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Where to eat and drink this week to support fire relief efforts

Written by
Daisy Barringer
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Dozens of wild fires have devastated communities in the North Bay, killing 40 people and leaving thousands of residents without a home. Many Bay Area bars and restaurants are scheduling fundraisers and donating proceeds of food and drink sales to help victims of the natural disaster. Here are a few places you can eat and drink this week to help out. 

Hotel Zeppelin

When: Friday, Oct 20 6–9pm 

Rambler, the restaurant inside Hotel Zeppelin, is hosting a Fighting the Fires event in its colorful downstairs event space to help families who were displaced by the fire. There will be a silent auction and raffle, and a portion of the bar sales will be donated to fire victims.

Salt & Straw

When: Friday, Oct 20 11am–11pm 

Salt & Straw is opening a second SF shop in Hayes Valley this Friday, October 20 and 15% of the day’s profits from both locations (the other one is in Lower Pacific Heights) will go to fire relief efforts via the Redwood Credit Union and Farmer’s Guild.

Gather

When: Oct 18 and Oct 25 5–9pm 

Gather in Berkeley is suspending its Wine Wednesday discounts during October and instead is donating 50% of all wine sales (by the bottle and glass) to the North Bay Fire Relief Fund, which is ensuring all donations go directly to aid fire victims and relief efforts.

Agave Uptown

When: Through Oct 22

Agave Uptown will donate 10% of all proceeds to support Northern California fire relief efforts.

Finn Town

When: The next four Wednesdays, Oct 18, 25 and Nov 1, 8

Finn Town's Director of Operations’ brother, Matthew Parlato and his family lost everything in the Tubbs fire. Matthew is an active deputy with the Sonoma County sheriff’s department and has been working tirelessly to help others during the fires. Finn Town is suspending the specials on Wine Wednesday and is donating 40% of the wine sales to the Parlato family.

Piazza D’Angelo

When: October 16–19 

The Mill Valley trattoria will donate 5% of all sales to the American Red Cross in support of those affected by the fires.

Chez Marius

When: Through Sunday, Oct 22

The French bistro is Noe Valley is donating 25% of its dinner sales to the Red Cross to support fire recovery efforts.

Le P’tit Laurent Restaurant

When: Through Sunday, Oct 22

The French restaurant in Glen Park is donating 25% of its dinner sales to the Red Cross to support fire recovery efforts.

Hakkasan

When: Through Sunday, Nov 26

Hakkasan is donating 15% of the proceeds from three special menu items (The Chinese Mule, crispy prawn dumpling, and green tea and apple choux bun) to Redwood Credit Union North Bay Fire Relief and Farmer’s Guild.

Feastly & Smitten Ice Cream

When: Wednesday, Oct 18 at 6:30pm

Feastly and Smitten are hosting an ice cream social in SoMa showcasing ice cream flavors from Filipino-American chefs. Proceeds from the $45 event will go to the Sonoma Fire Relief Fund.

Madrone Art Bar

When: Saturday, Oct 21 9pm–2am

Fringe, the indie music video dance party, is donating a portion of the door proceeds to the Napa Valley Community Relief Fund.

Marla Bakery

When: Sunday, October 22

Marla is donating all profits from its Sunday Supper to relief efforts in Sonoma County.

Mauna Loa

When: This Saturday, Oct 21 and Sunday, Oct 22

The Cow Hollow bar is hosting a silent auction and encouraging financial donations. There will also be drink specials with proceeds and employee tips being donated to several charities, including the Sonoma County Humane Society.

Zazie

When: Through Oct 31

Zazie is donating all retail and gift certificate sales to the staff of its sister restaurant, Calistoga Kitchen, who were affected by the fires. The restaurant is also matching all monetary donations.

Tope Lounge

When: Thursday, Oct 19 5pm–close 

The North Beach bar will have drink specials and a silent auction (including weekend getaways, Warriors tickets and winery tours), and 100% of all donations, sales and proceeds will go to the Sonoma County Resilience Fund.

Petit Marlowe

When: Monday, Oct 23 at 5:30pm

The SoMa wine bar and oysterette is hosting a four-course dinner with wine pairings from The Withers Winery for $150 per person. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Sonoma fires disaster relief.

Woodbury

When: Saturday, Oct 21 and Oct 28

The SoMa gastropub will donate 10% of all bar sales to California fire relief efforts.

Bellota

When: Sunday, Oct 22 3–7pm 

The Absinthe Group is hosting a fundraising event with 100% of ticket sales ($100 per person) going directly to fire relief events. The event will feature food and drink from a line-up of amazing Bay Area chefs.

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