Closing Bell: Enter The Smorg
It’s here. The new Brooklyn Flea-spinoff affectionately known as Smorgasburg starts tomorrow. As already noted in a number of press outlets, the all-food market will be anchored by the GrowNYC Greenmarket and feature an additional 80 or so other purveyors of local food creations; in addition there will be an kids activities area hosted by…
It’s here. The new Brooklyn Flea-spinoff affectionately known as Smorgasburg starts tomorrow. As already noted in a number of press outlets, the all-food market will be anchored by the GrowNYC Greenmarket and feature an additional 80 or so other purveyors of local food creations; in addition there will be an kids activities area hosted by Moomah as well as tents from Etsy and Kickstarter. And, despair not, regular flea marketers: The Flea continues on Saturday in Fort Greene (where Momofuku Milk Bar pops up this weekend!) and on Sunday in Williamsburg. For more info on what’s new at both locations this weekend check out the the Flea Blog. To plan your visit, check out the map and directions and for a full vendor layout click here. The Flea runs from 10am to 5pm at 176 Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene on Saturdays and at 27 North 6th Street in Williamsburg on Sundays and is always free.
Not to be a kissass or anything that that was a massive success. Both days were packed and there there was a ton of good food. I have to second the comment about logistics and spacing though. It seemed that there was a lot of unused space and then some of the big hits – e.g., slushies and BLTs – being so closely spaced together made it a confusing mess. To bad they can’t serve beer.
The wife and I ventured over yesterday and scoped out the scene before we settled on sharing one “Maine Style”* lobster roll from Red Hook Lobster Pound, four Oysters from the Brooklyn Oyster Party guys, and one serving of the sticky butter/sugar sauteed bread. It’s always fun to be among so many nice young people in a festive atmosphere, and enjoy a (lately) rare bit of fine weather and tasty treats. A good start, really!
I have only one comment about logistics: the most popular food vendors were all bunched up on one side of the lot creating an impermeable mob of those waiting in vague lines for food and those browsing and milling about, while the other side of the lot had fewer vendors and was more sparsely populated. It may have been intended that way…or not.
* As someone who has vacationed in Maine with family since childhood days in the ’60s, and many time since as an adult, I work hard to resist the temptation to indulge in lobster snobbery, I confess easily that Red Hook’s roll is quite good. But the concept of a “Connecticut style” lobster roll has the same flat thud of “New Jersey style” pizza or “Pennsylvania style” barbecue.