Photos by Steven
In case you had forgotten! The first Street Fair in two years is now underway on Second Avenue...
EVG reader Terry Howell provided a quickie assessment:
The Second Avenue Street Fair extends from Seventh Street to 11th Street, unless there's an afternoon shift later. Mainly the same traveling band of commercial sellers with stuff and tchotchkes (crystals, bonsai, baskets, bowls, rugs, jewelry, etc.) that clogged the former street fairs. If you're looking for new food experiences or any local vendors, you will be disappointed, as was I. I searched in vain for "The Pickle Guy." Sad, but it's a start.
Yes! Welcome back... and maybe THIS will be the year you buy the "Scarface" poster you've been eyeing for the past 15 years...
3 comments:
Of all the things we have lost during the pandemic, Street Fairs are one of the big ones. Make fun if you will, but being able to stroll down a car-free avenue and enjoy a nice roasted corn on the cob while perusing all the quirky merchandise is one of the joys of Summer in the city. I hope the kettle corn people come back as they seem to have disappeared, and whatever happened to the potpourri sellers who used to sell a ton of scented leaves and lilac?
My only complaint is that they need to have more entertainment and variety like a State Fair. TAMA County fair which ran on Third Avenue from 14-34th Street used to have a petting zoo with pony rides for the kids and live music stages. So did the LOISAIDA fair. The San Genarro festival has a Ferris wheel and other rides. Even the water gun races are a nice thing to have. People like to win prizes, even if the prizes cost a fortune. And don't know the tube socks, someone must need them.
TAMA! Third Avenue Merchants Association. Live jazz band in front of Jack's Nest soul food restaurant on Third Avenue & 24th Street. Miss the old days!
The baklava at Zalabia was incredible!
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