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Vendy Awards Add Vegan Category For 12th Annual Event
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Nell Casey
Published Jul 28, 2016
Modified Aug 1, 2016
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The Vendy Awards are rolling over to Governors Island in September, celebrating the best of NYC's mobile and market food vendors. There's always plenty to indulge in at the event and lots of very deserving winners to be selected, including the first ever vegan category this year at the fest, now in its 12th year.
There have been vegan vendors at the award event before—Cinnamon Snail has been a big winner in the past—but this is the first time vegan food makers will have their own category. Six animal-free purveyors will be going head-to-head, competing with things like vegan barbecue, veggie burgers and Indian cuisines.
Smorgasburg vets Monk's Meats will be offering their vegan barbecue, an oxymoron of type for the traditionally meat-centric food. Jerk Shack, who've been up at Vendy Plaza, will be doing Caribbean cuisine; Mysttik Masaala's in for homemade Indian; Vegan Bandwagon's doing veggie burgers and Yeah Dawg classic (but vegan) hot dogs. Finally, Bamboo Bites will be doing Southeast Asian street foods and snacks.
Video by Jessica Leibowitz
The rest of the categories are the same as previous iterations (see complete list below), and one winner will be crowned in each category by a panel of judges with additional accolades for the People’s Choice Award. The Vendys will be Saturday, September 17th; tickets are on sale now.
Best Market Vendor: Big Mozz, Arepalicious, NJS, MATZAHBREI, and Tuson Sate
Best Dessert: Delmy’s Obleas, A Lil’ Bit of Fun, The Good Batch, Sweetface Snoballs, and Raindrop Cake
Rookie of the Year: Puran Dhaka, Los Viajeros, Harlem Seafood Soul, Sisig City, The Basket, and Mr. Bing
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