In 2014, our family set up a single farmers market stand under the name Pak Food. The idea was simple: cook the food we grew up on, the way our family had been cooking it for generations, and serve it hot to whoever showed up.
The first customers were curious. The second-time customers came back hungry. By the third visit, they were bringing friends. Eleven years later, we're still cooking from that same playbook.
Markets turned into multiple markets. One van turned into two. The home-style approach evolved into a full commercial kitchen in Concord — but the recipes never changed. Same hands. Same spices. Same slow-cooked curries that taste like somebody's grandmother is in the back.
Along the way, we learned what really matters: showing up on time, keeping the food hot, and treating every customer like they're family at the table.
Our first farmers market stand opens in the Bay Area. One menu, one family, one steam table.
We expand to a regular weekly rotation across Bay Area farmers markets. Loyal customers start showing up at multiple locations just to find us.
We add our naan-wrapped, on-the-go format. Suddenly customers can eat while they shop the rest of the market. The chicken tikka wrap becomes our signature.
We open a full commercial kitchen at 1044 Shary Cir to keep up with demand. Now we can prep at scale without ever sacrificing quality.
Customers start asking us to cater their weddings, office events, and Eid gatherings. We say yes. Word spreads.
We launch the catering arm under a new name — Pak Rising Star. Same family. Same kitchen. New chapter.
Every protein is halal-certified. We've never compromised on this since 2014, and we never will.
We don't freeze and reheat. Curries are cooked the day before or the day of, and finished hot at your venue.
Our recipes belong to our family, and our family is in the kitchen. No outsourced prep, no middlemen.
We've been a fixture in Bay Area markets for over a decade. The people we feed are our neighbors.
"We never set out to build a brand. We set out to feed people the way our family fed us. Everything else followed from that."
— The Pak Food FamilyBook us for your event and taste eleven years of practice on a single plate.
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