A group of four trans activists has opened a new cafe and event space catering to the trans, nonbinary, gender-nonconforming, and queer communities.
Fluid Cooperative Cafe opened August 2 in the 4-month-old La Cocina Municipal Marketplace, a food hall located in the 7,000 square foot former post office at Hyde and Leavenworth streets in the Tenderloin.
It currently serves coffee and other non-alcoholic beverages. La Cocina's mission is to cultivate low-income food entrepreneurs as they formalize and grow their business.
The Fluid founders, Shannon Amitin, Santana Tapia, and JoJo Ty — all experienced in creating and producing local events — spoke to the Bay Area Reporter August 5, when the noon crowd at the food hall was bustling.