OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL PARISH FEAST 2010
It will take 130 men to carry the Giglio through the streets of Williamsburg at the annual Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
North Eighth & Havemeyer Sts.
Through July 18
Admission: free
718-384-0223
www.olmcfeast.com
The 123rd annual Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Paulinus of Nola is under way, featuring nearly two weeks of children’s rides and activities, Italian delicacies, parades, games, a bazaar, live performances, and, of course, the lifting of the eighty-foot-tall, three-ton, vertical Giglio, which 130 men will carry on Sunday, July 11, along with la barca. Tonight is the children’s Giglio, with July 10 the Questua procession, July 14 the Night Lift, July 16 Our Lady of Mount Carmel Day, and July 18 Old Timers’ Day. Other highlights include the Brooklyn Keys on July 10, Uncle Floyd with Mark Pizzano on July 12, Angelo Ruggiero on July 16, and Sal Manzo on July 17. The feast celebrates how Bishop Paolino sacrificed his own freedom for those abducted by North African pirates in the fifth century, later to be returned to Nola in southern Italy and greeted by the townspeople holding gigli, or lilies.
BASTILLE DAY ON 60th ST.
Large crowds will convene on 60th St. for annual Bastille Day celebration
60th St. between Fifth & Lexington Aves.
Sunday, July 11, free, 12 noon – 6:00 pm
www.bastilledaynyc.com
www.fiaf.org
One of the most highly anticipated street fairs of the year, the annual Bastille Day celebration along East 60th St. is always a fun-filled day of French food and music, sponsored by the French Institute Alliance Française. The festivities honor the storming of the Bastille prison on July 14, 1789, paving the way for the French Revolution. Among the live performers appearing on the main stage will be Michèle Voltaire Marcelin telling Haitian stories in krik-krak style, Pierre de Gaillande singing George Brassens tunes in English, and Gay Marshall channeling Edith Piaf in addition to concerts by Malika Zarra and Les Sans Culottes. There will also be stationary Tour de France bike races, the annual Garçons de Café race with waiters holding serving trays making their way down the street, a Citroën Car Show, mimes, an accordion player, and other events combining for an entertaining mix of both cool and strange. If it gets too hot outside, you can head into the FIAF gallery for ticketed wine and cheese tastings or beer and cheese pairings in the lobby ($8-$15).
MEATOPIA
Governors Island
Sunday, July 11, 11:30 am – 4:30 pm
Free ferry from Battery Maritime Building
Tasting tickets: $25-$150
www.meatopia.org
If the annual, ridiculously overcrowded Big Apple BBQ in Madison Square Park simply overwhelms you as it does us, perhaps you’ll find Meatopia, taking place this Sunday on Governors Island, more to your liking. For five hours, thirty chefs and bbq teams will be serving ribs, marinated steak and chicken, roasted lamb, grilled bacon sandwiches, pit-smoked brisket, smoked duck tacos, and other delicacies, from such restaurants and groups as Aureole, Hill Country, La Esquina, China Grill, RUB, Mr. Bobo’s Traveling BBQ Allstars, the Meatball Shop, the Smoke Joint, the Hurricane Club, Wildwood Barbeque, Suenos, the Food Lab, and the Harrison. There will also be live performances from Jen Larsen & North River, the Strung Out String Band, the Second Avenue Mountain Boys, Roosevelt Dime, and the Brotherhood of the Jug Band. In addition, chefs Andrew D’Ambrosi and Shaun Hergatt will do battle in a cookoff at 1:30 in the High Plains Bison tent. Admission to the food fest is free, but tasting tickets, which range from $25 to $150, are selling fast in advance.
INTERNATIONAL HOT DOG EATING CONTEST
Joey Chestnut will go for a fourth straight title on July 4 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Sweikert Alley, Nathan's Famous
1310 Surf Ave. at Stillwell Ave.
Sunday, July 4, free, 12 noon
Admission: free
212-627-5766
www.nathansfamous.com
www.ifoce.com
Since 1916, Nathan’s has been sponsoring a hot dog eating contest in which men and women from all over the world compete to see who can devour the most hot dogs (and buns) in twelve minutes, now reduced to ten. Each contestant has his or her own method; some dunk the bread in water before swallowing, while others just stuff the slimy dogs down their throats. After six years of dominance by Takeru Kobayashi, Joey Chestnut has come up big the last three years, setting a new world record of sixty-eight dogs in 2009, keeping the Coveted Mustard Yellow International Belt where it belongs. (Chestnut has also held records in asparagus, chicken wings, grilled cheese sandwiches, gyoza, horseshoe sandwiches, jalapeno poppers, Krystal Burgers, Pizza Hut P’Zones, pork ribs, pulled pork, and sausage and cheese Kolaches.) Unfortunately, Kobayashi has pulled out of this year’s event, bringing to an end this heated annual rivalry. The festivities begin at 10:00 with a performance by Xclusive with Sonni Dey and DJ 80HD, followed by acrobats, magic acts, trampoline performers, and rapper (and longtime contest participant) Eric “Badlands” Booker, with the competition set to start at noon.
FOOD FILM FESTIVAL 2010
Food and film combine for a good cause at tasty festival (photo by Ryan Jensen)
Multiple venues
June 23-27
Tickets: free - $95
VIP Festival Pass: $375
www.nycfoodfilmfestival.com
The fourth annual Food Film Festival, combining cinematic and culinary eats and treats both on-screen and in the audience, gets under way June 23, kicking off a five-day feast for cinephiles and gourmands. Some forty feature-length films and shorts will be screened, including Anat Baron’s BEER WARS, Liza de Guia’s BROOKLYN FLEA FOOD, Jeff Zalaznick and Jamie Meyer’s A LOOK INSIDE LaFRIEDA MEATS, Nora Tennessen’s SQUID CHIPS, and other food-related flicks, paired with appropriately relevant dining options. On June 23, the Great New York City Shuck ’N Suck will take place at Water Taxi Beach at the South Street Seaport (raw bar, oyster-themed menu, specialty cocktails, chocolate, $95), followed on June 24 by Brad Farmerie’s Southeast Asian Street Food Market at Astor Center (beef tendon balls, pig’s blood popsicles, popiah, dessert burrito, live squid fry, $95) and the world premiere of David Sigal’s FLORENT: QUEEN OF THE MEAT MARKET in the Altman Building (menu items from Restaurant Florent, hosted by Murray Hill, $75). Those ticket prices are kinda high (proceeds benefit the Food Bank for New York City, so on June 25, Edible Adventures #001: Smokes, Ears & Ice Cream will be serving up sample-sized portions of barbecue, ice cream, and more at Water Taxi Beach in Long Island City for free, although tickets are needed in advance; advance free tickets are also required for the World’s First Food Truck Drive-In (Bistro Truck, Pizza Moto, Schnitzel + Things, Treats Truck, Hot Blondies, Red Hook Lobster, and many others), held in Brooklyn Bridge Plaza on June 26, but it looks like that event is already booked solid. The festival concludes on June 27 with It’s Grits! ($35) and the Brooklyn Burger ’N Beer Garden ($45), both in the Tobacco Warehouse in DUMBO.
HERRING FESTIVAL
Annual herring festival continues at Grand Central Oyster Bar through June 25 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Grand Central Oyster Bar, Grand Central Terminal, through June 25
Aquavit, 65 East 55th St., through June 26
www.oysterbarny.com
www.aquavit.org
This is the last week to sample the new Dutch herring from the North Sea, having first been approved by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands earlier this month. The Silver of the Sea is served in a cozy nook in the fabled Oyster Bar in Grand Central, where they prepare the fabulous Hollandse Nieuwe Haring from Scheveningen with chopped egg, diced raw onion, and seeded flatbread, along with genever (Dutch gin) as desired, selling it from a special cart (marked De Haringkoning — the Herring King) between 11:30 and 3:00 and again from 5:00 to closing through Friday, as long as they don’t sell out. For something a little fancier, Aquavit is continuing its annual herring buffet through Saturday, promising “a wide variety of both traditional and innovative herring preparations.” Although we’ve yet to try Aquavit’s versions, overseen by executive chef Marcus Jernmark, we never miss the herring at the Oyster Bar, always a wonderful seasonal treat.
NEW YORK BREWFEST 2010
Governors Island, Water Taxi Beach
Saturday, June 19, $55, 3:30 – 8:00
www.nybrewfest.com
More than 120 international breweries, with a heavy emphasis on New York and the United States, will be pouring cold brews on June 19 on Water Taxi Beach on Governors Island at the fourth annual New York Brewfest. We highly recommend trying the fineries of Brewery Ommegang, Middle Ages, Goose Island, Magic Hat, Otter Creek, Smuttynose, Duvel, and Samuel Smith, among plenty of others. The event will feature live music by Alexis P. Suter, Mikey Powell, Dark Hollow, the Horseshoe Lounge Playboys, and Bagpipe Dudes; the seminars “Beer & Chocolate,” “Women in Beer,” and “The State of New York State Hops”; and food from Van Leeuwen, the Sullivan St. Bakery, Sigmund Pretzelshop, and Brewfest sponsor Heartland Brewery. And you don’t have to worry about finding a designated driver, as transportation to and from Governors Island will be handled by free water taxis all day.
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