The outdoor Brooklyn Smorgasburg season is winding down (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Williamsburg waterfront between North Sixth & North Seventh Sts.
Saturday, November 12, 19, free, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
www.brooklynflea.com/smorgasburg
There are only two weekends left to enjoy Smorgasburg outdoors, a gathering of unique and unusual food vendors offering their wares along the Brooklyn waterfront every Saturday. The season lasts through November 19, after which some, but not all, of the carts, trucks, and booths will head indoors to the Williamsburg Savings Bank. We prefer getting there via the East River Ferry, which drops you off right at the entrance to the weekly food fest, where you can show up with a twenty and sample all kinds of goodies. We like starting with the breakfast taco from Cemita’s, followed by maple bacon on a stick from Landhaus, the bulgogi burger from Asiadog, and a Salvadoran specialty from Solber Pupusas. Dessert’s a tough decision, with fine fare from Lush Candy, Danny’s Macaroons, Cutie Pies, Fine & Raw Chocolate, Kumquat Cupcakery, and our fave, the giant s’more from S’more Bakery. Other choices include slow smoked St. Louis spare ribs from Mighty Quinn’s, caramel chorizo lollipops from Bocata, fried anchovies from Bon Chovie, Nordic sushi from Noshi, and the fried Brussels sprouts sandwich with apple and whiskey from I8NY. Among the other rotating vendors are Victor’s Famous Empanadas, Pizza Moto, Mimi & Co., Sunday Gravy, Choncho’s Tacos, Porchetta, Schnitz, Bep, Dough, Noodle Lane, Barry’s Tempeh, Granola Lab, Milk Truck, Brooklyn Bangers, and many others. Some of them come back on Sunday, when Smorgasburg morphs into the Brooklyn Flea, a market that sells handcrafted items, antiques, collectibles, clothing, and plenty of oddities.