Description
Presented by Roads & Kingdoms, The Anti-ICE Supper Club is a series of fundraising dinners in support of local organizations defending communities under attack—our small but vital contribution to the fight for immigrant America.
Our second night in San Francisco brings us together with Reem Assil for a special multi-course dinner highlighting the cuisines of Arab and Muslim communities in the Bay Area. Co-hosted by R&K’s Nathan Thornburgh, the night takes place at Reem’s California, an Arab street corner bakery that connects people across cultures and experiences through the warmth of bread and hospitality.
When: March 9, 2026; 6:30-9:30 pm (prompt seating)
Where: Reem’s California; 2901 Mission St, San Francisco, CA
Price: $85; wine available for purchase
Net proceeds benefit: Bay Resistance, a broad-based, multi-racial coalition of community groups, faith organizations, labor unions, and everyday neighbors organizing to build mass resistance against ICE, federal overreach, militarization, and the criminalization of our communities. Bay Resistance believes in building power from the ground up—through solidarity, mutual aid, and collective action. Can’t attend but want to support Bay Resistance? Contribute directly here.
“We continue to remind people of what liberatory food spaces can look like, and we use our position as a small business to put our money where our mouth is.”
— Chef Reem Assil, Reem’s California
Reem Assil is an award-winning Palestinian-Syrian chef based in Oakland, CA, working at the intersection of food, community, and social justice. She is the founder of nationally-acclaimed Reem’s California, an Arab bakery and restaurant that builds community across cultures and experiences through the warmth of Arab bread and hospitality. Reem has garnered an array of top accolades in the culinary world, including James Beard finalist for Outstanding Chef (2022) and back-to-back semifinalist for Best Chef: West (2018-19). Before dedicating herself to a culinary career, Reem spent over a decade as a community and labor organizer, building the leadership and amplifying the voices of marginalized communities in their jobs and their neighborhoods. Reem is the author of IACP award-winning cookbook Arabiyya: Recipes from the Life of an Arab in Diaspora (2022).
Nathan Thornburgh co-founded Roads & Kingdoms in 2012 and ran the independent media company with Anthony Bourdain and co-founders Matt Goulding and Doug Hughmanick for years, winning numerous awards, including a Primetime Emmy and a National Magazine Award. In recent years, R&K launched the League of Travelers, offering small-group culinary journeys, and R&K Insiders, a membership program that includes a new print magazine and digital editorial. The Anti-ICE Supper Club is the successor to the Banned Countries Dinners they launched in 2017 with Anthony Bourdain and chefs from the Somali, Persian, and Syrian diasporas.
Tickets are non-refundable but can be transferred. If you have any questions about these events or would like to transfer tickets, please contact tatiana@roadsandkingdoms.com.