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The five best new vendors at Smorgasburg (opening outdoors this weekend!)

The five best new vendors at Smorgasburg (opening outdoors this weekend!)

Smorgasburg returns (along with light-jacket weather) outdoors this weekend to Williamsburg (Kent Ave and N 7th St) on Saturday and Dumbo (Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 5) on Sunday from 11am–6pm. (Could it truly, finally be spring?) We carefully taste-tested each and every bite from all the new vendors, and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Here's our picks for the five most mouthwatering vendors making their debut in the food fest's fifth year—and you might as well check out the best flea markets in the city while you're at it. Dig in!RECOMMENDED: Read more on the Brooklyn Flea Market Rise & Swine Nothing but the best will do for the El Gato Nacho team’s new breakfast-sandwich stand: Heritage-breed Duroc and Red Wattle pigs are used to make the sizzling bacon, otherwise known as the stuff of cuisine dreams—but it's the salty-sweetness of their maple-dipped bacon on cardamom-custard French toast that will cure any hangover. Shuka The Israeli founders of the three-month-old Shuka Truck present their refined version of shakshuka, the traditional Middle Eastern breakfast dish of eggs cooked in an earthy, tomato-based stew. Colorful renditions include the salty-feta–dotted Red shuka and the Humshuka served atop hummus, both flavored with spices imported from Israel, with a side of freshly grilled pita bread. Antica PesaThe Smorg offshoot of the Williamsburg restaurant serves a riff on Roman street food—the menu includes sliced-to-order mortadella sandwiched between fresh-baked focaccia bi