On my upcoming trip to NY, I’m planning to check out some street vendors, including Vendy Award winners and finalists. There are said to be 10,000 street vendors in NY, however, and there must be many mute, inglorious...

to believe I could throw a stone from our hotel and randomly hit a decent place to eat. (Hell, now I want to move to Flushing!) Originally we were considering the contestants of the "vendies", but now I wonder if there’s...

Ya – that was huge! (for us foodies) Or the chocolate shows or the vendy awards and all the things like that. Any other suggestions on where one goes for this?

, but will any restos be open there? What about Vendi Ravioli? We had lunch there once and it was fun. Or maybe we should try some place downtown? Thanks!!!

Samiul Haque Noor (Sammy’s Halal),Vendy winner and the king of Jackson Heights food carts, has a cart in the East Village. Maybe this is it.

.   The Vendy Awards will take place on Thursday, November 10th at 27 East 4th Street in Manhattan, from 7 p.m. Link: http://www.streetvendor.org

thats a special spot – not normally there on tuesdays "Midtown on Mondays at 52nd btw. 6+7th and Tuesdays at 48th btw. Lex+Park (although this week they have a special Tuesday spot for a Vendy Award CBS segment.)"

Veronica’s cart is on Front near the waterfall and before you get to FedEx. http://streetvendor.org/vendys/past

http://streetvendor.org/vendys/finalists

If you go to Front Street between Maiden and Wall there are a few decent choices: the West Indian cart that always has a line and I think won a vendie award (I forgot the name of the award), there’s a vegetarian place on or about...

). Interestingly, there happened to be a feature on the 2006 Vendy Awards (for the best street vendor in NYC), with the announcer calling street vendors “yatais”, but that translation doesn’t quite work, especially in light of...

. There is usually a line and he runs out of food around 3 or 4 pm. He is only there on the weekdays at lunch time. He is one of a handful of carts that has been written up in many NY newspapers and magazines. He was one of three...

day on the City ..Just wondered, if any Hounds have any personal experiences in the town. Finally, anybody been to One MidTown Kitchen lately? We’ll be staying in the MidTown area and eyeing Tamirand Thai, Barranda (sp) for...

brunch: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/598414 Best street food: http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/33527/ http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/653353 http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/636263 See also midtownlunch.com and...

at the vendy awards website for some new ideas…but I am not going to spend 80 a ticket for street food, doesn’t that defeat the purpose? Any reviews on the following Traditional Indian Biryani cart 46th and 6th, Midtown Manhattan...