Join us at Nisei on May 3rd for our annual AAPI Bakers & Makers Fair, kicking off AAPI Month with a vibrant celebration of community, craft, and creativity. For two evenings only, we are transforming the Nisei space into a lively marketplace featuring talented local bakers and artisans. Doors are open from 3–8 PM, and your $5 cover supports AAPI organizations and charities and gives you access to shop handmade goods, discover unique gifts, and enjoy. To start the event, grab a beverage at Bar Iris to walk around with!

Founded in 1986 by Naoko and her late husband Gustav Dalla Valle, Dalla Valle Vineyards is one of Napa Valley's preeminent multi-generation family-run wineries on the famed eastern hillsides of Oakville. Dalla Valle Vineyards has earned acclaim as one of world's most celebrated wine estates, yielding wines of extraordinary character and complexity, vintage after vintage.

Today, Dalla Valle is guided by the mother-and-daughter team of Naoko and Maya Dalla Valle, who work alongside an illustrious team that includes Winemaker Andy Erickson, Vineyard Manager Edgar Alfaro, as well as Consulting Winemaker Michel Rolland. This dedicated group stewards every aspect of viticulture and winemaking with a level of meticulous care and detail reserved for the great First Growths, to ensure Dalla Valle continues to thrive for generations to come.

Chef Dae Kim is celebrated for his deeply personal and contemporary approach to Korean cuisine, shaped by both classical technique and cultural nuance. You may have seen Chef Kim recently on the show "Chasing Stars" as he was formerly the chef behind Nōksu, the Michelin-starred tasting counter hidden beneath Manhattan's Herald Square. He has built a reputation for thoughtful, seafood-driven cooking rooted in precision, technique, and personal expression. Before leading Nōksu, Chef Dae trained at acclaimed kitchens including Per Se, where he developed the fine dining sensibility that continues to shape his work today.

Sip and Guzzle is a dual concept bar and restaurant in the heart of the West Village. The talented team including Shingo Gokan, Steve Schneider formerly of EO New York, Mike Bagale former Executive Chef of Chicago's Alinea, and Ben Yabrow former head bartender at Double Chicken Please came together to open Sip and Guzzle in January of 2024.

Shingo Gokan's The SG Club in Tokyo imagined the kind of American bar that samurai would have opened upon returning to Tokyo from visiting New York. Sip and Guzzle represents the next chapter of this vision and imagines if the samurai did open that bar and took everything they learned, the best of New York and Tokyo, and came back to where it all started.