Ninth Avenue International Food Festival
The Ninth Avenue International Food Festival has been held each May since 1974, from about 37th to 57th Streets. The festival reflects the international character of this avenue in Manhattan.
In my opinion, avoid the festival and visit Ninth Avenue when it's less crowded. But no one asks me.
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May 20, 2006-
May 21, 2006
International Food Festival
Ninth Avenue Association of New York, Inc.
From 37th to 57th Streets, on Ninth Avenue | 212-581-7029 Experience the delightful taste of various cuisines from different countries like Poland, Italy, Greece, Asia, and many others at the 33rd annual food festival. Lots of bargains, so shop till you drop. Games and fun activities for children. Live stage international entertainment of music and dance at 45th Street. From 9:30AM-6:30PM.
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More than 1 million people visit this two-day festival each year.
Festival-goers will find the best of 9th Avenue's restaurants and
fine food shops offering a wide range of ethnic cuisines —
six foot heroes at Hero-Boy, Sicilian seafood at Central Fish
and Sea Breeze, Thai foods at the Siam Grill, a Greek barbecue
at Uncle Nick's, topped off by desserts from the Little Pie Company
and Poseidon Greek Bakery.
11 May 1974, New York Times, pg. 20:
Hell's Kitchen will be cookin' this weekend. The multi-ethnic stew that is Ninth Avenue from 37th to 54th Streets is producing the Ninth Avenue International Festival, celebrating the tenacity of ethnicity through food and entertainment.
14 May 1976, New York Times, pg. 52:
WHATEVER anyone else may be doing this weekend, the activity most likely to attract bona-fide eaters has to be the Ninth Avenue International Festival, taking place - weather permitting - from 11 A.M. to 7 P.M. tomorrow and Sunday. Running from 37th Street to 57th Street, in the area once known as Paddy's Market, the festival will celebrate the worldwide array of foods regularly available in the shops and restaurants along the avenue and on the side streets.
(...)
As in the two previous years the festival, sponsored by the Ninth Avenue Association, promises to be a nosher's paradise, with an international assortment of tidbits, most of them dispensed free, from the stalls that will line both sides of the avenue.
17 May 1991, New York Times, pg. C23:
The 18th annual Ninth Avenue International Food Festival will take place tomorrow and Sunday from 11 A.M. to 7 P.M., rain or shine, in Manhattan. SOme 300 kinds of food representing more than 30 countries will be sold outdoors on Ninth Avenue from 37th to 57th Street.
In my opinion, avoid the festival and visit Ninth Avenue when it's less crowded. But no one asks me.
http://www.nycvisit.com/calendar/eventIndex.cfm?pagePkey=9
May 20, 2006-
May 21, 2006
International Food Festival
Ninth Avenue Association of New York, Inc.
From 37th to 57th Streets, on Ninth Avenue | 212-581-7029 Experience the delightful taste of various cuisines from different countries like Poland, Italy, Greece, Asia, and many others at the 33rd annual food festival. Lots of bargains, so shop till you drop. Games and fun activities for children. Live stage international entertainment of music and dance at 45th Street. From 9:30AM-6:30PM.
ttp://www.hellskitchennyc.com/html/9thavefest.htm
More than 1 million people visit this two-day festival each year.
Festival-goers will find the best of 9th Avenue's restaurants and
fine food shops offering a wide range of ethnic cuisines —
six foot heroes at Hero-Boy, Sicilian seafood at Central Fish
and Sea Breeze, Thai foods at the Siam Grill, a Greek barbecue
at Uncle Nick's, topped off by desserts from the Little Pie Company
and Poseidon Greek Bakery.
11 May 1974, New York Times, pg. 20:
Hell's Kitchen will be cookin' this weekend. The multi-ethnic stew that is Ninth Avenue from 37th to 54th Streets is producing the Ninth Avenue International Festival, celebrating the tenacity of ethnicity through food and entertainment.
14 May 1976, New York Times, pg. 52:
WHATEVER anyone else may be doing this weekend, the activity most likely to attract bona-fide eaters has to be the Ninth Avenue International Festival, taking place - weather permitting - from 11 A.M. to 7 P.M. tomorrow and Sunday. Running from 37th Street to 57th Street, in the area once known as Paddy's Market, the festival will celebrate the worldwide array of foods regularly available in the shops and restaurants along the avenue and on the side streets.
(...)
As in the two previous years the festival, sponsored by the Ninth Avenue Association, promises to be a nosher's paradise, with an international assortment of tidbits, most of them dispensed free, from the stalls that will line both sides of the avenue.
17 May 1991, New York Times, pg. C23:
The 18th annual Ninth Avenue International Food Festival will take place tomorrow and Sunday from 11 A.M. to 7 P.M., rain or shine, in Manhattan. SOme 300 kinds of food representing more than 30 countries will be sold outdoors on Ninth Avenue from 37th to 57th Street.