I love when summer finally approaches in New York City. The birds are happily chirping, the flowers are beautifully blooming, and food season is finally in full swing, which means eating to your heart’s content!!

GO RON!!

I’ve put together a list of some of the best food events to attend this summer in all five boroughs (yes, even in Staten Island) and other areas close to New York City, and if my wallet were as large as my appetite I’d most definitely attend as many as of these events as I could manage. I’ll continuously add to the list as the summer goes on, and if you know of any cool events I’ve yet to mention please let me know, but for now I’m pretty excited at what I see coming our way!

So if someone ever asks you this question: Look at them like this: And proudly reply:

Ron, you are my spirit animal!

Now letting the eating commence!!!

SUMMER FOOD EVENTS

ONGOING EVENTS

• Grand Army Plaza Food Truck Rally (Every other Sunday from April 12-October 18)
• Red Hook Food Vendors (Weekends April – October)
• Vendy Plaza (Every Sunday May 17 – September 6)
• LIC Flea (Weekends starting April 11)
• Queens Night Market (Every Saturday from April – October)
• Hester Street Fair (April 25 – October 31)
• Smorgasburg (April – November)
• Seaport Smorgasburg (Opening May 21)
• Coney Smorgasburg (Opening Memorial Day)
• Brooklyn Flea (April – November)

APRIL

• April 14-21: Culinary Kids Food Festival
• April 18-20: Women Chefs & Restaurateur’s National Conference
• April 21: The Great Street Meet
• April 25: New York City Chili Cook-off
• April 25: Bacon and Beer Classic
• April 25: NYC Hot Sauce Expo 2015
• April 24-26: 23rd Annual Wine & Herb Festival
• April 25-26: Sakura Matsuri
• April 27: NYC Taste of the Nation for No Kid Hungry

MAY

• May 1: 2nd Annual Five Boro Craft Beer Fest
• May 1-7: 4th Annual New York Burger Week
• May 1-28: Madison Square Eats
• May 2: Brooklyn Crush Wine & Artisanal Food Festival
• May 2: EscapeMaker.com’s Local Food & Travel Expo
• May 2: 7th Annual Chocolate Day
• May 2: 4th Annual Staten Island Brew Fest (Discount Tickets Here)
• May 2: 12th Annual Brooklyn Derby
• May 2: The Long Island Wing Fest
• May 3: The Mad Ones 6th Annual Chili Cook-Off
• May 4-June 14: Urbanspace Garment District
• May 5: The 4th Annual Village Voice Choice Streets Food Truck Event
• May 8: Strawberry Festival
• May 7-17: Bronx Week 2015
• May 8-17: Queens Beer Week
• May 9: Urban Food & Artisan Festival – Queens College
• May 10: Japan Day 2015
• May 11: Wine & Spirits Magazine 7th Annual Top of the List Event
• May 12: Haagen Dazs Free Cone Day
• May 12: Queens Taste 2015
• May 13: Taste of Greece
• May 13-15: Airbnb Brooklyn Half Marathon Pre-Party
• May 14-17: Harlem EatUp!
• May 16: Taste of Tribeca 2015
• May 16: The Total Crown Heights Immersion
• May 16-17: The 9th Avenue International Food Festival
• May 16-17: The Great Big Bacon Picnic
• May 17: Bronx Food & Arts Festival
• May 19: Taste of Sunnyside 2015
• May 24: Passport to Taiwan
• May 27-30: New Taste of the Upper West Side
• May 29: 4th Annual Taiwanese Night Market
• May 29: Brooklyn Uncorked
• May 30: Bon Appétit Grub Crawl (Use code BAGC30 for 30% off)

JUNE

• June 1: Taste of Times Square
• June 1-July 26: Broadway Bites
• June 4: Tasting Table’s Lobster Rumble
• June 7: The New York Best Wings Festival (Discount Tickets Here)
• June 7: Park Slope Restaurant Crawl
• June 7: World’s Fair Anniversary Festival
• June 13: A Night Under the Stars
• June 13: Better Booze Festival
• June 13-14: Big Apple Barbecue Block Party
• June 20-21: The Seed : EXPERIENCE
• June 26: Brooklyn Eats 2015
• June 26-27: Taste Asia
• June 28-30: Summer Fancy Food Show

JULY

• July 4: Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
• July 13: Bastille Day
• July 25-26: Bounty of the Hudson Wine & Food Festival
• July 31: Smorgasburg in Central Park
• July 31: Edible Manhattan’s 6th Annual Good Beer

AUGUST

• August 14: The Great Food Truck Derby
• August 23: Hudson River Park’s Blues BBQ Festival

*I worked very hard to put this list together, so if you reference any of the information from this post on your own site, please link back to mine. Thank you.