East River State Park
Sunday, September 18, $35-$100, 1:00 – 5:00
www.tastewg.com
North Brooklyn will be strutting its culinary stuff on September 18 at the seventh annual Taste Williamsburg Greenpoint, where you can sample food and drink from more than fifty purveyors of edibles and potent potables from the neighborhood. Among those establishments that will be dishing out delights in East River State Park are Amami, Anella, Black Flamingo, Brooklyn Cupcake, the Brooklyn Star, Cheeseboat LLC, Delaware and Hudson, Delaney BBQ, El Born, Hail Mary, Harvey, Le Fond, Lighthouse, Lilia, Maison Premiere, MatchaBar, the Meatball Shop, Midnights, Nitehawk Cinema, Randolph, St. Mazie, Rosamunde Sausage Grill, Sugar Couture, and Zona Rosa. There are three ticket levels (twenty-one and over only, no pets): The Tastes Firehouse package ($35) gets you four tastes and two drinks, the Firehouse Plus ($60) eight tastes and four drinks, and the Firehouse VIP ($100) twelve tastes and six drinks. There will also be live music, cooking demonstrations, and a beer garden, and first-time Lyft users can get twenty bucks off their ride by using the code TASTENYC now. All proceeds benefit the Firehouse North Brooklyn Community Center on Wythe Ave., which seeks to “renovate and operate the former Engine Co. 212 Firehouse for community activity [to] provide a permanent home to neighborhood social justice organizations for continued advocacy and direct services to Williamsburg and Greenpoint [and to foster] civic and cultural engagement with original arts programming and community gatherings.”