Sunset Night Market

Great to have a community event in the Outer Sunset this Spring! Missed it since it was last held a year or so ago! Seems everyone wants to be here! Loads of food and crafts! The neighbors! The entertainment! Having lots of fun 🤩

I love being outdoors in San Francisco on a warm night. This Lunar celebration brought out a diverse crowd of young people and families. There were a ton of Asian food and dessert options - In dine-in/takeout restaurants, food trucks, and booths. Smart storefronts stay open, so plenty of shopping and entertainment. Some music too. We even saw Martin Yan! 😊

Really enjoyed the night market. Wandering through the booths of food, drinks, games, arts/crafts/plants, kids slide and live music performance. Just hope the line could be shorter the next time.

After living in Taiwan for over a decade..this is not a Taiwanese nightmarket. Where are the games? Snacks? Food? Alot of people showed up to stand and walk and stand....

It was a fascinating and welcoming experience to see so many people liven up a community just by simply being there. Definitely great to see some form of night life with a diverse group of people. Parents with their kids, elders, and others of all ages can enjoy their time walking around and enjoy different foods, local goods, and the atmosphere of a night market. Of course, as its busy, parking is sparse to non-existent at times, but that goes without saying for any small community in this city. This was a great start to hopefully many more regular events to bring about a night life that this city desperately needed. (also, dont be like that guy with the 1-star review. Try to enjoy life and you'll easily find that this was actually a pretty good time)

This is nowhere close to an Asian night market if your goal is to find plenty of food, or even food to eat. I’m from an Asian country and I went with friends with different backgrounds. The night market was advertised as a Taiwanese night market as I remembered. There were very limited food options. Only one or two Asian food stand. We were joking as we saw people eating pizza when we entered the 1st block of the night market. As we were approaching the last block of the whole thing, we realized pizza was probably one of the best food options. There are quite some food choices in the neighborhood, but you don’t need to be there when there is a night market and the lines were so long. I saw families with kids disappointed because everyone was starving. Parents were stressing out because kids were hungry and crying and every restaurant within walking distance require a minimum of 1 hour wait time. Won’t go again unless there’s any major changes. Very disappointing.

Gumbo social and smoking D BBQ was the highlight ❤️ we got our food in 6 minutes at the gumbo spot.

It's impossible to find parking, super crowded. Long lines, it's minimum one hour from placing your order to actually getting the food. I don't recommend!

I went last year with some coworkers and had a great time, so when some suggested going again this year I happily agreed. This year's iteration spans more streets than last year's, and included more activities and performances. Some of us took a picture with Martin Yan last year, and he was here again signing cookbooks and taking pictures. We split up and bought different things to try, which I think is the best strategy for these events. We shared these items: Beef and lamb momos (Nepalese dumplings) Eggettes (original & green tea) Lamb skewers Lumpia Popcorn chicken Pork skewers Ube turon My favorite bite of the night were the Ube turon from Street Stix! They were super crispy and filled with banana and jackfruit. Not only was the ube sauce pretty to look at, but it added a nice flavor. *Verdict: Great way to spend a Friday evening and would definitely come back again!

Seemed like the stinky tofu contest did take place but maybe it wasn't on schedule cos it didn't happen when I was there on time? Hope there's good weather for the next one and that they sell stinky tofu! We want wafts of it in the air!

This was the first of many more to come if the organizers get their wishes. Lots of different food vendors, some vendors selling items, and lots of games for the kids. Entertainment was happening in a couple of different places, but it was hard to see because it was so crowded. I think all the merchants on Irving Street benefited from having the crowd there; lines were at each restaurant, boba shop, and bakery's doors. Very enthusiastic and friendly crowd, so this premier night market has to be deemed a success! We'll see what happens if they hold them every month as the organizers suggested!

The first night market to open locally in SF with food trucks, food vendors and game booths as well as local artists. It definitely attracted a huge crowd! Every vendors we visited were very nice and some offered free samples like German chocolate cake, kombucha and giveaway whistles and drinks. I look forward to next recurring event - hopefully with more vendors and local businesses and additional streets blocked so it's easier to walk around.