Serious Eats: New York
NYC Food Events for the Weekend (and Beyond)
The Treats Truck will be at the Renegade Craft Fair in Williamsburg this weekend
Renegade Craft Fair
Saturday, June 14th and 15th, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
200 artists will descend on McCarren Park Pool this weekend for the Renegade Craft Fair, which will also have a handful of actual food booths among the dozens of booths that just sound like they'd carry edibles. Among the most interesting might be the 1 Bite 7 Days project, in which guests are offered three unusual bites to eat. Fans of the blog Cakespy can meet Jessie and buy her baked-good-themed art. Wheelhouse Pickles will be there again this year, as well as the Treats Truck. McCarren Park Pool, Lorimer Street b/n Driggs and Bayard Streets, Brooklyn, NY; event website
Second Annual NYC Food Film Festival
Saturday, June 14th through Friday, June 20th.
The Second Annual NYC Food Film Festival kicks off its run Saturday, June 14 with such fare as The Death and Life of Ice Cream, Confessions of a Bar Towel, José Cuervo: The Tequila-Making Process, This Is My Cheesesteak, and Donut Day. The 2008 festival opening ceremonies begin at 8 p.m. Cheesesteaks from Tony Luke's will be available for purchase. Water Taxi Beach, Long Island City, Queens NY; nycfoodfilmfestival.com/
Egg Rolls and Egg Creams Festival
Sunday, June 15th, Noon to 4 p.m.
Celebrate the place where Chinatown and the Lower East Side meet at this festival which embraces both Chinese and Jewish culture. Naturally egg rolls and egg creams will be served. Elridge Street b/n Canal and Division Streets, Lower East Side, NY; event website
Street Fairs
Saturday, June 14
Bleeker St. between 6th and 7th Avenues; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Second Avenue between 23rd and 34th Streets; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Third Avenue between 6th and 14th Streets; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, June 15
Sixth Avenue between 42nd and 56th Streets; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Lexington Avenue between 34th and 42nd Streets; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Meals on Wheels Creme de la Creme Tasting Event
Monday, June 16th, 6:30 p.m.
Sample French food cooked by some of the most famous chefs in the country at this fundraiser for City Meals on Wheels. If you didn't win the pair of tickets we were giving away here on SE:NY you can buy them on the event website. Rockefeller Center, New York; event website