Hello!
We are so excited to have you be a part of this weekend’s event! Below are details on load-in, food and what to bring:
Event: Dim Sum & Cars
Date: This Sunday, May 21st
Time: 11am - 3pm
Location: Bank of the West parking lot - 2675 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94134
Event schedule
9am-10:30am Car load-in
11am Event starts
11am - 11:15am Lion dance performance from Lion Dance Me
11:15am - 11:30am Event intro + MC + announcements
12:30pm - 1pm Lunch will be provided for car show participants
3pm - Event ends, cars can load out once we clear the lot of attendees
Traffic notice: Bay to Breakers is the same day
Bay to Breakers is happening on Sunday, so please keep in mind traffic if you're coming from another part of town.
The race starts at 8am and the map can be found here.
Once the race begins, you will only have two options to cross the north/south portion of the race course: The Embarcadero and Crossover Drive (which connects 19th Avenue, south of Golden Gate Park to Park Presidio Boulevard and 25th Avenue, north of Golden Gate Park). Expect delays due to street closures during the race and crowds of racers and spectators both before and after the race.
Promotion
We’d love your help promoting the event!
Event flyer: https://tinyurl.com/dimsumcarsposter
Event link: https://dim-sum-and-cars.eventbrite.com
We have posts you can reshare on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/portola_sf/
Car load-in and load-out
Load-in: anytime between 9am - 10:30am. Please arrive no later than 10:30am to be set up by 11am.
Load-out: Please wait until 3pm to load out, thank you!
Load-in contact: Renato Gonzalez from the San Pancho Car Club will be assigning car locations in the parking lot
Food
We will be providing 2 free meals per car.
Imperial Garden Seafood Restaurant will be selling dim sum at the event. Save room for meat and vegan dim sum as well as mochi buns!
Want more restaurant recommendations? Check out our Portola Dim Sum Guide, with recommendations on where and what to eat: https://www.portolasf.org/portola-dim-sum-guide
Additional notes
We recommend bringing chairs and drinking water
We will have portable bathrooms on-site!
2023 Dim Sum & Cars Event map - Google Drive
If you have any questions or concerns you can text me at (415) 506-7608. Thanks again - we appreciate your participation!
Best,
Valerie