Eating In Translation

New York-area food events, November 16-30

Norwegian Seamen's Church Christmas Fair
Friday and Saturday, November 17-18, noon-6:00; Sunday, noon-4:00
Norwegian Seamen's Church, 317 East 52nd St. (First-Second Aves.), Manhattan
www.SjomannsKirken.no/kirke/new-york/kalender/julemarked
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2017/11/norwegian-seama.html
Free admission

Danish Seamen's Church Christmas Fair
Saturday and Sunday, November 18-19, 10:00-4:00
Danish Seamen's Church, 102 Willow St. (at Clark St.), Brooklyn Heights
https://landing.churchdesk.com/da/b/133850/danish-christmas-fair
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2017/11/danish-seamens.html, though it seems no smørrebrød will be served this year
Free admission

Native American Fall Festival
Saturday and Sunday, November 18-19, 10:00-4:00
Garvies Point Museum and Preserve, 50 Barry Dr., Glen Cove, New York
www.GarviesPointMuseum.com/imgs/festival/fall-festival-2023.pdf
Admission: adults, $10; children ages 5 to 12 and seniors age 60 and over, $5

New York-area food events, November 9-16

International Food Vendor Expo
Thursday, November 9, 6:00-9:00
New York Hall of Science, 4701 111th St. (inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park), Corona, Queens
https://Expo.QueensTogether.org
Tickets: adults, $100; children ages 12 and under, when accompanied by a parent or guardian; proceeds "help combat hunger through the Queens Together Thanksgiving food relief program"

Canstruction
Concludes Thursday through Sunday, November 9-13, 10:00-8:00
Brookfield Place, 230 Vesey St. (at North End Ave.), Manhattan
www.BfPlNY.com/canstruction
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&text=canstruction&view_all=1
Free admission; donations of canned food welcome; all cans in the exhibit, too, will be donated to City Harvest

St. Anthony's International Festival
Friday and Saturday, November 10-11, 11:00-dinnertime, and perhaps a little later
St. Anthony's Orthodox Church, 385 Ivy Lane, Bergenfield, New Jersey
www.Facebook.com/StAnthonyFestival
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2015/11/st-anthonys-orthodox-church-international-festival.html
Free admission

Opening day: Gingerbread NYC
Thursday, November 10, 10:00-9:00; continues during museum hours through January 15
Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave. (at 103rd St.), Manhattan
www.MCNY.org/exhibition/gingerbread-nyc-great-borough-bake-0
General admission (to the museum as a whole): $20; reduced for seniors, students, and children

St. Spyridon Greek Food Festival and Bazaar
Friday through Sunday, November 10-12, noon-6:00ish
St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church, 124 Wadsworth Ave. (179th-180th Sts.), Manhattan
www.SaintSpyridon.net/assets/images/flyers/Food%20Festival%202023.png
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2013/11/st-spyridon-greek-food-festival-and-bazaar.html
Free admission

New York-area food events, November 2-9

Canstruction
Opens Thursday, November 2, 10:00-8:00; continues through November 13
Brookfield Place, 230 Vesey St. (at North End Ave.), Manhattan
www.BfPlNY.com/canstruction
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&text=canstruction&view_all=1
Free admission; donations of canned food welcome; all cans in the exhibit, too, will be donated to City Harvest

Bethel United Methodist Church Cranberry Festival
Saturday, November 4, 8:00-3:00
Bethel United Methodist Church, 7033 Amboy Rd., Tottenville, Staten Island
www.BethelUMCSI.com/cranberry-festival.html
Previously: www.Flickr.com/photos/EatingInTranslation/19641676976/in/photolist-vFurje-vFurhk-vVEJg3/lightbox
Free admission

East River Kiwanis Club Pancake Breakfast
Saturday, November 4, 9:00-noon
Trinity Lutheran Church, 3118 37th St., Astoria, Queens
www.Facebook.com/photo/?fbid=726662372831213&set=a.474160524748067
Tickets: adults, $10; kids under age 10, $5

Loyal Lodge Sons of Norway Scandinavian Bazaar
Saturday, November 4, 10:00-4:00
St. James Lutheran Church parish hall, 230 Second Ave. (at Woodlawn Ave.), St. James, New York
www.LoyalLodge.org/bazaar
Free admission

Indonesian bazaar at the St. James Parish House
Saturday, November 4, 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.Facebook.com/IndonesiaFoodBazaar
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=indonesian%20james&view_all=1
Free admission

New York-area food events, October 26-November 2

Pumpkitecture! Architectural Pumpkin Carving Competition
Friday, October 27, 6:00-8:30
Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Pl. (Bleecker-West 3rd Sts.), Manhattan
https://calendar.AIANY.org/2023/10/27/pumpkitecture-architectural-pumpkin-carving-competition-4
Tickets: $10

Day of the Dead at St. Mark's
Friday through Sunday, October 27-29, 11:00-5:00
East yard, St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, 131 East 10th St. (at Second Ave.), Manhattan
www.ManoaMano.nyc/event-details/dia-de-muertos-day-of-the-dead-2023-10-27
Previously: www.Flickr.com/photos/eatingintranslation/49144164968/lightbox
Free admission

Opening day: Winter Village in Bryant Park
Friday, October 27, 11:00-8:00; continues daily through January 2
Bryant Park, between 40th and 42nd Sts. and Fifth and Sixth Aves., Manhattan
www.BryantPark.org/shop-eat/category/food
Free admission

Season finales:
Smorgasburg, Friday through Sunday
JapanFes, Saturday
Bronx Night Market, Saturday
Queens Night Market, Saturday
Brooklyn Night Market, Monday
Free admission to all

El Mercado de Jackson Heights
Saturday, October 28, 11:00-5:00; repeats monthly, by and large
Outside The World's Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd St. (at 34th Ave.), Jackson Heights, Queens
www.Instagram.com/p/CyJu8obO0rj
Previously, at another location nearby: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=mercado%20jackson&view_all=1
Free admission

New York-area food events, October 19-26

Bowl of 'Zole: Pozole Festival
Thursday, October 19, 6:00-9:00
Industry City, 33 35th St. (Second-Third Aves.), Greenwood, Brooklyn
www.BowlOfZole.com
Tickets: $59.02, or $90.67 for hour-earlier VIP entry; ages 21 and over only; "all Bowl of 'Zole chefs will prepare extra pozole for City Harvest's collection"

Endangered Eating: The Vanishing Flavors of New York Apples
Thursday, October 19, 7:00-8:30
Time Out Market, 55 Water St. (Dock-Main Sts.), Dumbo, Brooklyn
www.MOFAD.org/calendar/endangered-eating
Tickets: $50, or $81.85 including a copy of the book

The Dish: The Lives and Labor Behind One Plate of Food
Thursday, October 19, 7:00-8:00
Books Are Magic, 122 Montague St. (at Henry St.), Brooklyn Heights
www.Eventbrite.com/e/in-store-andrew-friedman-the-dish-w-klancy-miller-tickets-727030897987
Tickets: $10.89, or $32.65 including a copy of the book

Dashain, Tihar, and Chhath
Friday, October 20, 2:00-5:00
Apicha Community Health Center, 8211 37th Ave. (82nd-83rd Sts.), Jackson Heights, Queens
www.Facebook.com/photo?fbid=660488506233364&set=a.581830360765846
Free admission

Japan Village Night Market
Friday, October 20, 4:00-9:00
Industry City, 934 Third Ave. (35th-36th Sts.), Greenwood, Brooklyn
www.Instagram.com/p/CydsA1lOQF_/
Free admission

Sussex County Harvest, Honey, & Garlic Festival
Saturday, October 21, 10:00-4:00
Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta, New Jersey
www.SussexFarmVisits.com/harvestfest.htm
Free admission

New York-area food events, September 28-October 5

Evening Under the Sphere
Thursday, September 28, 6:30-9:30
At the Unisphere, inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
www.Eventbrite.com/e/evening-under-the-sphere-2023-tickets-632841444797
Tickets: Queens residents, $54.24; all others, $107.40; proceeds benefit the Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park

Holy Trinity Greek Fest
Friday, September 29, 3:00-11:00; Saturday, noon-11:00
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 250 Gallows Hill Rd., Westfield, New Jersey
www.Facebook.com/photo/?fbid=693178592843764&set=gm.879589270435390&idorvanity=857731572621160
In past years, suggested donation: $2

NYC Hot Sauce Expo
Saturday and Sunday, September 30-October 1, 10:00-6:00
Industry City, 51 34th St. (Second-Third Aves.), Greenwood, Brooklyn
www.NYCHotSauceExpo.com
General admission: $17.85

Staten Island Egyptian Festival
Saturday and Sunday, September 30-October 1, 11:00-8:00; repeats October 7-8
Archangel Michael and St. Mena Coptic Orthodox Church, 4095 Amboy Rd. (at Linderwood Rd.), Great Kills, Staten Island
www.Facebook.com/reel/2276539532519742
Previously: https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&view_all=1&text=michael%20mena%20staten
Free admission

New York-area food events, September 21-28

Two Cents Plain: Jewish Seltzer Peddling in New York's Gilded Era
Thursday, September 21, 6:30-8:00
Essex Market, 88 Essex St. (at Delancey St.), Manhattan
www.Eventbrite.com/e/two-cents-plain-jewish-seltzer-peddling-in-new-yorks-gilded-era-tickets-705537330147
General admission: $12.51

Feast of San Gennaro
Concludes Thursday, September 21, through Sunday, September 24, generally 11:00-9:00
On and around Mulberry St., Little Italy, Manhattan
www.SanGennaroNYC.org
Free admission

Latin Night Market
Friday, September 22, 4:00-10:00
Dyckman St. between Dyckman Plaza and Inwood Park, Manhattan
www.MascHospitalityGroup.com/latinnightmarket
Free admission

Holy Cross Greek Cultural Festival
Friday through Sunday, September 22-24, various hours
Ridge Blvd. between 84th and 86th Sts., Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
www.Instagram.com/p/CwS4-rfRs-Y
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2012/09/holy-cross-greek-cultural-festival.html
Free admission

New York-area food events, September 14-21

Uptown Night Market
Thursday, September 14, 4:00-10:00; repeats monthly through October
West 133rd St. at Twelfth Ave., Manhattan
www.Eventbrite.com/e/uptown-night-market-tickets-472845111457
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=%22uptown%20night%20market%22&view_all=1
Free admission

Feast of San Gennaro
Thursday, September 14, through Sunday, September 24, generally 11:00-9:00
On and around Mulberry St., Little Italy, Manhattan
www.SanGennaroNYC.org
Free admission

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Festival
Thursday through Sunday, September 14-17, various hours
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 10 Mill Rd., New Rochelle, New York
www.HTFestival.org
Admission: adults, $2; children under age 12, free when accompanied by a parent

Blauvelt Sons of Italy Italian Feast and Carnival
Thursday through Sunday, September 14-17, various hours
Masonic Park Fairgrounds, 89 Western Hwy., Tappan, New York
www.Facebook.com/photo/?fbid=674457988048900&set=gm.278225248176007
Admission: adults, $10; children under age 12, free

St. Paraskevi Greek Fest
Friday through Sunday, September 15-17, various hours
Saint Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Shrine Church, 1 Shrine Pl., Greenlawn, New York
www.StParaskevi.org/ministries/recreational/greek-festival
Free admission

Long Island Garlic Festival
Saturday and Sunday, September 16-17, 9:00-6:00
Waterdrinker Manorville, 663 Wading River Rd., Manorville, New York
www.Water-Drinker.com/garlicfestival
Admission: $20

JapanFes
Each event covers two blocks of a longer street festival; repeats periodically, at various locations, through October
Saturday, September 16, 10:00-6:00
Eighth Ave. between 15th and 17th Sts., Manhattan
Sunday, September 17, 10:00-6:00
Sixth Ave. between 24th and 26th Sts., Manhattan
www.JapanFes.com/new-blog/2023/916chelsea
Free admission

Dragon Fest
Each event covers one block of that same longer street festival
Saturday, September 16, 10:00-6:00
Eighth Ave. between 20th and 21st Sts., Manhattan
Sunday, September 17, 10:00-6:00
Sixth Ave. between 28th and 29th Sts., Manhattan
www.DragonFests.com
Free admission

New York-area food events, September 7-14

Fresh Pond Road Italian Festival
Thursday through Sunday, September 7-10, various hours
Fresh Pond Rd. between Woodbine and Menahan Sts., Ridgewood, Queens
www.Facebook.com/photo/?fbid=266628749449056&set=a.132400146205251
Free admission

Hoboken Italian Festival
Thursday through Sunday, September 7-10, various hours
Sinatra Promenade between Newark and 3rd Sts., Hoboken, New Jersey
www.HobokenItalianFestival.com
Free admission

St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church Festival
Thursday through Sunday, September 7-10, various hours
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, 721 Rahway Ave., Union, New Jersey
www.StDemetriosUnion.org/greek-festival
Admission: $2

Season finale: Chinatown Night Market
Friday, September 8, 8:00-11:00; repeats periodically
Forsyth Plaza, Forsyth St. at Canal St., Manhattan
www.ThinkChinatown.org/nightmarket
Previously: www.Flickr.com/photos/eatingintranslation/53170805830/lightbox
Free admission; online RSVP requested

New York-area food events, August 31-September 7

St. Joseph Feast of Lodi
Friday through Monday, September 1-4, various hours
Vicinity of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, 40 Spring St., Lodi, New Jersey
www.Facebook.com/st.joseph.7547
Previously: www.Flickr.com/photos/eatingintranslation/48747327512/lightbox
Free admission

End of Summer Fest
Saturday, September 2, 10:00-4:00
Holy Trinity Orthodox Church of East Meadow, 369 Green Ave., East Meadow, New York
www.Facebook.com/htocem/posts/pfbid0GzxCHpcu8noZaDaJP9z55gQEUv5UzCZBMfNDAYg67ENrrAkQCHvnjwzVEAuEQ9YFl
Free admission

Indonesian bazaar at the St. James Parish House
Saturday, September 2, 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/CwOP_KQOwTY
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=indonesian%20james&view_all=1
Free admission

Richmond County Fair
Saturday through Monday, September 2-4, noon-8:00
Historic Richmond Town, 441 Clarke Ave. (at St. Patrick's Pl.), Staten Island
www.HistoricRichmondTown.org/rcf
See website for ticket details

Scandinavian Fest, Budd Lake
Sunday, September 3, 10:00-???
Vasa Park, 1 Wolfe Rd., Budd Lake, New Jersey
www.ScanFest.org
Admission: adults, $14; seniors, $13; children ages 12 and under, and all attendees wearing "authentic folk dress," free

Little Manila Street Food Festival
Sunday, September 3, 11:00-7:00; repeats weekly through September 24
Roosevelt Ave. between 69th and 70th Sts., Woodside, Queens
www.Instagram.com/p/Cv3j1HPt0NA
Previously: www.Flickr.com/search/?user_id=61177627%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=little%20manila&view_all=1
Free admission