The weekend is this close to gracing us with its presence, and that means it's time for another ethnic eating adventure. Last week, we suggested Sunset Park hole-in-the-wall Yunnan Flavor Snack. Today, the announcement of the Red Hook Vendors returning this weekend had us wondering where else we could get our grubby little fingers on some pupusas, which are scientifically proven to contain all that is right and good in this world. And then we remembered a distant afternoon of greasy glory at Bahia. more ›

Just a friendly reminder that the Red Hook Food Vendors will be making their triumphant return to the Red Hook Ball Fields this weekend, bringing with them delightful fried rellenitos and barbacoa tacos. For many, this marks the semi-official start of summer, and Untapped New York learns that this year, the Vendors are launching a "green technology" project called The New Marketplace this year. Oh, and there will also be soccer, but who wants to think about physical activity when the sweet smell of pupusas fills the air? more ›

Will this site be home to the next wave of cheap outer borough eats? All will be answered later this month when a new flea market debuts in the 25,000 square foot space behind the Al-Noor School on 20th Street in Brooklyn. more ›

The folks at Porkchop Express have an informative Q&A session with Cesar Fuentes, the Executive Director of the Red Hook Food Vendors Committee. As enthusiasts await the opening of the new ballfield stands, the good news is that all the same vendors will be returning with their Latin culinary delights. The bad news is that not all of them may get it together in time to return for this season, and the new operating costs for each vendor may ultimately prove prohibitively high for some. Fuentes clears up a few other things in the interview:
• The food tents and the unique 'mercado' feel are a thing of the past, to be replaced by city-mandated mobile food vending trucks.
• Fuentes has "heard some convincing arguments" that race played a role in the city's crackdown after 34 years of operation, but says the word 'gentrification' sums the situation up nicely.
• The vendors might expand their days and months of operation because the new permits are valid year-round.
• Because of the new IKEA, the baseball field food vendors were prohibited from selling in Field #9, across from the store, for this season.