The Street Food City Exhibit Showcases New York's Historic Curbside Dining Culture - Tasting Table

"Located in the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn, the Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) treats food as culture, with exhibits covering a wide range of food stories and illuminating the people and communities that are often forgotten in food media. Starting Saturday, December 6, MOFAD is celebrating one of the most historically maligned areas of cooking, street food, through an exploration of its home city's street food scene throughout the years."

"Called "Street Food City," MOFAD says the new exhibit "celebrates the city's smallest food businesses, revealing the hidden world behind the iconic NYC food cart." The story of street food in New York is primarily an immigrant story. A story of people who came from all over the world to make a living selling items that became iconic parts of New York City's food culture - from halal carts to hot dogs."

"MOFAD will show how these street food businesses influenced the city's larger food culture, and explore the challenges street vendors faced in the past and today. In addition to the main exhibit, MOFAD will also be displaying photography of street food vending from around the world. Done in partnership with the World Food Photography Awards, the photos of street food from other parts of the planet is on display through Empire Stores, the shopping and dining destination that shares a building with MOFAD."

The Museum of Food and Drink in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood treats food as culture with exhibits covering diverse food stories and overlooked communities. Starting December 6, the Street Food City exhibit celebrates the city's smallest food businesses and reveals the world behind the iconic NYC food cart. The exhibit frames New York street food as primarily an immigrant story, showcasing vendors who introduced halal carts, hot dogs and other staples. The display examines how vendors influenced broader city food culture and the challenges they faced historically and today. Additional photography from the World Food Photography Awards presents global street food scenes at Empire Stores. New York's earliest popular street food was oysters.

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