The Vendy Awards (The Vendys)
Saturday, September 25th, 2010, 12pm to 5pm
Governors Island, New York City
Vendy Awards Press
2010 Press
Good Day New York - Vendy Awards Finalist El Rey del Sabor
August 27, 2010
NY Daily News – Five curbside eateries vying for coveted 2010 Street Vendor of the Year title at Vendy Awards
August 25, 2010
Huffington Post – Battle of the Best Street Food: NYC’s 2010 Vendy Award Finalists
August 10, 2010
Time Out NY – Exclusive: 2010 Vendy Finalists Revealed!
August 10, 2010
Additional finalist announcement coverage: Midtown Lunch, Serious Eats, Eater, Grub Street, Zagat, Slashfood and Gothamist.
August 10, 2010
Arrive Magazine – Café Chatter: A la Cart
May/June 2010
2009 Press
New York Times – Four Stars With Mustard: Lunch Carts Win Awards
September 29, 2009
Gourmet – Vendy Vidi Vici
September 28, 2009
NY1 – Taco Stand Takes Top Prize at Vendy Awards
September 27, 2009
CBS Early Show – Bobby Flay Finds the Best NYC Street Food
September 25, 2009
New York Daily News – Street chefs throughout New York City vie to cart off the 2009 Vendy Award
August 16, 2009
See additional 2009 Vendy Awards coverage in: Washington Post, Guardian (UK), Huffington Post, WNBC, and NY Daily News.
2009 post-Vendy blog round-up – Midtown Lunch , Serious Eats, Grub Street, Eater, Fork in the Road, The Feed, Blondie and Brownie, Dessert Buzz, Always Hungry, Vittles Vamp, and Metromix.
September 28, 2009
2008 Press
ABC World News Tonight – “Not just hot dogs and pretzels: NYC sidewalk chefs compete in an intense, but celebratory cook-off”.
October 22, 2008
New York Daily News – 3 brothers cart off top Vendy award
October 19, 2008
New York Daily News – New York’s sidewalk chefs aim to cart off a Vendy
September 27, 2008
New York Times – City Room: ‘Vendy’ Finalist Brings Pride to Red Hook Cooks
October 10, 2008
2007 Press
National Public Radio/All Things Considered – Street Food Carts Vie for Vendy Awards in New York
September 28, 2007
Good Morning America – spotlights the Vendy Awards
September 25, 2007
Saveur – Street Cred: Welcome to the Vendies, the Red Carpet gala for New York’s pushcart heroes
September 2007
New York Magazine – devoted a large part of the June 18, 2007 issue to street food and the Vendys. Article includes a link to an interview with Sean Basinski, Director of the Street Vendor Project.
2006 Press
New York Times – Queens Vendor Wins Pushcart Award
October 25, 2006
Boston Globe – Award-winning cuisine on the street corners of New York
May 31, 2006
BBC’s The World – The Vendy Awards
October 26, 2006
2005 Press
New York Times – In a Battle of Street-Food Vendors, the Wurst Wins
November 12, 2005
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.