Ninth Avenue International Food Festival is a food festival in Midtown, New York City.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Saturday is the busier day; Sunday is the calmer walk. Restaurants set up stalls outside their storefronts on this stretch.
Address: 9th Avenue from 42nd to 57th Streets, New York, NY 10036, New York City
Taste of Times Square has run as a Times Square Alliance event in New York City since 1994. Around 30 Times Square restaurants put up tasting stalls.
Tip: Pre-purchase a wristband to save on tastings. The event runs from 5pm to 9pm; arrive by 5:30pm for the best stall selection.
Burger Bash is the headline night of NYCWFF every October at the Seaport in New York City. Pat LaFrieda Meats presents; 30 chefs each build a burger.
Tip: Tickets ($295) include unlimited burgers and drinks. The line for in 2025's winner runs 30 minutes; circulate to lesser-known chefs.
Taste of Times Square has run as a Times Square Alliance event in New York City since 1994. Around 30 Times Square restaurants put up tasting stalls.
Tip: Pre-purchase a wristband to save on tastings. The event runs from 5pm to 9pm; arrive by 5:30pm for the best stall selection.
Burger Bash is the headline night of NYCWFF every October at the Seaport in New York City. Pat LaFrieda Meats presents; 30 chefs each build a burger.
Tip: Tickets ($295) include unlimited burgers and drinks. The line for in 2025's winner runs 30 minutes; circulate to lesser-known chefs.
NYC Restaurant Week runs prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus Monday to Friday at more than 600 New York City restaurants, at three fixed price points.
Tip: Saturdays are excluded citywide and Sunday is optional. Book the morning reservations open; the strongest rooms fill within hours.
Taste of Tribeca puts 43 Tribeca restaurants on Duane Street for one Saturday each May, produced entirely by parent volunteers from PS 150 and PS 234.
Tip: A $65 punch card buys six tastings and costs less bought in advance. Proceeds fund arts programs at the two schools that run it.
The NYC Hot Sauce Expo fills two Industry City buildings in Brooklyn each April with more than 50 sauce makers, free tastings and a chilli-eating stage.
Tip: General admission is $15 in advance and $20 on the door. Tastings are free once inside; eat something before the Stage of DOOM heats.
Winter Village at Bryant Park runs a free-entry holiday market and food hall from late October to early January, with raclette, bratwurst and stuffed crepes.
Tip: The food hall is busiest between 17:00 and 20:00 once the rink lights up. Shops open daily at 11:00; the skating rink runs on into February.
