Ah Queens Night Market, my beloved. The ONE food festival I always genuinely look forward to every…read moreyear because it's the only one that's still worth it for what it provides: an authentic tasting of a culture's ethnic cuisine while being small and contained enough to enjoy multiple platters from all around the market. While Smorgasburg is up to.... what, $20 a plate, that same amount can get you 3-4 tastings from a variety of stalls here that are all more authentic and tasty than what the former can really offer. First visit of the year here so I had to go all out with my buds and we got a Brazilian Steak Sandwich, Pork Intestines (my personal fave), Chicken Curry Roti, Jerk Chicken, Pork Belly, Cheese Stuffed Plantains, Fujianese style Pork Ribs, Vietnamese Lychee Coffee, Pakora, Polish Sausage, Octopus Skewer, and Passionfruit Juice. Overall, most everything was quite good and shoutout to my two favorites that I always get every visit, the pork intestine skewers and the passionfruit juice. I don't know how much longer this place has at its price point, but I know I'm going to milk it for as long as I possibly can and enjoy the flavors this market has to offer to its fullest.

Dude dude dude dude…read more This was AMAZING. I found it incidentally online looking for things to do in Flushing, since I was taking my mom out there in the morning for Dim Sum, and just stumbled across the night market. It's so amazing. The whole vibe is great, as is the authenticity and variety of the different food stalls. The people working them have to be from the represented culture and no item can be more than 6 dollars. Heck, even the tall boy of excellent local beer was only 6 dollars. The Night Market stall also sold a cookbook signed by the creators of the market, and I bought it. The recipes are incredible. Not the sort of Manhattan street fair with a few gems but otherwise a lot of sausage on a stick, Egyptian cotton sheets, and funnel cakes, but a real international experience. Had bison chile frybread, a burmese styled quesadilla, skewers of lamb, the list goes on and on. I can't wait to go back. I've been gushing about it to anyone who will listen since I went for their soft opening. And the location in the park is awesome too.

Last year everyone was so friendly and wonderful. I enjoyed the food the area and the items vendedread more

I was there about 10 years ago , I had a great time . The only thing was I drove around for parking…read more.

Hello Panda Festival runs from Dec 6, 2019 - Jan 26, 2020 daily form 5PM -10PM. Was interested to…read moresee what they came up with since it was being promoted as the largest lantern festival in North America...However, I beg to differ. It was not that big, a lot of open space and was freezing outside. Would recommend getting discount tickets. Only took me 40 mins going around and taking pictures... and didn't understand some of their themes e.g. the squirrel robot was very weird! Butterfly wings and castle were nice. The bike wall should have had instructions - peddle fast to light up the wall (unless I missed it). Wasn't that busy or packed the day I went, but very, very cold. Overall, this lantern festival was ok... This event is in the parking lot of CitiField, not inside CitiField. Best to bring a real camera -- if you have a smartphone, better bring portable charger...iPhone batteries will drain very quickly as they cannot adapt to hot or cold weather. Bathrooms are porta-potties. If you want to warm up, go inside the dome tents for food (cash only and cheap) and other things for kids to do. Good to see it once and with a discount, not worth going again.

Bye bye Panda Pandas in the wild may eat green leaves but…read morethis panda ate green 20 dollar bills right out of my wallet. And like pandas in the wild, it had an insatiable appetite. **Update** When the festival first opened, it was a lot of fun! The ticket price was discounted. Since then, the holiday spirit has clearly departed. Instead, it's been replaced by crowds and an overpriced venue. Yes - you have to pay for the food plus the ticket, parking (if you have a car), the ball room, souvenirs, and basically anything there. If you purchase a ticket on site, they even added a surcharge to credit card purchases. Remember to bring enough cash. The additional items add up quickly, and can easily reach 100$ for a family. That's a lot of green dollars - not leaves - for a Panda festival!

They street vendors offer a lot of various food stands from Spanish, Jamaican, African,…read morePhillipines, and Spain cuisine. There are a lot of fun things for kids to occupy themselves. I can't wait to see more food vendors next year.

I only found out about this street fair because Waze sent me a traffic alert about Woodside Avenue…read morebeing closed. I found a few mentions of it online but no official website, it's apparently organized by the Queens Public Library and I did spot a table giving out free books. I uploaded some photos of online mentions of it to prove to Yelp it exists! The street fair is small, maybe five blocks, and consists mostly of affordable jewelry, toys, clothing, shoes and bags. Some if was a dollar store nonsense, but other people were selling everything from rugs to pipes, incense to handmade magnets. The older woman buying a magnet made me smile, "I'm getting the STRAWBERRY, because they're in season". I mean, it's a magnet, but also, it's October. I also saw a woman selling CBD products claiming to provide instant pain relief, another offering vegan soy based candles and soaps. I bought a cute over the shoulder travel bag for just $22. There was the annoying T-Mobile truck, and an Escape to the Caribbean booth which seems a bit suspicious to me. USA Devanand Yoga Center was there. As well as Exit Realty.... But they also had bouncy castles for the kids on one of the side streets. It was cool seeing them underneath the elevated 7 line tracks. Suddenly an older woman grabbed me and started rubbing my shoulders before directing me to a bunch of massage chairs (she was definitely someone's grandma, it was cool). I'm so primed to just so no but then I instantly thought, ya know what, I DO want a massage. $15 for 15 minutes, money well spent. They put a clean paper towel over the part of the chair my face rests on without me having to ask and were very friendly. It wasn't the best massage I've had, but it was great for the setting! Food options were limited. Queen Big Candy Apples, Ecuadorian grilled corn, Cane Man (cane juice), Zeppole/funnel cake guy, Mozzarepas (mozzarella grilled in-between corn bread), cotton candy out of an adorable tiny pink truck, Panaderia Tlaxcalita - selling lemonade and fruit juices, the sausage and pepper guys, and Athens Delight doing lamb gyros, and beef and chicken kebabs. This was the place I ended up ordering a lamb gyro from, with lettuce, onions, tomato, and tzatziki sauce. For $10 this was super filling, I couldn't even finish it. It tasted a bit like sausage but sliced long and thin, really moist and flavorful. The festival was a nice walk, a fun last minute thing to do, I definitely enjoyed myself. But right now it's small enough that I wouldn't tell people to make a pilgrimage for it. I'd like to see them bring more local restaurants from the area to sell their food, or even some of the regular street vendors who work in that area. Two porta potties, pleasent surprise!

This is my second year as a shareholder residing in Forest Hills and I absolutely love the street…read morefairs especially on Austin Street. There is usually a good amount of local vendors participating in these type of events. The weather was kinda on the cold side this year around, but that didn't stop the queen's residents from coming out with the family to explore. My favorite part is to bargain with the artists to mutually agree on reasonable deals.

The weather made the event pleasant this year. I wish the food was a little better priced. Overall…read moreit was a nice day out with the family.

There are two major pride parades in NYC (#1): The one that most people know about in Midtown…read moreManhattan that is among the largest in the world (#2) and this one in Jackson Heights, Queens. Just knowing the festival has a presence in the borough gives me a new appreciation for my former home. In years past, it's been as colorful of a festival as any. There are costumes, a fun cast of characters, games, photo opps, lots of music, and a lot going on in every direction. Daytime is usually the best time, before the rainbow bars across Roosevelt become a filled to the brim at night. The parade route is somewhat minimal, but the conviviality is no less diminished. The festival has taken a bit of a hiatus in the last couple of years but it's making a roaring comeback on June 5th of this year. It's not the same animal as the one in Manhattan, but an important event in the borough no less. I hope they do it bigger and badder than ever before. (#3) ____________ (#1) At least before the pandemic. (#2) https://www.yelp.com/biz/lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-pride-parade-new-york (#3) With more food, please?

The Queens Pride Parade & Festival is always a great, fun time but we need better food options!…read moreThere are plenty of food trucks parked here but the options are all the same: meat on a stick or arepa.

First thing first... congratulations on the 21st year of Queens Taste. Amazing Job by the Queens…read moreEconomic Development Corporation (QEDC) and Queens Tourism Council that took place on Tuesday, May 13, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Thank you Yelp for a ticket to a foodies idea of a perfect gift. Where else would you be able to try everything that Queens has to offer. I got there around around 6:30. Looking down into the pit, you can see the overall layout with so many attendees and vendors. It seems a bit intimidating until you dive right in to line up and try something. There wasn't any check in so you are carrying your coat, purse/working, and am umbrella (it happened to rain that day). I found the restrooms, all the way in the back so I didn't have to make a pitstop later. It was so much fun running into Yelpers that I met that day as other Yelpers that I have seen before. It took a while to make my way around the room. I was full before I even finished walking the room. The first cart near the bathroom is Tipsy Scoop (which originated in Brooklyn). Note there is a store in Astoria now...if you like a little booze (5%) with your ice cream. There was so much eat and try, I am only going to name a few... the rest are in the pictures. It was the first time trying tong hua candy basically caramelized sugar on fruit. The ones I normally see is a thin clear coat of sugar on fruit. This one might be because the sugar temperature was too hot so when you dipped the fruit, it pulled a lot of sugar though at the same time, if you let the sugar caramelization get cool, it works have turned a hard candy. Yes, Gyro World is here! Yelp recently had an event at their Bayside/Flushing location. Darryl of Run DMC was here with his chocolate chip cookies! Mooncake Man with his ube and pandan Kaya jam! Shari's Tea...it stood out because while waiting on line for another table. I got to try her tea flight test. Lychee Jasmine Green Tea is my favorite. I wonder which flavor won. This was definitely an epic experience! So happy that I got to try food that I loved and places I want to go to in the future. Thank you Yelp and Queens Economic Development Corporation (QEDC) and Queens Tourism Council.

Queens Taste is one of my favorite yearly food festivals. I'm so happy it's an indoor festival…read morebecause I don't have to worry about the rainy season and who doesn't want to enjoy the New York Hall of Science! I tried so many Queens based vendors I've been hearing about on socials it's definitely something I look Forward to attending each year. It makes me proud to be a Queens resident. This year I enjoyed the Heritage Bread Pudding Company and trying Darryl from RUN DMC's chocolate chip cookies and red wine. Both were delicious. If you are debating going definitely go for it, you'll leave stuffed and having tried more Queens based businesses than most New Yorkers!

It's fun but I'm not sure if they still have it. I went to one in east meadow Long Island. It's…read morenothing compared to flushing. The Long Island one was a basically like waiting in a DMV line while eating arepas. Hope flushing is good like it used to be!

This event was pretty expensive but i had tickets for a Wednesday evening to avoid crowds and it…read morewas worth it. Was able to do the extras over and over again without crowds and all the staff was friendly. It was freezing the day we went but im glad we went. My son enjoyed himself

This is a beautiful spot to visit place, but not worth the cost. I would have normally wanted to…read moregive it 4 stars, but the cost to worth ratio made me drop this another 2 stars. I came the first time for a Yelp Event, but had so much fun, I came back a second time with another friend. Parking was $30, so maybe take an Uber on a train here... Definitely much cheaper So, the VIP tickets were almost $100 bucks a ticket. Not super worth it for that purchase. A regular ticket is about $30, which is much more worth it. This place is setup in the CitiField Parking lot. You get to walk around and they have a ton of lights set up in that area. IG: QueenOfAdventureNYC