Since it launched last year the Brooklyn Flea food-only offshoot Smorgasburg has been an unqualified success. But you know what would make it (and most things) better? Local booze. Sadly, however, not everyone in the community agrees and co-founder Eric Demby now needs to scramble for signatures if he wants to have local libations on North Sixth Street by the time the outdoor food fun restarts on April 7. more ›

When Eric Demby and Jonathan Bulter founded the Brooklyn Flea in 2008, it helped usher in a new era of flea markets in New York, with a focus more on high-quality, carefully curated products than the usual tchotchkies and junk. Now, with the success of the Flea, and in particular, the food vendors there, Demby and Butler are launching an all-food market this Saturday at their Williamsburg waterfront site. The cheekily named Smorgasburg, featuring over 100 local vendors selling everything from homemade mustard to banana-ricotta spring rolls (a full lineup can be found in PDF form on the Smorgasburg site), is poised to be a major success. We recently spoke with Demby and Butler a day before their grand opening and chatted about what to expect, why a food market matters, and their deep love of noodles. more ›

The Brooklyn Flea isn't taking the chilly season off, but they are moving things indoors. Co-founder Jonathan Butler (pictured to the right of Eric Demby) told us that the space will be smaller than the outdoor Flea in Fort Greene, with about 30 vendors housed inside. The winter months will be held in a usually empty space at 76 Front Street in DUMBO, which we went over to check out for ourselves. more ›