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Brooklyn Bridge + Pig = Brooklyn Pig Fest 2008! Photograph by Brooklyn Brewery
Brooklyn Pig Fest 2008
Saturday, May 31, 1 to 6 p.m.
Cold beer, live music, and barbecue. What more do you need to know? Sponsored by the Brooklyn Brewery to benefit the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy. $95 gets you all the beer you can drink, and three meal tickets. The Tobacco Warehouse, 26 New Dock St., Dumbo Brooklyn; event website
Japan Day in Central Park
Sunday, June 1st, 10:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Celebrate Japanese culture in the East Meadow with free Japanese food samples (from 11am until supplies run out) and activity tents featuring video games, robots, origami, calligraphy and more. East Meadow Central Park, Main entrance on 99th St. & 5th Ave.; event website
Street Fairs
Saturday, May 31, 10am to 6pm
Lexington between 42nd and 57th
Sunday, June 1, 10am to 6pm
2nd Ave. between 66th and 86th
2nd Ave. between 23rd and 34th
Taste of Summer
Wednesday, June 4th, 7pm to 11pm
Featuring over 30 restaurants, this event is being held to benefit the Central Park Conservancy, $350; The Bandshell, Central Park. Mid park at 72nd St. event website
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3 Comments:
I love these street fairs...I live right by them and there's always good cheap food to be had.
ChiefHDB at 7:10PM on 05/29/08
I like this reoccurring post on weekend food events...keep it coming!
phillipjman at 7:59PM on 05/29/08
Looks like a crime scene photo.
pinhead at 9:19AM on 05/30/08