Spring-a-Ding: Some Things to Check Out in April
How will you bring in spring? Here’s our list of food and drinking fun for April.
April 4: The Return of Smorgasburg
Outdoor Smorgasburg is back. Stuff your face. With so many different kinds of food.
176 Lafayette Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11238
www.smorgasburg.com
April 7, 12, 14, 15, 22, 26: Tipsy Crafts
Everybody in the bar get tipsy. And paint. And make jewelry. And other stuff. Tickets $60.
Various Locations
www.tipsycrafts.com
April 12: The Bloody Mary Festival
What better way to start off brunch season? Tickets include 3 hours of Bloody Mary drinking, BBQ lunch, and music. Tickets $50.
233 37th St. Brooklyn, NY 11232
www.thebloodymaryfest.com
April 25: Andy Warhol’s Soup Cans @ MoMa
The iconic soup cans are on display until October. Get some culture, silly! Tickets $25.
11 W. 53rd St. NY, NY 10019
www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1572
April 25 & 26: The Third Annual Hot Sauce Expo
Complete with competitive eating, inductions to the Hot Sauce Hall of Fame, and the opportunity to try dozens of sizzling sauces. Tickets from $10.
79 Franklin St. Brooklyn, NY 11222
www.nychotsauceexpo.com
April 27: Taste of the Nation
Hobnob with the best chefs in NYC for a cause at this event chaired by Danny Meyer to benefit No Kid Hungry NYC and End Hunger in America. Tickets $350.
23 Wall St. NY, NY 10005
www.ce.strength.org/events/nyc-taste-nation
April 29: Nini Nguyen @ Haven’s Kitchen
The Incubator Project at Haven’s Kitchen hosts Nini Nguyen, who, for this supper club, is dishing out foods with Vietnamese and New Orleans influences. Tickets $95.
109 W. 17th St. NY, NY 10011
www.havenskitchen.com/incubator-project-with-nini-nguyen.html