are changing the name of their three popular Bay Area restaurants to Gott's Roadside Tray Gourmet. To celebrate the brothers have rehired the original chef Rick Robinson, and are hosting a series of pa...Read more

HEATH CERAMICS
Yes, it's true - Heath Ceramics is coming to the historic San Francisco Ferry Building Marketplace in March 2010

Beginning in March, Heath...Read more

MARKET BAR CICCHETTI HAPPY HOUR
MarketBar's new happy hour draws inspiration from Benice Italy's beloved cicchetti bars. Cicchetti ( pronounced chi-KET-tee) are small snaks or side dishes, typically served in cicchetti bars in Venice. The fabled begilnings of cicchetti bars were that people would get so lo...Read more