Brisket King NYC
Wednesday, April 23, 6:00-9:00
Pig Beach BBQ Queens, 3537 36th St. (at 36th Ave.), Astoria, Queens
www.BrisketKing.com/brisket-king-nyc-tickets
Tickets: $59.78, or $91.70 for hour-earlier VIP admission; ages 21 and over only
Grand Central Food Festival
Thursday, April 24, 10:00-6:00
West 45th St. between Lexington and Third Aves., Manhattan
Free admission
Books and Bites: Kwéyòl / Creole
Thursday, April 24, 6:00-???
Platform at Pier 57, 25 Eleventh Ave. (at 15th St.), Manhattan
www.JamesBeard.org/events/books-and-bites-kweyol-creole-nina-compton-osayi-endolyn
Tickets: $48.34, or $89.47 including a copy of the book
Little Thailand Songkran Earth Day Celebration
Saturday, April 26, 10:00-5:00
Little Thailand Way, Woodside Ave. between 75th and 79th Sts., Elmhurst, Queens
www.Facebook.com/watch/?v=1161325772102021
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Free admission
New York City Burmese Community fundraiser
Saturday, April 26, 11:00-3:00 (although food might be available as early as 10:30, and many items sell out fast)
Parish house of St. James Episcopal Church, 8407 Broadway (St. James-Corona Aves.), Elmhurst, Queens
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Free admission
The Bronx Vegan Bazaar
Wednesday, April 16, 4:00-9:00; repeats monthly
The Andrew Freedman Home, 1125 Grand Concourse (McClellan-East 166th Sts.), Bronx
www.TheBronxVeganBazaar.com
Free admission
Indonesian bazaar at the St. James Parish House
Saturday, April 19, 11:00-4:00; repeats monthly, by and large
Parish house of St. James Episcopal Church, 8407 Broadway (St. James-Corona Aves.), Elmhurst, Queens
www.Instagram.com/p/DIT5Df5OprI
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Free admission
Whole Lotta Empanada Festival
Saturday, April 19, 11:00-7:00
20th Century Field, 60 Elizabeth St., Garfield, New Jersey
www.Facebook.com/events/1110724210428149
Admission: $5; children under age 5, free
Take two: Season opener of the Queens Night Market
Saturday, April 19, 4:00-midnight (postponed from April 12); ticketed entry repeats April 26; free entry on Saturdays begins May 3 and continues through October
Near the New York Hall of Science, 4701 111th St. (inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Corona, Queens
www.QueensNightMarket.com
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Tickets: adults, $5.44 advance/$8 onsite, if available; children under age 12, free; a portion of ticket proceeds benefits charity
Season opener: Uptown Night Market
Thursday, April 10, 4:00-10:00; repeats monthly through October
"Under the famous Harlem arches," West 133rd St. at Twelfth Ave., Manhattan
www.Instagram.com/uptownnightmarket
Previously: www.Flickr.com/photos/eatingintranslation/52013600345/lightbox
Free admission
Fish & Chips Feast
Thursday, April 10, 6:00-8:00
St James' Episcopal Church, 514 Abbott Ave., Ridgefield, New Jersey
www.Eventbrite.com/e/fish-chips-feast-2025-tickets-1110387030499
Tickets: $23 advance/$25 onsite
Finding Edna Lewis: Screening and Conversation
Thursday, April 10, 6:00-9:00
MOFAD, 55 Water St. (Dock-Main Sts.), Dumbo, Brooklyn
www.MOFAD.org/calendar/finding-edna-lewis
Tickets: $30
Hungarian Artisan Market
Saturday, April 12, 10:00-2:00
American Hungarian Foundation, 300 Somerset St., New Brunswick, New Jersey
www.Instagram.com/p/DHt5KJqStQZ
Free admission
New York Burmese Water Festival
Saturday, April 12, 11:00-3:00 (although food might be available as early as 10:30, and many items sell out fast)
Parish house of St. James Episcopal Church, 8407 Broadway (St. James-Corona Aves.), Elmhurst, Queens
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Free admission
Postponed: season opener of the Queens Night Market
Now opens Saturday, April 19, 4:00-midnight; ticketed entry repeats April 26; free entry on Saturdays begins May 3 and continues through October
Near the New York Hall of Science, 4701 111th St. (inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Corona, Queens
www.QueensNightMarket.com
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=queens%20night%20market&view_all=1
Tickets: adults, $5.44 advance/$8 onsite, if available; children under age 12, free; a portion of ticket proceeds benefits charity
Feria Gastronómica Garifuna
Sunday, April 13, 9:00-3:00
Casa Yurumein, 1300 Southern Blvd. (at Freeman St., second floor), Foxhurst, Bronx
www.LumalaliLimu.org/feria-gastronomica/
Free admission
Season opener: Smorgasburg
Markets open 11:00-6:00 from the first weekend in April through the last weekend in October
Friday, April 4: WTC/Oculus Plaza, Fulton St. at Church St., Manhattan
Saturday, April 5: Marsha P. Johnson State Park, 90 Kent Ave. (at North 7th St.), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Sunday, April 6: Breeze Hill, East Dr. at Lincoln Rd., Prospect Park, Brooklyn
www.Smorgasburg.com
Free admission
Greek Pop-Up Market
Saturday, April 5, 10:00-6:00
Hana House, 345 Adams St. (near Fulton St.), Downtown Brooklyn
www.Eventbrite.com/e/greek-pop-up-market-tickets-1267273030749
Tickets: $7.18
Colonial Spices
Saturday, April 5, 10:00-11:30; part of a colonial culinary series
Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, New York
https://QueensFarm.ticketspice.com/colonial-culinary-series
Tickets: $60.89; advance purchase required
Indonesian bazaar at the St. James Parish House
Saturday, April 5, 11:00-5:00; repeats monthly, by and large
Parish house of St. James Episcopal Church, 8407 Broadway (St. James-Corona Aves.), Elmhurst, Queens
www.Instagram.com/p/DH8lCIBOzGA/?img_index=13
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Free admission
Season opener: Ubeland by Philippines Fest
Saturday, April 5, 11:00-6:00; repeats periodically, at various locations, through October
Broadway between 12th and 13th Sts., Manhattan (one block of a longer street festival)
www.Instagram.com/p/DH3kCsQO6bO
Free admission
Rained out: Kickoff event for the Street Vendor Project Scavenger Quest
Saturday, April 5, noon-1:00; the quest continues through April 25
Corona Plaza, Queens
https://svp.urbanjustice.org/scavengerquest2025
"Sign up to complete fun challenges while meeting the street vendors who make our city unique, trying new foods, and competing to win prizes — all while supporting NYC's only street vendor organization!"
See the website for registration details
Fingers are fine, we were told, when we wondered if we should eat our flensje with a fork. Flensje — a thin Dutch-style crepe transformed for the tropics with scarlet coloration and a payload of grated coconut — is one of several desserts recently added to the menu at PNK Surinamese Cuisine, in South Richmond Hill, Queens. They also include lapis, steamed sticky rice that resembles a layered jiggly pudding, with Indonesian roots, and bojo, a Surinamese take on Caribbean cassava pone, baked with coconut, spices and a little pineapple.
Like many dishes on the menu, the desserts reflect the complex culinary heritage of the small South American country once known as Dutch Guiana. Read more on Culinary Backstreets.
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