Food Festivals in Brooklyn

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The NYC Hot Sauce Expo fills Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, for a late-April weekend of free tastings from about 50 hot sauce makers, spicy food vendors, craft beer and eating challenges.

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The Kimisis Theotokou Greek Festival turns the Greek Orthodox church on 18th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn, into a weekend of Greek food, pastries, live music, raffles and games.

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Tastes of Bed-Stuy is a charity food and drink crawl in Brooklyn: a ticket buys a menu and map of participating Bed-Stuy restaurants and bars, starting from Peaches on Lewis Avenue.

Nathan's Famous holds its Fourth of July hot dog eating contest outside the Coney Island flagship at Surf and Stillwell avenues in Brooklyn, with men's and women's titles decided in 10 minutes.

The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast fills the Williamsburg streets around the shrine church in Brooklyn for 12 days each July, with Italian food vendors, rides, games and the dancing of the Giglio.

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The Feast of Santa Rosalia takes over 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, each August with Italian food, a cannoli eating contest, rides and a closing procession.

The West Indian American Day Carnival ends on Labor Day with the parade down Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, and stands along the route sell jerk, oxtail, bake and shark and curry shrimp.

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Creole Food Fest brings chefs of the African diaspora to Pier 3 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, for an afternoon of unlimited tastings of Creole cooking from Haiti to Barbados and Venezuela.

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The Atlantic Antic closes over a mile of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn for a Sunday street festival of food, music and shopping, run by the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation.