August 16, 2009

Biryani Cart, Rickshaw Dumpling among Vendy finalists

The Biryani Cart, King of Falafel, Rickshaw Dumpling, Jamaican Dutchy and Country Boys/Martinez Taco Truck are the nominees for the 2009 title of the city’s best street food, known as the Vendy Awards.

The awards, which started in 2005, are run as a fundraiser for the Street Vendor Project, a membership-based non-profit organization that stands up for vendors’ rights.

The Vendy Award finalists:

Biryani Cart - Meru Sikder
(Traditional Indian)
46th Street and 6th Ave., map.

The King of Falafel - Fares “Freddy” Zeidaies
(Middle Eastern)
30th Street and Broadway, Astoria, Queens, map.

Rickshaw Dumpling - Kenny Lao
(Dumplings)
Various locations, see Twitter

Jamaican Dutchy - O’Neill Reid
(Jamaican)
51st Street and 7th Avenue, map

Country Boys/Martinez Taco Truck - Fernando & Jolanda Martinez
(Traditional Mexican/Puebla)
Red Hook Ball Fields (Clinton and Bay streets, map) weekends 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Brooklyn Flea (Lafayette and Vanderbilt streets, map,) Saturdays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Vendy Awards will be handed out September 26 at the Queens Museum of Art, outdoors near the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Advance tickets for the awards ceremony — food included — are $80 for adults or $40 for children.

See Midtown Lunch and the Daily News for more info.

Image source: Vendy Awards Small Poster

August 16, 2009 10:39 AM in Cheap Stuff, Foodology, Kids, Midtown, Out of Manhattan

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