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With all the awesome food festivals this summer in New York, you can pretty much put your beach-body goals to rest. (Let’s face it: all-you-can-eat for an affordable fee is too good to pass up). And you should start fasting now, as you’ll need to save your appetite for the third annual Taste of Bushwick on Tuesday 14 at 6:30pm.
If you haven’t explored the delicacies of this trendy neighborhood, now’s the perfect opportunity to sample over 40 of the nabe’s finest eateries and bar offerings on one block. Tickets ($50, purchase here) give you access to all the food and drink you can swallow at the event, and the price benefits the OBIE Award-winning non-profit theater The Bushwick Starr. Yep, you’re gorging for a good cause!
The festival is located at Frank Brunckhorst LLC (a.k.a. Boar’s Head) distribution plant at 24 Rock Street (enter at Bogart St). We hear that Syndicated—the amazing dine-in movie theater that charges $3 per ticket—will be serving grub like lamb sliders and Fair Weather Bushwick is bringing a specialty Mac & Cheese dish, but these are only a few highlights compared to the mouth-watering list of participants below.
Vendors:
Deep dish pizza from late-night fave Archie's Bar + Pizza
Pakistani BBQ from BK JANI
Taste of Bushwick’s event sponsor and host, Boar's Head Provisions
Charming wine bar The Bodega
Bushwick’s very own Braven Brewing Company
Vegan baked goods from the newly-opened Brooklyn Whiskers Bakery
All-natural drinks from Bruce Cost Ginger Beer
The inspired vegan-Ethiopian cuisine from Bunna Cafe
Locally-sourced and organic foods from the Bushwick Food Coop
All-natural, loose-leaf cold-brewed teas from Costa Brava Tea
Fresh-brewed coffee and espresso drinks by Express Yourself Barista Bar
New American cuisine from chef John Creger of Fair Weather Bushwick
Chef Kevin Adey’s hit house-made–pasta emporium Faro
House-made treats from the neighborhood chocolatiers FINE & RAW
Middle-Eastern inspirations from Forrest Point
Murray’s Cheese veteran Aaron Foster’s new Knickerbocker Ave market Foster Sundry
Natural, biodynamic and organic wines from Henry's Wine & Spirit
Specialty provisions and beer shop Hops & Hocks
A soothing South Pacific drink, brewed from the all-natural kava herb, by House of Kava
Soon-to-open wine and spirits purveyors Irving Bottle
Sustainable coffee kings Lofted Coffee Roasters
Maite, chef Ella Schmidt’s farm-driven Basque-Colombian restaurant
Classic French bistro favorites from Mominette Bistro
“A sliver of the backwoods” from roadhouse Montana's Trail House
Brigadeiros, a Brazilian sweet made with condensed milk, cocoa and butter, by My Sweet
The Japanese Izakaya, Okiway, specializing in okonomiyaki and eclectic small plates
Owney’s Rum by The Noble Experiment NYC
Fresh, all-natural popsicles to benefit animal protection from Pawpsicle
Middle Eastern and Mediterranean fare from Queen of Falafel at House of Yes
Elevated British-West Indian pub food by The Rookery
Sea Wolf offering locally sourced surf-and-turf, happy-hour oysters and frozen-drinks specials
Sunrise/Sunset from Henry’s Wine & Spirits owner Henry Glucroft
Bushwick’s new restaurant-bar-movie theater, Syndicated Bar • Theater • Kitchen
New Orleans-style BBQ from Simon Glenn’s Tchoup Shop @ Heavy Woods
Southern-inspired newcomer Terra Firma
Craft beer from The Sampler
By the team behind the former Dear Bushwick, the officially re-opened Sincerely Burger with a brand-new burger-centric menu, and beverage laboratory Yours Sincerely
Bushwick-based Mexican joint Tortilleria Mexicana Los Hermanos
Retro grocery and deli Twin Suns Deli
Photograph: Courtesy Francisco Bravo
Photograph: Courtesy Francisco Bravo