Chantal Partolan's Bik-Lun is a San Diego pop-up.
From Supper Clubs to San Diego Pop-Ups
San Diego Magazine's coverage focuses on Bik-Lun's move from supper clubs to pop-ups and its place in San Diego, where it arrived in 2025, according to San Diego Magazine.
Bik-Lun, pronounced bik-luhn, is Partolan's food pop-up.
A Filipino-American History Month Market
Boodle Fight San Diego's 2025 calendar listed Merkado Kultura at the Mingei on October 11 and 12 as part of Filipino-American History Month, with local AAPI and Fil-Am participants, according to Boodle Fight San Diego. The calendar said proceeds from each participating event went to South Bay's Karangalan Scholarship for Fil-Am youth.
That kind of cultural anchor matters in a county where Filipino Americans make up roughly 45 percent of the total Asian American population, according to Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California, giving San Diego the third-largest Filipino American population in the country.
Other San Diego Food Businesses
San Diego County has a Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation program for home-based food businesses, according to the County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health and Quality.
That same scaling arc has played out at Izola Bakery, which began during 2020 pandemic lockdowns when founder Jeffrey Brown lowered croissants to customers by rope from his third-floor East Village photography studio, per SanDiegoVille.
Fall Festivals and Award-Winning Cups
Elsewhere in the city's food scene, Bivouac Ciderworks is hosting Septemberfest on Saturday in North Park from noon to 5 p.m. with free entry.
Also drawing attention this year is Talitha Coffee, which won a gold medal for its Sunset Serenade decaf espresso at the 2026 Global Coffee Awards.
