Community Dinner: Fish Fry (Second Seating)

Shakirah Simley has been dreaming up this fish fry for a few years now. Simply put: This Cornmeal Crusted Fish Filet Sandwich with Harissa Aioli and Summer Chow Chow is one of her favorite foods, and she is pumped to share it with you! So bib up and grab a seat!

ABOUT COMMUNITY DINNER

Once a month, we open our doors to friends new and old, welcoming all to our share a table and a delicious meal. Every month is something different, but it's always $10 and always tasty. Wine and beer are for sale at the event. Kids welcome! 

For our 6:00 seating, please click here. 

Shakirah Simley is the Community Coordinator and Canner-in-Residence for Bi-Rite, where she wears a number of hats including: developing jams and preserves for its PUBLIC Label line, cooking instructor at 18 Reasons (its educational arm) and community coordinator in charge of giving and community outreach, with a penchant for programs that support youth empowerment and increase access to healthy food. Before arriving on 18th Street, Shakirah attended the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italy on a Fulbright scholarship, where she received her Masters degree and studied under Italian canners. She has previously worked on nutrition and recreational equity policy issues, on youth organizing campaigns, and owned her own small-artisanal jam business, Slow Jams. She was recently named one of Zagat's "30 under 30: SF Bay Area Up and Comers." Shakirah loves putting her food systems, community engagement and jammy talents to work every day, and if you catch her on 18Th street, she loves to talk food justice, policy, jamming, school food and the perfect cappuccino.

You can tweet her at @EatSlowJams