Ed Levine Eats (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
In confirming Red Hook ball field vendor hours with Cesar Fuentes, I came away with this bit of intel: Vendors set up as early as 8 a.m. and are ready for business between 9 and 10 a.m. The affair goes...
The Gowanus Lounge (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
We had word last Friday of the return of the Red Hook vendors, courtesy of an email from Cesar Fuentes who is their spokesperson, but today is the official day and even the Parks Department–which began the drama last year by placing them in a bidding process for the space at the Red Hook Ball [...]
The Porkchop Express (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
... taquitos.And were hard at work making elotes inside their new truck. Note the fly custom flames.Cesar Fuentes dropped some knowledge at Sunday's press conference, whilst getting eye-humped by Senator Schumer. Schumer is probably thinking “I wish I had a taco right now!” (He really likes tacos.)Pete Morales (left), the “Mayor of Red Hook,” with Daniel Wiley (Community Coordinator for...
The Gowanus Lounge (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... Schumer, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, State Assembly Member Felix Ortiz, and Cesar Fuentes, Executive Director of the Food Vendors Committee of Red Hook Park Inc., to celebrate the opening of the season for this Brooklyn institution. “We are thrilled to say ‘Welcome back’ – or ‘Bienvenidos de nuevo’ — to the Red Hook Food Vendors. One of the great New York City pleasures...
HispanicTrending (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... to predict whether the vendors will be able to get back what they've invested for this year," said Cesar Fuentes of the Red Hook Vendors Association. And even though the vendors lost three months of their seven-month season, many appreciated the new changes. "This is much better this way because everything is more clean, you know. They have more organization," said vendor Noelia Macias....
Eater (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
... the street. The sidewalk surrounding the ball fields is where the scene is at this year. The man: Cesar Fuentes , the vendors' rep, called the DOH-mandated changes "a financial and emotional burden." At the same time, he said, "the higher cost would have been to lose the permit, and the tradition...and that we couldn't afford." The prices: The prices seemed ever-so-slightly higher....
Eating In Translation (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
... vendors, including additional dates, times & season ending of our affair. Best & warmest regards, Cesar Fuentes Executive Director Food Vendors Committee of Red Hook Park
The Gowanus Lounge (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
The Red Hook Ballfield Vendors are almost back. Seriously. We got an email from Cesar Fuentes, who is the group’s spokesperson, that they’ve finally cleared up the mess with the Department of Health and will be back next Saturday, July 19, with a “raindate” of July 26 if all the vendors aren’t ready. Here’s his [...]
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
A Chowhound poster reprinted this e-mail from Red Hook vendor rep Cesar Fuentes this morning, and it's in line with what we last heard from him. Dear friends and supporters, We have decided to pass in this exciting update for your information before its official press release or its official announcement. Upon our last compliance hurdle being met -that is, the vendors' food trucks and...
Eating In Translation (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
When? Hungry soccer players of all ages want to know. "Soon," according to a recent message from Cesar Fuentes, executive director of the Food Vendors Committee of Red Hook Park, now means July 19, or maybe July 26. You'll hear more as soon as I do. Meantime, as Fuentes notes (and you probably know already), several of the vendors do business on Sunday at Brooklyn Flea; last weekend...
Eater (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Delays continue at the Red Hook ballfields, where vendors were scheduled to begin serving their frenzy-inducing food in June: "Vendor rep Cesar Fuentes confirms that the vendors still haven't gotten everything straightened out with the DOH. “We expect to clear...
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Not this Fourth of July, we're sorry to say. Photo: Alexa Matson We won't be eating any papusas, tacos, or plastic-cup ceviche this weekend at the Red Hook ballfields. Vendor rep Cesar Fuentes confirms that the vendors still haven't gotten everything straightened out with the DOH. “We expect to clear our last compliance burdens … next week and hopefully open our season either the weekend...
