30 THE QUEENS COURIER • AUGUST 15, 2013 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com LICFLEA&FOOD CELEBRITAY www.celebritayny.com CeleBritAy has been offering natural and healthy beauty products for the past15 years. Founder and chemist Elizabeth Santiago takes pride in her natural, organic and vegan products which include handmade soaps, exfoliating soap, lip balms and a skin care line. Santiago can be found at LIC Flea on Sundays giving visitors advice and letting them feel the difference in her products. “We’ve had a very nice reaction here,” said Santiago. “People already know us and our demos. I feel special.” URBAN MAN MADE www.urbanmanmade.com Urban Man Made brings men’s accessories you cannot find at your everyday mall. Most of their items, which include jewelry, wallets, candles, home goods, bags and belts, are handmade. Some of the items are made in Long Island City. “Local is even better,” said owner Todd Cochman. Urban Man Made is at LIC Flea on both Saturdays and Sundays and has seen the flea market grown since the first day. “The flea market is building and we are hanging in there as it grows,” said Cochman. ReCaFo 430 DOUGHTY BOULEVARD SUITE 202 INWOOD, NY 11096 www.recafo.com ReCaFo, or Real Caribbean Food, is bringing its authentic Caribbean cuisine to LIC Flea & International Food Bazaar. The Inwood restaurant sells Jamaican beef, chicken, pork and fish. They also offer Jamaica patties, pastries and island-style beverages. The difference is the use of spices and techniques that come originally from the island. Owner David Wisdom is excited about his first weekend selling his food at the LIC Flea. “We’re optimistic,” Wisdom said. “It’s an opportunity for us to sell at the market.” WANDERING WAFFLES www.Wonderingwaffles.com These waffles are to die for. Forest Hills resident Clementine Vitek imports dough and pearl sugar from Belgium for her product. She offers Nutella, chocolate sauces and fruits, among various other toppings. Currently the chocoberry waffles, which are topped with a mixture of chocolate sauce and fruit, are the most popular product. “I wanted to start a business, and I was living in Belgium for the past four years,” Vitek said. “I thought the waffles are really good and they are on every street corner in Belgium.” Vitek will make her debut at LIC Flea starting August 18. HONG KONG STREET CART www.facebook.com/hongkongstreetcart Stephen Li has been selling pork belly bun sandwiches and various salads at LIC Flea since its grand opening in June. Li has worked in the restaurant industry for 15 years, working at a family eatery. He slow cooks the pork and sells the buns with a special mayo sauce and scallions. Li also offers mango, lemon grass, shrimp and no-meat salads. “I think it’s great. I see a lot of family coming and a lot of young foodies coming by.” Li said about the Flea. “It’s a pretty cool place just to hang out, eat and do some shopping.” Table Tennis Tournament Coming to the Flea BY LIAM LA GUERRE [email protected] Calling all ping-pong players! The LIC Flea & Food will host its first Ping Pong Open on August 24-25. The table tennis tournament will be free to enter and participants can register when they go to shop at the LIC Flea. There will be $500 in prizes, including two tickets to the U.S. Open, which will begin at August 26 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. There will also be face painting by Frankie’s Carnival Time. LIC Flea is located at 5-25 46th Ave. Long Island City, NY 11101 Visit Ricky’s NYC, a pop-up at the Flea BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO Ricky’s NYC, the one-stop super store for everything Halloween and beauty for the past 24 years, is giving vendors at the LIC Flea & Food Bazaar a chance to shine while also showing visitors what they can find at its numerous sites. Richard Parrott, president of Ricky’s and a Long Island City resident, has set up a pop-up shop at LIC Flea to promote the business, along with giving potential customers a taste of the many products for sale through coupons and samples Ricky’s will be opening a temporary Halloween store in Long Island City located at 5-27 50th Avenue. Parrott said he has also taken to the streets to look for talent in fashion, accessories and jewelry to feature at Ricky’s. He has worked with local vendors, like Deep Cuts, which sold custom tote bags at the market, by giving them some space in select stores. “I’m looking for new talent and trying to find local New York artists,” said Parrott. “There is more talent out there on the streets, more than there ever has been.” He hopes showcasing these local artists and talent will help them establish brands and promote their products. At the LIC Flea, Ricky’s also showcases costumes and other items that are popular at the stores. “We’re opening the dialogue between the consumer and Ricky’s,” said Parrott. “People just aren’t going into stores unless they know what they are looking for and if they don’t know what you have, we have to educate them.” Parrott hopes to continue being a part of the LIC Flea, educating visitors about Ricky’s, finding new talent and giving back to his community. “I made a commitment to Queens. I’m going to provide as much of my company support as I can,” said Parrott. “I think it’s a great thing for Queens, it’s a great thing for Long Island City.”
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