The Vendy Awards (The Vendys)
Saturday, September 25th, 2010, 12pm to 5pm
Governors Island, New York City
Presenting the 2010 Vendy Awards Finalists!
We are delighted to present the 2010 Vendy Award finalists, with their locations and testimonials from their nomination forms. Thanks to everyone who nominated their favorite vendor! (Special thanks to our friends at Food Curated for making all of us drool on our keyboards.)Bistro Truck
Yassir Z. Raouli
Moroccan-Mediterranean Bistro
5th Avenue between 16th and 17th Street, Manhattan
Monday-Saturday 11:30 am -7:00 pm
First Vendy appearance
www.bistrotruck.com
“Bistro Truck’s food is fantastic! Home to the best chicken sandwich in the city, plus french fries that are TO DIE FOR! This truck is a gem.” “The deliciously awesome Cous-Cous Royal is one of the best meals I’ve had in ages and the service is always super friendly.”
El Rey de Sabor
“Rosa” Ofelia Cardoso and “Vilio” Viliulfo Cardoso
Puebla-style Mexican
49th and Park, Manhattan (additional locations: 60th and Third Ave, 43rd and 6th)
Hours: 11:30-3
First Vendy appearance
“El Rey de Sabor has the best Mexican food I’ve ever tasted. It’s fresh, authentic, delicious, and always served with a smile no matter how long the line is. The chalupas are my favorite!”
King of Falafel and Shawarma
Fares “Freddy” Zeidaies
Middle Eastern
30th St and Broadway, Astoria
Hours: 11 am – 11 pm, Monday – Saturday
Finalist in 2007 and 2009
www.thekingfalafel.com
“King of Falafel has the most delicious falafel and chicken and rice platters I’ve ever eaten in all my 21 years in New York City (and trust me, I’ve had a lot of chicken and rice!).” “Every time I visit New York, I come to Astoria to eat with Freddy and his crew. It’s my favorite place to eat in the city!”
Patacon Pisao
Liliana Velasquez and Adolfo Gonzalez
Typical Venezuelan street food
413 W. 202nd St. between 9th and 10th Avenues, Manhattan
7 pm – 6 am 362 days a year (Closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years)
First Vendy appearance
www.pataconpisaonyc.com
“Patacon Pisao is the first Venezuelan truck in NYC serving amazing, one of a kind patacones. The food is always fresh, the flavors are on point and the wait on lines worth it. Plus, they have the best tres leches cake in the city!”
Schnitzel & Things
Oleg Voss and Gene Voss
Austrian cuisine with a new American twist
Check their twitter [http://twitter.com/schnitzeltruck] for location
Hours: 11-2
2009 Rookie Vendor of the Year
www.schnitzelandthings.com
“These guys are the most passionate, down to earth schnitzel geeks. Top notch schnitzel with delicious Austrian potato salad served up by a group of people who clearly love what they do.” “I let the Schnitzel puppet speak for me.”
About the Vendy Awards
Called “the Oscars of food for the real New York” by Chef Mario Batali, the Vendy Awards are New York City’s annual competition for the title of Best Street Food Vendor, and a fundraiser to support the Street Vendor Project of the Urban Justice Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides a voice for the thousands of people who sell food and merchandise on the streets of our city.
A portion of the cost of each ticket is tax-deductible.
Individual Tickets
- $85 General Admission Sold out
- $43 Kids Sold out
- $175 Table Service (limited availability) Sold out/waitlist reopened!
Donor Packages
A limited number of $200, $500 and $1,000 packages with lots of extras are still available. For more information, please visit the About page.
Special thanks to Governors Island, our 2010 location.