10 Things You Need to Eat at Smorgasburg

The Brooklyn Flea has had a food baby.

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Forget what you think you know about food festivals. By now, you're zeppoled-out, and you've had one too many snack foods tossed into the deep fryer. You need to think outside the Hostess box. Enter: Smorgasburg, the Brooklyn Flea's food baby, a mass picnic of sorts that's driving people who enjoy overeating into a state of delirium. Locavores will go loco over the Brooklyn-oriented lineup of vendors, and lushes can take advantage of the alcohol line-up, appropriately named SmorgasBar. There's something for every human here.

Eating local, ethnically diverse food outdoors has proved to be such a successful formula for Smorgasburg, as what began as a Saturday-only event on the Williamsburg waterfront has now expanded to Sundays in Dumbo's tobacco warehouse. The roofless space north of the Brooklyn Bridge is a perfect place to spend a Sunday gorging yourself.

Smorgasburg Dumbo runs through Nov. 18, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., so you need to get there soon. Our recommendation? Go this weekend and bring cash, an open mind, and pants with an elastic waistband. Once you arrive, consume the following: 10 Things You Need to Eat at Smorgasburg.

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Braised Pork Belly Buns

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Stroopwafel Ice Cream Sandwich

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Fried Anchovies

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Mini S’more d’oeuvres

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These bite-sized mini s'mores are made with melt-in-your-mouth Madagascar vanilla bean marshmallows, and torched-to-order right before your eyes. We tried the Salted Sailor (vanilla bean speckled caramel spread), the Black n' White (chocolate ganache, dark chocolate grahams and toasted coconut marshmallow), and the S'morgasm (Callebaut semisweet chocolate ganache on cinnamon sugar and clover honey graham crackers). These tiny treats were s'more nostalgic than any other sweet we tried, and we loved them for that.

 

Classic with a Twist Grilled Cheese Sandwich

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Salted Caramel Macaroon

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The Bamburg

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Maine-Style Lobster Roll

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Brisket Sandwich

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Dulce De Leche Almond Donut

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