Eating In Translation

New York-area food events, July 29-August 5

Chinatown Nights
Friday, July 30, 8:00-11:00
Forsyth Plaza, Forsyth St. at Canal St., Manhattan
www.ThnikChinatown.org/nights
Free admission with online registration, where donations will be encouraged

Bayonne Coptic Festival
Friday, July 30, through Sunday, August 1, 11:00-11:00
St. Abanoub & St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Church, 1325 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Bayonne, New Jersey
www.Facebook.com/events/4281095941943307
Free admission

Sranan Dey (Suriname Day)
Sunday, August 1, noon-8:00
Roy Wilkins Park, Merrick Blvd. at Foch Blvd., St. Albans, Queens
www.Facebook.com/SrananDey
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2015/08/sranan-dei-suriname-day.html
Free admission

Peruvian Bicentennial Parade and Festival
Sunday, August 1, midmorning-???
The parade, scheduled to begin at 9:30 in Passaic, New Jersey, proceeds through Clifton to the Little Lima district of Paterson; the festival follows on Memorial Dr., several blocks to the east
www.Facebook.com/Peruvian.ParadeInc.7/photos/3488492661253638
Free admission

Giglio di Sant' Antonio Feast
Thursday through Sunday, August 5-8, various evening and weekend hours
Pleasant Ave. between East 114th and East 116th Sts., Manhattan
www.EastHarlemGiglio.org
Free admission

Ongoing
Queens Night Market, Saturday
Bronx Night Market, Saturday
Red Hook Food Vendors, Saturday and Sunday
Governors Island food carts and trucks, busiest Saturday and Sunday
Grand Bazaar NYC, Sunday
Smorgasburg, various days and locations

On the radar
Indonesian bazaar at St. James Episcopal Church, August 7; Ghana Fest NY, August 7; Gran Festival de Comida Boliviana, August 7; Uptown Night Market, August 12; Greek Jewish block party, August 15; Burmese street fair, August 15; Santa Rosalia Society Festival (a.k.a. the 18th Avenue Feast), August 19-29; Grenada Sports Day, August 22; Japanese street fair, August 29; Trenton Pork Roll Festival, September 4; West Indian Day Parade, September 6; Pig Island, September 11; Ferragosto, September 12

Guelaguetza NYC

Tacos al pastor, with pineapple, and de carnitas, largely hidden beneath onion and cilantro, by a New Jersey visitor to this annual New York festival.

Guelaguetza NYC
Socrates Sculpture Park, 3201 Vernon Blvd. (at Broadway), Astoria, Queens
www.Facebook.com/events/262698332282852
(The 2021 festival was held on July 25)

New York-area food events, July 22-29

St. Irene Chrysovalantou Festival and Bazaar
Thursday through Sunday, July 22-25, 5:00-11:00
Vicinity of the Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Orthodox Monastery of St. Irene Chrysovalantou, 3607 23rd Ave. (at 36th St.), Astoria, Queens
www.StIrene.org
Free admission

St. Ann's Italian Festival
Thursday through Monday, July 22-26, various hours
Vicinity of the Church of St. Ann, 704 Jefferson St., Hoboken, New Jersey
www.StAnnHoboken.com/feast
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2013/07/st-anns-italian-festival.html
Free admission

Thunderbird American Indian Powwow
Friday through Sunday, July 23-25, various evening and weekend hours
Queens County Farm Museum, 7350 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park
www.Eventbrite.com/e/42nd-annual-thunderbird-american-indian-powwow-tickets-160654204049
Admission: adults, $15 one day/$30 three days; children ages 2 to 12 and under, $8/$16

Guelaguetza NYC
Sunday, July 25, noon-5:00
Socrates Sculpture Park, 3201 Vernon Blvd. (at Broadway), Astoria, Queens
www.Facebook.com/events/262698332282852
"This festival celebrates the beauty and traditions of Oaxaca. ... Mexican folk art and food on sale!"
Free admission

Ongoing
Queens Night Market, Saturday
Bronx Night Market, Saturday
Red Hook Food Vendors, Saturday and Sunday
Governors Island food carts and trucks, busiest Saturday and Sunday
Grand Bazaar NYC, Sunday
Smorgasburg, various days and locations

On the radar
Bayonne Coptic Festival, July 30-August 1; Suriname Day, August 1; Giglio di Sant' Antonio Feast, East Harlem, August 5-8; Indonesian bazaar at St. James Episcopal Church, August 7; Ghana Fest NY, August 7; Gran Festival de Comida Boliviana, August 7; Uptown Night Market, August 12; Greek Jewish block party, August 15; Burmese street fair, August 15; Grenada Sports Day, August 22; Japanese street fair, August 29

New York-area food events, July 15-22

Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Newark
Friday through Sunday, July 16-18, 6:00-10:00
"Down Neck, Ironbound," vicinity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 259 Oliver St. (Adams-Van Buren Sts.), Newark, New Jersey
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j7fNnVxKmdw/YNzwvv2m6MI/AAAAAAAAuGg/JP7_1mSz3CscSiXLe_2eb91drFcoNbmxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1301/OLMC.jpg
Free admission

Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Jersey City
Friday, July 16, 7:00-???, after mass
Vicinity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 99 Broadway (at Wales Ave.), Jersey City
www.Facebook.com/OLMCJC/photos/a.135315704774552/344200190552768
Free admission

Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Brooklyn
Concludes Thursday through Sunday, July 15-18, various evening and weekend hours
In the streets surrounding Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 275 North 8th St. (Havemeyer St.-Meeker Ave.), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
www.OLMCfeast.com
www.Greenpointers.com/2021/06/30/the-return-of-the-olmc-feast
Free admission

St. Ann's Italian Festival
Thursday through Monday, July 22-26, various hours
Vicinity of the Church of St. Ann, 704 Jefferson St., Hoboken, New Jersey
www.StAnnHoboken.com/feast
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2013/07/st-anns-italian-festival.html
Free admission

St. Irene Chrysovalantou Festival and Bazaar
Thursday through Sunday, July 22-25, 5:00-11:00
Vicinity of the Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Orthodox Monastery of St. Irene Chrysovalantou, 36-07 23rd Ave. (at 36th St.), Astoria, Queens
www.StIrene.org
Free admission

Ongoing
Queens Night Market, Saturday
Bronx Night Market, Saturday
Red Hook Food Vendors, Saturday and Sunday
Governors Island food carts and trucks, busiest Saturday and Sunday
Grand Bazaar NYC, Sunday
Smorgasburg, various days and locations

On the radar
Guelaguetza NYC, July 25; Suriname Day, August 1; Giglio di Sant' Antonio Feast, East Harlem, August 5-8; Indonesian bazaar at St. James Episcopal Church, August 7; Ghana Fest NY, August 7; Uptown Night Market, August 12; Greek Jewish block party, August 15; Burmese street fair, August 15; Grenada Sports Day, August 22; Japanese street fair, August 29

SDMB Spring Fundraising Bazaar

Pig ear salad and crispy spicy fish at a recent Burmese fundraiser. Flattened dried filets and crumbly pungent balachaung became that day's chips and dip.

SDMB Spring Fundraising Bazaar
Parish hall of St. James Episcopal Church
8407 Broadway (at St. James Ave.), Elmhurst, Queens
www.Facebook.com/DemocracyInBurma/photos/pcb.965717920854552/191129049683634
(The spring 2021 bazaar was held on June 19)

New York-area food events, July 8-15

Uptown Night Market
Thursday, July 8, 4:00-10:00; repeats monthly
"Under the arches," Twelfth Ave. at West 133rd St., Manhattan
www.UptownNightMarket.com
Free admission with online registration: www.Eventbrite.com/e/uptown-night-market-tickets-156010492583

Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Brooklyn
Wednesday through Sunday, July 7-18, various evening and weekend hours
In the streets surrounding Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 275 North 8th St. (Havemeyer St.-Meeker Ave.), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
www.OLMCfeast.com
www.Greenpointers.com/2021/06/30/the-return-of-the-olmc-feast
Free admission

Go Africa Carnival
Saturday, July 10, 10:00-6:00
West 116th St. between Seventh and Eighth Aves., Manhattan
www.GoAfricaHarlem.org
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2019/07/go-africa-harlem-street-festival.html
Free admission

Indonesian bazaar at Masjid al-Hikmah
Sunday, July 11, 11:00-5:00
48-01 31st Ave. (at 48th St.), Astoria, Queens
www.Instagram.com/p/CQnusufg0g7
Previously: www.Flickr.com/photos/EatingInTranslation/albums/72157623906730604
Free admission
It's unclear how much room will be available, in the small parking lot where the bazaar is held, for dining on the spot

Bronx Night Market: South Bronx
Wednesday, July 14, 4:00-10:00; repeats monthly
Opposite the center-field gate of Yankee Stadium, 950 River Ave. near East 164th St., Concourse, Bronx
www.TheBronxNightMarket.com
Free admission with online registration: www.Eventbrite.com/e/bronx-night-market-south-bronx-tickets-155725961543

Ongoing
Queens Night Market, Saturday
Bronx Night Market, Saturday
Red Hook Food Vendors, Saturday and Sunday
Grand Bazaar NYC, Sunday
Smorgasburg, various days and locations

MAHAA Humanitarian Aid Myanmar Food Bazaar

My friend Jenny, who first told me of this food bazaar, got a good LOL when I messaged her afterward, thinking that I'd misheard the name "horseshoe" leaf salad (first photo; shown untossed). That's the direct translation, Jenny explained, from the Burmese "myin-kwa," which describes the shape of the leaf. The more common English name is pennywort.

Also: mixed pickles with rice noodles; sticky rice with banana.

MAHAA Humanitarian Aid Myanmar Food Bazaar
Parish hall of St. James Episcopal Church
8407 Broadway (at St. James Ave.), Elmhurst, Queens
www.Facebook.com/events/3941044502660042
(The spring 2021 bazaar was held on June 6. On June 19 the church hosts a different Burmese bazaar and an Indonesian street fair, too.)

Beemer Kitchen

Sate kerang — clam, with sweet soy sauce — by a vendor with roots in Surabaya, East Java, and now in Elmhurst, Queens. For the next grab-and-go Indonesian bazaar, scheduled for April 3, let's root for warmer outdoor-dining weather!

Beemer Kitchen
917-862-5803
Indonesian bazaar at the parish hall of St. James Episcopal Church
8407 Broadway (at St. James Ave.), Elmhurst, Queens
www.Facebook.com/IndonesiaFoodBazaar

Red White & Que Smokehouse

"Barbecue," in this neck of New Jersey, often summons the image of a Portuguese- or Brazilian-style churrasqueira, where meats are sizzled over a grill or on a rotisserie. At Red White & Que, which I first visited several years ago, not long after it opened on a tree-lined, otherwise residential block behind a high school, the bill of fare focuses on "American Southern barbecue" — a phrase I heard repeated to numerous first-time visitors, less for clarification than as a rallying cry.

In such company, pastrami is a relatively recent addition to the menu. My fat sandwich was very good with the addition of spicy and mustard sauces — but, for first-timers, it would be very hard to pass up Texas brisket with a fresh-cracked black pepper rub (below). Also shown, from a road-show appearance at the annual Hamilton Park BBQ Festival in Jersey City: a whole hog sandwich dressed with sweet and vinegar sauces.

Red White & Que Smokehouse
266 Davis Ave. (King St.-Quincy Ave.), Kearny, New Jersey
201-998-2271
www.RedWhiteAndQueSmokehouse.com

Mamika's Homemade Cuisine

I first encountered Mamika's in Elmhurst, Queens, at one of the monthly bazaars organized by the Indonesian Gastronomy Association. Even if those indoor events weren't on hiatus, grilled short ribs would be better suited to a wide-open outdoor space, with a river view.

Mamika's Homemade Cuisine
www.Instagram.com/Mamika.NYC
This afternoon, at the outdoor Greenpoint Terminal Market, 2 Noble St. (at the East River), Greenpoint, Brooklyn
www.GreenpointTerminalMarket.com
The market returns every Saturday and Sunday, at least while it's warm