Bayview Makers Kitchen

Something good is rolling into Bayview 👀🥯 Our team has been hard at work at Bayview Makers Kitchen getting these bagels just right, and starting in June, you’ll be able to grab fresh bagels right here on 3rd Street! Every purchase helps support the Bayview Makers Kitchen + Market Shops and the local makers, small businesses, and community programming growing inside these spaces. Come taste what we’re building, one bagel at a time. 🫶🏾 #BayviewMakersKitchen #SupportLocalMakers #BayviewSF

I’m so excited y’all (don’t mind the flour of my shirt chile…I was making biscuits lol) 🥹✨ Today is officially the soft launch of the Bayview Makeshop + Market and THIS is exactly the kind of space we’ve needed in the community. A place where you can walk in and actually shop products made right here in Bayview I really need y’all to come support this space. Spaces like this only grow when the community pours into them. And if you’re a Bayview maker, artist, creative, or small business owner… TAP IN 👏🏾 We want to see more locally made products on these shelves and more Bayview talent being highlighted. This is just the beginning 🖤 #smokesoulkitchen #bayviewisavibe #bayviewMakers #LocalMade

✨You’re invited ✨ Join us this Saturday from 12–3pm as we unveil the Bayview Makers Makeshop & Market at 4600 3rd Street. We are so proud to bring a new retail space to the corridor—featuring locally made goods up front and a resource hub for our businesses and artists in the back. Inside, everything is made right here in Bayview, celebrating the makers and PDR businesses that power this community. The Makeshop will also offer screenprinting and printing services for local creatives. Pull up this Saturday for the big reveal ✨ #BayviewIsAVibe #SupportLocalMakers #ThirdStreetSF

Big love to our interns Santino and Landon as they wrap up their time with us at Smoke Soul Kitchen 🤎 Over the last couple of months, they’ve truly been part of the family—showing up, putting in the work, and getting a real taste of what it means to work in a restaurant. From hands-on prep to learning through our Rize + Make baking classes, they stepped in, learned fast, and made their mark. We’re grateful to @myeepsf for creating opportunities like this—connecting young people to local businesses and giving them real, hands-on experience right here in their own community. This is how we build the future. Proud of you Santino & Landon… keep rising. 💫

Bayview is full of talent—and it’s time to put it on display. ✨ We’re building a space where local makers can showcase, connect, and grow right here on 3rd Street. If you’ve been creating, crafting, drawing, designing, or dreaming… this is your moment. DM @bayviewmakers to be part of the newest community marketplace on 3rd!

Hey Makers ✨ Quick update — our baking class originally scheduled for April 26 has been moved to Sunday, May 3, 2026 due to a scheduling conflict. If you were already registered, you’re all set! Your spot has been transferred automatically! Thanks for your flexibility and we look forward to seeing you all May 3rd❤️ #BayviewMakers #RizeandMake #BMK #BakeWithUs

This KQED feature story just dropped yesterday🥰 There’s a corner of Bayview Hunters Point where the story doesn’t usually get told the right way. Not the glossy version. Not the sanitized, PR-approved narrative. The real one….where people show up early, stay late, and try to build something that matters with whatever they’ve got. That’s where this lives. Inside the Bayview Makers Kitchen, tucked behind Smoke Soul Kitchen on Third Street, there’s a different kind of heat. Not just from the ovens but from purpose. From the kids 1that range from 16 to 20 something. Who’ve been told, in a hundred quiet and not-so-quiet ways, that they don’t belong. And then someone hands them a knife, a bench scraper, a shot and says: Yes, you do. This isn’t charity. It’s not optics. It’s work. Real work. Teaching craft. Teaching discipline. Teaching pride. Showing up and breaking down the kind of barriers that don’t fall easy. Because nobody ever bothered to push on them before. And every once in a while, someone notices. KQED took a moment …..just a moment to shine a light on something honest. Something gritty. Something good. The kind of story that doesn’t always make the front page but damn well should. Written by Luke Tsai, @theluketsai who actually gets it. Shot through the lens of @gustavo.hernandez.jr , who captured it the way it feels…..not staged, not softened. So yeah…..gratitude. Real gratitude. This isn’t about me. It never was. It’s about giving someone their first real shot—and making sure they know they’re worth the effort.

We love seeing our makers outside and thriving. This Saturday, catch Date & Dacquoise @dateanddacquoise at Grand Coffee Too in S.F., as they launch their new series, featuring their signature Medovik and seasonal pastries. Go show some love and support🍰 #BMK #bayviewMakers #LocalBakery #SupportLocal

Big news ya’ll!!! Our to-go window is RET-TA-GO…and the tea from the window is piping hot☕️👀🤣 Give us a couple weeks and we’ll have this baby activated for our service as well as pop-ups from BMK makers and friends! Its a beautiful day today family! Come say hiiii👋🏾👋🏾 #smokesoulkitchen #sundaybrunch #bayvieweats #FunnyRestaurant #stopsignwhatstopsign

Meet our newest BMK maker, Melissa of Melzee’s Cookie Co. @melzees.cookie.co 🍪🍪 Melzee’s is a woman owned bakery specializing in decorated sugar cookies. Melissa brings whimsy, joy, and creative flair to lifes’s special celebrations through her cookie art! Join us in welcoming @melzees.cookie.co and check out her page and website to see her amazing creations! #bayviewisAVibe #Cookies #Melzees #BMK #SupportSmall

There’s a certain smell to a kitchen when something real is happening. Not the polished, Instagram-ready version—but the raw mix of flour in the air, nervous energy, and the quiet hum of people trying to figure it out. We had a room full of young adults this week—hands in dough, minds somewhere between curiosity and doubt. On paper, it’s a baking class. Pizza. Flour. Water. Yeast. Simple. But it’s never just about the dough. I started in kitchens at 13. Too young, probably. But that’s where I learned the things nobody sits you down and teaches you—how to move with urgency without panicking, how to pay attention to the small details that actually matter, how to be part of something bigger than yourself. How to show up. So yeah, we’re teaching them how to make dough. But what we’re really doing is something else entirely. We’re trying to be the adults we needed. The ones who say, “You’re good. Keep going.” The ones who notice when you get it right—and when you don’t, they don’t tear you down for it. The ones who create a space where you can try, fail, adjust, and try again without feeling like the world’s ending. Because confidence doesn’t come from perfection. It comes from being seen. Maybe it’s just a couple hours in a kitchen. Maybe it’s just pizza. But if even one of those kids walked out standing a little taller, feeling a little more capable—like they belong somewhere—then that’s the whole game right there. That’s the work.

There’s something powerful about learning how to work with your hands… especially when it turns into something you can share. This week at Smoke Soul Kitchen in the Bayview, we’re back at it with our monthly baking class — and this time, we’re diving into pizza. Dough from scratch. Sauce. Fire. The whole process. But this isn’t just about making a great pie. It’s about learning how to move in a kitchen. Respect for the space. Respect for the craft. Understanding timing, teamwork, and the little details that separate good from great. We’re building confidence, discipline, and a foundation that goes way beyond food. This class is for young adults ages 16–20 who want to learn something real. Pull up. Get your hands in the dough. special shout out Big AL @vicinospizza for all the hard work incredible knowledge about pizza pizza dough. We couldn’t have done this amazing workshop class without all of your hard work and help extra. Make sure you guys go and follow him #RizeUp #BayviewSF #NextGeneration #KitchenSkills #PizzaFromScratch YouthEmpowerment CookingClass BakingClass CommunityThroughFood