Stuff to do This Weekend and Beyond AUG19-25

Ah yes, it’s that time again. The weekend is here! Whether you’re going to Parked!, eating some Oysters, eating BBQ by Pier54 or simply chillaxin’, hopefully the weather won’t put a damper on your plans. As for us, we’re going over to a friend’s place for a home-cooked meal, doing some volunteering then heading on over to the Hamptons to hang. The i8 Test kitchen will also be in full force this wknd in preparation for next week’s i8 Supper Club (Family Style). Over and out!

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Event – NYC Shellfish Festival @ Studio Square AUG14

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Studio Square NYC  Presents Shell Shocked

THE NYC Shellfish Festival

On August 14th, 2011, The Garden @ Studio Square will play host to the greatest shellfish event to hit New York City since the first oyster saloon opened back in 1763!

Beginning at 1PM, the select few lucky enough to acquire a ticket to this event will be truly “shocked” by the best shellfish in the city prepared a dozen different ways, Live Music all afternoon, and unlimited tastings of…

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Stuff to do this Weekend and Beyond JUL22-28

It’s going to be HOT this weekend so Stay thirsty, my friends! Torn between Meatopia, Serious Eats All-Star SammichFest, The Great Hot Dog Cookoff and Chefs & Champagne honoring Emeril this Saturday? Well we are too! Decisions, decisions…

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Stuff to do this Weekend and Beyond JUL8-14

T G I F, baby! We are excited about hosting our Heatgasm dinner on Saturday! There are also lots of Festivals going down this weekend. Check them out if you’re not at the beach sipping on coladas…

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Stuff to do this Weekend and Beyond JUL1-7

Congrats, you have survived another week. Who’s watching Kobayashi independently compete on July4? Have a great Patriotic Long Weekend! We’ll be pig roasting and crab boiling, weather permitting. Ciao~

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Event – Get Real NY’s Belgian Beer Festival JUL8-9


Get Real NY’s 1st annual Belgian Beer Festival. is coming with 100+ of the best Belgian and Belgian-inspired brews from craft breweries from home and abroad. Enjoy three hours of all-you-can-taste craft beer plus mussels, pommes frites, waffles, oysters, chocolates and more! MORE INFO | BUY TIX

Bonus: save $25 on tickets with discount code ‘theskint’.

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Stuff to do this Weekend and Beyond JUN24-30

It’s a rainy TGIF but alas, the weekend is here. Being that we are one week away from a holiday weekend, aren’t you excited? Here’s the lowdown… Continue reading

Event – 2011 NYC Wine & Food Festival – tix on sale! SEP29-OCT2 – we’ll be there

Eat. Drink. End Hunger. The 2011 Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival presented by Food & Wine is back Sept. 29 — Oct. 2! Last year the Festival raised more than $1.2 million to benefit the Food Bank and Share Our Strength. BUY TIX

Event – 2011 NYC Asian Film Festival – Call for Volunteers

Shaolin starring Jackie Chan

Hi Everyone!
It’s 2 weeks until the start of this year’s New York Asian Film Festival and we’re looking for a few folks to help us out. We need people before and during the festival. Before the festival we’ll have fliers to hand out in the city. During the festival we need people to help with our prize giveaways, guests and general question answerin’. Both kinds of help earn free screenings (space permitting). It’s fun work and you get to see a few films on top of it. To apply for shifts or jobs that need doing, simply reply to this newsletter. Below is the schedule of screenings, we certainly appreciate the help and try to be accommodating but the shifts will assigned on a first come first serve basis. Below is the link to our schedule, take a look and mark your calendars with when you would want to and be available to help out. Then, of course, let us know! Interested volunteers should email dac1138@hotmail.com

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Event – Edible’s Eat Drink Local Week JUN24-30

UPDATE: JUNE 18. The Festival of the 7 Ingredients: a night of delectable tasting stations to preview Eat Drink Local at the Openhouse Gallery,

Saturday June 18, 6:00-9:00pm
To launch their week long celebration “Eat Drink Local,” Empire State Edibles is throwing this bash featuring local restaurants, breweries, wineries and distilleries. Come try dishes like oyster stew and spicy lamb salad with pea greens, and Kelso’s beer from Brooklyn. $25/person. OpenHouse Gallery in SoHo, 201 Mulberry Street; tickets, $26, available BUY TIX.

 

 In the city and across the Empire state, join us in celebrating everyone who feeds us.

The 3rd annual Eat Drink Local week kicks off June 24, with the collaboration of all Edible magazines in New York State, and involves partners from the entire food chain. Dine out, cook in, and celebrate the ingredients, landscape and people behind our food and drink. And be sure to enjoy Eat Drink Local meals at these partner restaurants in Manhattan, Brooklyn and on the East End. (You can search our whole Eat Drink Local guide by neighborhood right here, too.)

Eat Drink Local—including the Challenge, the Ingredients of the Day and other weeklong promotions—raises awareness about the bounty of products grown in the region, drives customers to the restaurants and other businesses that feature these products, and raises funds for charitable partners dedicated to regional agriculture throughout the state.

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Stuff to do this Weekend and Beyond JUN10-16

From Big Apple BBQ to Midtown Lunch 5th Anniversary Party to our i8 Supper Club, there is never a lull of delicious nosh in this Concrete Jungle. We’re hosting our i8 Supper Club (Breakfast for Dinner) tomorrow as well! Want to know more stuff to do? Read on…

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Food-Friendly Events, June3-9

Go catch some rays this weekend with weather hitting 80 plus degrees in NYC! The Concrete Jungle never sleeps, and here’s proof:

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Event – Taste of Times Square JUN6

 

One thing I love about New York City is the food choices. NYC is a melting pot, and everywhere you go, you’re bound to find a different cuisine. On June 6th starting at 5pm, one of New York City’s most mouth-watering outdoor food festivals returns for the 18th year – Taste of Times Square outdoor food and music festival.

At Times Square, Broadway Plazas, between 42nd and 47th Streets, the top restaurants in Times Square will be offering dishes from around the world.

ADMISSION: FREE! There is no admission fee to the Taste of Times Square food festival. Each “taste” ticket is $1 with most dishes ranging from $1-$5.

Tickets will be available for purchase on the day of the food festival and in advance at the Times Square Visitor Center and Mini-Museum on 7th Avenue between 46th and 47th Streets.

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Event – Spanish Wine Tasting & Tapas Benefit @ MetPav JUN17

In its Ninth Annual Spanish Wine Festival – the 3rd to benefit Action Against Hunger – PJ Wine will guide you through a tasting of over 150 of Spain’s top wines, while you enjoy servings of perfecto food-pairings from NYC’s hottest Spanish-centric spots like TxikitoBoqueria, La Rioja, and Alcalá. BUY TIX

Event – Drunken Dragon Festival @ Macao Trading MAY30 – we’ll be there

UPDATE: Coolie Hats, Buddha Masks, and Traditional Chinese garb were all worn and witnessed. Little Dim Sum hors d’œuvres were consumed. Amazing drinks such as Kaffir Lime Gimlets and Blood Orange Bellinis were flowing non-stop throughout the night. Both floors were packed with beautiful people…and lady boys. All in all, a great time! METROMIXNY PICS HERE

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