Taste Williamsburg Greenpoint
The Taste of Williamsburg & Greenpoint is coming up this Sunday, May 16th to North 11th Street between Wythe and Berry. The event is an outdoor celebration of North Brooklyn's local cuisine and community. Get in on the action, rain or shine, for a sampling of tastes from the area's top restaurants, beer straight from the source at the Brooklyn Brewery, live music performances, cooking demonstrations, and more. It's setup as a giant tasting menu where the ticket cost ($35-$95) determines how many restaurants you can sample at the event. [click here for ticket link]
Among the participating North Brooklyn restaurants are An Nhau & Banh Mi, Antek, Aurora Ristorante, Bakeri, Bedford Cheese Shop, Blackbird Parlour, DOC Wine Bar, Dressler & Dumont, Fabiane's Cafe & Pastry, Fatty 'Cue, Fornino, Juliette, Karczma, Le Barricou, Lodge, M Shanghai, Manhattan Inn, Mesa Coyoacan, Miranda, Nita Nita, Pies 'n' Thighs, Rabbithole, Rye, Sel De Mer, Sweetwater, Taco Chulo, Teddy's Bar & Grill, Traif, Van Leeuwen's Ice Cream, Walter Foods, Wine Cellar Sorbets, Wombat and more...
There will also be a live cook-off battle between the founders of The Food Experiment, music performances from progressive indie rock band Mon Khmer, Pink Floyd meets Dick Dale psych-surf group Chicha Libre, the sounds of DJ Bryce Hackford and The Morning Pages masterfully blend rock, country, and soul.
All proceeds from the event will benefit the building of the Northside Town Hall Community and Cultural Center a joint project of two longtime North Brooklyn neighborhood non-profits, Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) and The People's Firehouse, Inc (PFI.) Located on the site of the former Engine Company 212 firehouse, the redesigned building will provide a permanent home for the two founding non-profits.
