Vendy Awards Press

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2009 Press

New York Times – Four Stars With Mustard: Lunch Carts Win Awards

September 29, 2009

Gourmet – Vendy Vidi Vici

September 28, 2009

Guardian (UK) – New York’s best street food awards

September 28, 2009

Huffington Post – Country Boys Taco Truck Owners Fernando And Yolanda Martinez Win First Place At Vendy Awards

September 28, 2009

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

NY1 – Taco Stand Takes Top Prize at Vendy Awards

September 27, 2009

NY Daily News – Brooklyn Couple Nab Top Prize at Fifth Annual Vendy Awards

September 27, 2009

NY Post – Vend Duo’s Sweet Taste of Victory

September 27, 2009

WNBC – Taco Cart Wins Coveted Vendy Award

September 27, 2009

Newsday – Taco Cart Wins NYC’s Street Vendor Award

September 27, 2009

CBS Early Show – Bobby Flay Finds the Best NYC Street Food

September 25, 2009

Blackbook – Vendrification: Street Food Street Fights

September 25, 2009

amNY- Vendy Awards Pay Tribute to Street Food

September 22, 2009

New York Daily News – Street chefs throughout New York City vie to cart off the 2009 Vendy Award

August 16, 2009

Washington Post – Big Wheels of Street Vending Vie to Be New York’s Best

August 17, 2009

Huffington Post – 2009 Vendy Awards Finalists Announced

August 17, 2009

New York Times blogs – City Room: Vendy Award Finalists Announced, Diner’s Journal: Vendy Award Finalists Announced, The Local: Props for Flea Tacos

August 17, 2009

WNBC – Vendy Award Finalists Announced: The 2009 nominees span the map

August 17, 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

New York Magazine – video coverage

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

Savuer – Street Cred: Welcome to the Vendies,the Red Carpet gala for New York’s pushcart heros

August-September 2007

New York Magazine – devoted a large part of the June 18, 2007 issue to street food and the Vendys. Link to an interview with Sean Basinski, Street Vendor Project at the bottom of the article.

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

Vendy Awards Blogroll of Fame

The Vendy Awards is 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.

The cost of each ticket is tax-deductible.

Individual Tickets

  • $80 until day-of
  • $100 at the door
  • $150 Table Service (limited availability)

Donor Packages

$200, $500 and $1,000 packages available with lots of extras. For more information, please visit the About page.