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Red Hook Food Vendors Open for Business Tomorrow!

The NYC Food Guy — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:17:14 +0000

Huarache from the Martinez Truck on the corner of Clinton St. & Bay St.

It’s time, eaters. The Red Hook Food Vendors open for business tomorrow (Saturday) at 10AM. NYC Food Guy implores you to check it out for one of three reasons:

You love Central American food (Mexico, El Salvador, Dominican Republic)
You love feasting for under $20
You want a taste of NYC Food Guy’s favorite food experience in all of New York

Decisions, decisions. Let me make it easy for you. Meet me at the Ball Fields. The vendors will be there Saturdays & Sundays every weekend through Halloween.

Check out the link below for all the Red Hook Ball Field vitals:

Why you MUST go to the Red Hook Ball Fields, Plus How to Get There

Red Hook Food Vendors Going Brick & Mortar on Red Hook’s Van Brunt Street

The NYC Food Guy — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:47:36 +0000

Fresh off the news that the Red Hook Food Vendors will open May 1st, Cesar Fuentes, Executive Director of the Food Vendors Committee of Red Hook Park, tells NYC Food Guy that he and two partners have signed a lease for an open-air space on Van Brunt Street, Red Hook’s main drag. They’re calling it Red Hook Mercado or market, and the vision is that it will become a place friendly to the Red Hook creative community including musical acts, crafts, movies, and now here’s the kicker – Fuentes’ guarantee that “at least one of the [Red Hook food] vendors will hold a spot at this location.” If Mercado is a success, food from at least one Red Hook vendor will be available weekdays and weekends all year round. According to Fuentes, three vendors currently have “strong interest … in expanding their business to this location.” We’ll find out officially around May 1st, but NYC Food Guy’s money is on pupusa pusher Rafael Soler, who will be featured at Central Park’s Summer Stage this year and is also Fuentes’ stepfather.

According to Fuentes, a Latin American mercado features “some of the best foods and finest works of local artisan craft of the community, but it is also a place where the community comes together and socializes in a festive and vibrant atmosphere.” To that end, Red Hook Mercado will also feature foods from other “well known purveyors” in addition to a garden providing fresh ingredients for dishes prepared on site. Like the Red Hook Ball Fields, Fuentes hopes the Mercado becomes “one of the most unique experiences … in the city this summer.” NYC Food Guy raises a glass of horchata to that. Stay tuned for more information…

Red Hook Food Vendor News: Soler Dominican at Central Park Summer Stage & Vendors Return to Red Hook May 1st

The NYC Food Guy — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:26:04 +0000

Breaking news on the Red Hook Food Vendors, directly from Cesar Fuentes, Executive Director of the Food Vendors Committee of Red Hook Park Inc.:

1) Soler Dominican, who in 2008 became the first Red Hook Vendor to become a Vendy’s finalist, will join several other Brooklyn Flea vendors in taking over the concessions at Central Park’s Summer Stage. This means you’ll be able to eat delicious El Salvadoran pupusas (top row, below, 2nd from right) and Dominican carne asada - complements of husband and wife team Rafael & Reina Soler – during the outdoor arena’s 36 performances and films this year.

2) The Red Hook Food Vendors will return to their respective spots around the ball fields on Saturday, May 1st. Only thirty three more days to Martinez’s Spicy Enchilada Pork Huaraches, quite possibly the most delicious thing on masa. Weather permitting, the vendors return every Saturday and Sunday through Halloween.

If you haven’t visited the vendors, you’re missing the single greatest gathering of Central American food in New York City. You will feast for fewer than $20. Questions? In need of recommendations? E-mail lawrence@nycfoodguy.com.

Why you MUST go to the Red Hook Ball Fields, Plus How to Get There

The NYC Food Guy — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:25:25 +0000

Let’s keep this plain and simple. Every Saturday and Sunday from May to Halloween (roughly), the most diverse, authentic, affordable, and delicious gathering of Latin American street food vendors takes place at the corner of Clinton Street & Bay Street at the Red Hook Ball Fields in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Mexican, Dominican, El Salvadoran, Colombian, Chilean, Guatemalan. It’s all represented with pride, love and the BEST LATIN AMERICAN FOOD NYC Food Guy has ever tasted What’s more? Nothing is over $10.

Once you arrive, however, it’s an overwhelming experience: so much delicious food and so little English spoken by some of the vendors. Trust me when I tell you, if you like Latin American food and you’re willing to try new things, this experience will change your life. Email me: Lawrence@nycfoodguy.com if you have any questions or concerns.

Read on for information on how to get to the Red Hook Ball Fields plus other essential information.

Related:

NYC Food Guy’s favorite food item at the Ball Fields

NYC Food Guy’s Red Hook Ball Fields Flickr Set

Essential Information

HOURS OF OPERATION

Saturdays & Sundays from around 11AM until 8PM, as long as people are still out there buying food.

RAIN INFORMATION

As of now, there’s no rain information line. Just assume if you wouldn’t want to be out there, they probably wouldn’t either, although it’s a good bet they have a little more of a threshold for the rain than you do. If it just looks like it may rain, however, that will not stop the vendors.

Getting There

FROM MANHATTAN:

You have two options coming from Manhattan:

1) Take the F train to Smith-9th Street and walk to the Ball Fields, outlined in the map below. Lately there have been some service issues and to get around them, you’ll take the F Train to the G Train’s Hoyt Street-Schermerhorn Street stop, the third stop from Manhattan, and transfer to the G Train there, which will take you to the Smith-9th Street Stop. You will hear announcements about this on the F Train.

View Walking from F Train To Red Hook Ball Fields in a larger map

2) The free IKEA Water Taxi which departs daily from Pier 11 (below) near Wall Street.

Here’s the information from the Water Taxi’s Website.

Here’s the information from Ikea’s Website.

Below you’ll see the route from Pier 11 to IKEA’s Red Hook pier.

I’m not sure exactly how to get from the IKEA pier to the Ball fields but judging from the map below, it can’t be that hard to get from the IKEA pier (Boat logo) to the Ball Fields (Food & Drink logo):

View IKEA Pier to the Ball Fields in a larger map

GETTING TO RED HOOK FROM QUEENS:

1) Take the G Train to Smith-9th Street. Here’s the stops on the G Line.

GETTING TO RED HOOK FROM BROOKLYN:

1) Take the F train or the G train to Smith/9th St

2) By Bus: Take the B77 to the Gowanus Smith-9th St/Subway Station stop or the B75 to Gowanus 9th St/Smith St stop

Here’s the Brooklyn Bus Route Page from the MTA’s website