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NYC Food Events for the Weekend (and Beyond)

Posted by Erin Zimmer, May 20, 2009 at 2:30 PM

A risotto splodge. You can eat many of these at the Risotto Cook-off on Saturday.

Cupcake Truck Preview Route
Friday, May 22, 6 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Cupcake Stop isn't officially launching until Wednesday, June 3, but will make a few stops tonight with fresh-baked cupcakes ($1 in mini form and $2.25 for the normal whoppers). A street vendor soft opening, if you will. The preview route starts at 6 p.m. on 23rd Street b/n 7th and 8th Avenue, then will hit 14th Street b/n Union Square West and 5th Avenue from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m., and 6th Avenue b/n West 3rd and 4th Street from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Fulton Stall Market Opening
Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Fulton Stall Market, a new outdoor food market, will open at the old fish market space this weekend and continue running all summer long. The vendors will sell fresh fruits and veggies from the Hudson Valley, Long Island, and New Jersey, just-caught fish, artisan cheeses, organic breads, fair-trade coffees, and of course our little friends, cupcakes. South Street b/n Fulton and Beekman Street; event info

2nd Annual Risotto Challenge
Saturday, May 23, 1 to 4 p.m.
Piggybacking the Bacon Takedown and Cupcake Cook-off, this culinary tourney will obsess over risotto. Contestants will compete for prizes (and pride), and attendees will leave with happy risotto tummyaches. Cathy Erway of Not Eating Out in New York is organizing the event, which will benefit Just Food. $20 donation at the door to taste and vote on all entries. (Yours truly will be a judge..) Jimmy’s No. 43, the back room of the restaurant, 43 East 7th Street, New York NY 10003 (map); 212-982-3006; event info

PARKED! A Celebration of Food Trucks
Saturday, May 23, Noon to 7 p.m.
To celebrate the sunshine, a bunch of great food trucks will be parked along the Gowanus Canal, including Pizza Moto, the Community Juice truck, the Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream truck, and more. BKLYN Yard, 388-400 Carroll Street, Brooklyn NY 11231 (map); event info

The Great Greenpoint BBQrawl
Satruday, May 23, 3 to 8 p.m.
Enjoy a different Brooklyn Brewery beer and free barbecue/brownies/other goodies from five Greenpoint watering holes. To avoid congestion, the BBQrawl will move at its own pace, in no particular order. 21+ only. event info

Crawfish Boil for NOLA 2009
Saturday, May 23, 4 to 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 24, 3 to 7 p.m.
Last weekend's boils were rained out, but rescheduled for this weekend. There are still tickets left! A ton of crawfish (as in, literally 2,000 pounds) is being shipped in so each person can eat four to five pounds worth, along with corn on the cob, potatoes, onions, garlic, mushrooms, and sausage. Unlimited beer and New Orleans hurricanes to drink. Tickets are $60. solarONE, 2420 FDR Service Road East, New York NY 10010; event website

Barbecue at Flatbush Farm
Flatbush Farm in Park Slope is throwing a Memorial Day barbecue in the restaurant's outdoor garden. The menu includes kabobs, pulled pork sandwiches, grilled burgers and hot dogs, cole slaw, potato salad, and Bumble Tea, an Earl Grey-infused vodka-based sweet tea. Flatbush Farm, 76 Saint Marks Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11217 (map); 718-622-3276; more info

The street fairs, after the jump.

Street Fairs

Saturday, May 23
Greenpoint Avenue Festival: Greenpoint Ave. b/n Queens Blvd. and 44th St., Sunnyside, Queens; 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Lower Third Avenue Spring Festival: Third Ave. b/n 6th and 14th St.; 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Sixth Avenue Festival: Sixth Ave. b/n 14th and 23rd St.; 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

Sunday, May 24
Flushing Festival: Sanford Ave. b/n Kissena Blvd. and Main St., Flushing, Queens; 11 a.m.–6p.m.
Times Square Fair: Seventh Ave. b/n 47th and 57th St.; 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

Monday, May 25
Broadway Astoria Festival: Broadway b/n Crescent and Steinway St., Astoria, Queens; 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Little Neck–Douglaston Memorial Day Parade: Northern Blvd. b/n Alameda and Jayson Ave., Douglaston, NY
Madison Avenue Community Expo: Madison Ave. b/n 42nd and 57th St.; 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

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