La Cocina
La Cocina is a non-profit business incubator supporting low-income women food entrepreneurs from communities of color and immigrant communities. The heart of their facility’s main floor is a communal kitchen for these new business owners to produce their specialties outside of their home kitchens, share their expertise, and establish their brands. What a simple and brilliant idea: help women with a unique knowledge of the intersection of food and culture to support themselves and their families. We were hooked.
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Our commitment to La Cocina’s work has include the James Beard Award-winning restaurant design of El Pípila: Guardians of Guanajuatan Cuisine in San Francisco, and the design for La Guerrera’s Kitchen: Maiz Warriors in Oakland’s renowned Swan’s Market. Please contact us for more detailed information.
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Site visit at Swan’s Market with the La Guerrera’s Kitchen family, mentor Traci des Jardin’s team and ours.
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Our James Beard Award for restaurant design –around Neal’s neck and Guadalupe’s.