Vendy Plaza

In anticipation of the Vendy Awards cookoff on September 12, head to East Harlem for the final installment of the organization’s weekly outdoor market, which brings together local street-food vendors, including many of this year’s Vendy finalists. Offerings include empanadas from Best of Market contender YourPanadas, pizza pies from Ponti Rossi and soulful Puerto Rican pork plates from 2014 nominee Lechonera La Piraña. Wash down the grub at the Brooklyn Brewery–helmed beer garden or snag a young coconut from Best Street Drink finalist CoCo & Co.