34 The Queens Courier • AUGUST 20, 2015 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com Satisfying your sweet tooth at the LIC FLEA Photo via Instagram/@licflea BY THE QUEENS COURIER STAF [email protected] @QueensCourier Long Island City will be extra sweet this weekend. The LIC Flea & Food, located at Fifth Street and 46th Avenue, will host a Sweets Festival this Saturday and Sunday where visitors will have the chance to vote for their favorite sweets vendors. Sweet treats from vendors at the market include macaron gelato sandwiches from Woops!, refreshing ices from Rita’s Ices, incredible brownies from Cassey’s Cookies & Cobblers, fried ice cream covered in frosted flakes from Sam’s Fried Ice Cream and much more. During the festival, Mike J. Chau, of @ FoodBabyNY, will select the winners for the best of the best. Winners will receive a trophy and bragging rights. After satisfying their sweet tooth, visitors can cool off at the LIC Flea Beer Garden – the only venue exclusively serving beers brewed in Queens from local breweries including Rockaway Brewery, Queens Brewery, Finback and SingleCut. This weekend the market will welcome back by popular demand The Inebriators with their fun and unique mix of jazz, funk and reggae. On Sunday, DJ Johnny Seriuss will be spinning tunes. LIC Flea would also like to thank Green Street Solar Power for sponsoring The Secret Theatre’s Aug. 16 performance of “Pirate Pete’s Parrot” for the market’s Kids Festival. LIC Flea & Food runs every Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through the end of October. For updates on the LIC Flea & Food market, follow on Facebook.com/LICFlea, Instagram.com/LICFlea and @LICFlea on Twitter. Make sure to satisfy your sweet tooth with these vendors at the LIC Flea & Food this weekend Cookies Anonymous “Who doesn’t like cookies? When was the last time you had an amazing cookie?” Cookies Anonymous makes delicious cookies using ingredients that you’d find in your mom’s kitchen. Its classics have that homemade, nostalgic taste, while the fun ones will push some boundaries. Yet both will keep you coming back. Esta-Joy’s Kitchen Esta-Joy’s Kitchen specializes in old-fashioned fresh fruit buckle cakes made with wholesome ingredients – locally sourced when possible. They are preservative-free and come in eco-friendly packaging. Stop by for a free sample and pick up some for the perfect breakfast, brunch or anytime sweet! Bundts NYC Bundts NYC is a Queens-based bakery service. It features more than 12 tasty flavors of pound cakes in four sizes, from a large family cake to small bites. Selections from Bundts NYC cakes are available weekly at its vending locations. Orders for the full line can be made on-site or online, with free local delivery or discounted U.S. shipping. Cake Box NYC CakeBox NYC is a concept deliberately spurned out of the simple desire to fulfill your sweet tooth. Its diverse array of unique tres leches cake embraces the melting pot of ethnic backgrounds that have been the staple of New York City. CakeBox NYC will leave you salivating for more. “Life is short. Eat dessert first!” Mahalo New York Mahalo New York was created to share with New York all of the exotic flavors the owners grew up with, and the flavors of Hawaii. This led to the creation of some of their best-selling products such as their pineapple guava cupcakes and mango passion fruit whipped cheesecake that will leave you in tropical bliss!
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