Save the Date!
Queens Economic Development Corporation and Queens Tourism Council proudly announce that Queens Taste 2025 is set for the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Tuesday, May 13, from 6 pm to 9 pm.
In other words, get ready for everything from crunchy to creamy, delectable to delightful, enticing to exquisite, fiery to flaky, pleasing to piquant, and sweet to savory.
More than 50 restaurants, beverage purveyors, and dessert makers are expected to offer samples of cuisine. Plus, clients of the Entrepreneur Space, a food-and-business incubator that QEDC operates in Long Island City, will provide their artisanal specialties. And to wash it all down, brewers, wine makers, and mixologists will be on tap. (Teetotalers will be able to quench their thirst with tropical fruit juices and bubble tea.)
Queens Taste 2025 is a celebration of the World’s Most Delicious Borough, but it’s also a great place to network. Almost all the anticipated 500 attendees either live in Queens or do business there. (Many do both!) Plus, the atmosphere is always festive, creating an ideal scene for meeting, greeting, and exchanging contact information.
Finally, Queens Taste 2025 supports a good cause. Proceeds go to QEDC’s ongoing efforts to attract, create, and maintain jobs in the borough. Tickets cost $125 each (two for $200), but as QEDC is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit, they’re partially tax deductible as permitted by law.
Restaurant recruitment is still underway, but here are some entities that have already confirmed their participation: Alewife; Althea’s Tropical Delights; Applebee’s; Arepa’s Café; Austin Ale House; Ben’s Deli; Bevo’s Kitchen; Brooklyn Brewery; Culinary Argan Oil; Cooking With Ayana; Darryl Mack Cellars; Darryl Makes Cookies; El Buho Mezcal; Gnocchi Bella Management; Grand Affaire Catering; Guku Sujip; Gyro World; Harlem Baking; Heritage Bread Pudding; Il Nonno Ristorante; Jora; Lady Chardonnay; London Lennie’s; Made Fresh Organic; Moon Man; Mum’s; Neir’s Tavern; New York Bagel Fest; O Lavrador; Ottomanelli’s Burgers & Belgian Fries; P and S Catering; Principle Events; Punjab Dhaba Catering & Sweets; QNSY Sparkling Cocktails; Queens Curry Kitchen; Rincon Salvadoreño; Saar Indian Cuisine; Sanger Hall; Schmidt’s Candy; Shari’s Tea; Sol Kitchen; The Nutrition Queens; The Wine Room of Forest Hills; Tipsy Scoop; and Toodles & French.
Sponsors are still signing up, too. Current ones include Lemma Strategies, Resorts World New York City, Port Authority of NY + NJ, Plaxall Inc., Silvercup Studios, USTA, D&F Development, Webline Media Group, and The Shops at Skyview.
For more information, contact Rob MacKay at [email protected].