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Sample amazing eats at
Flushing Food Festival
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
cmohamed@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
Sample delicious authentic Asian cuisine
at the Flushing Food Festival in
April.
Th e Flushing Business Improvement
District announced the 2019 Flushing
Food Festival will include 15 diff erent
restaurant vendors preparing over 100
food samples each, with no shortage of
delightful and exciting Asian dishes to
try.
Aiming to showcase the diverse dining
scene in downtown Flushing, the 2019
Flushing Food Festival will take place on
Saturday, April 13, from 11 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. at the Sheraton LaGuardia Hotel
Ballroom, located at 135-20 39th Ave.,
BR Level.
Flushing BID co-chairs Tina Lee
and Timothy Chuang were joined by
Councilman Peter Koo, state Senator
Toby Stavisky and NYC Department
of Small Business Neighborhood
Development Project Manager Jose
Turcios for the special announcement.
Sponsored by the NYC Department
of Small Business Services’ (SBS)
Neighborhood 360 Grant Program, the
festival will feature a live jazz band and
other performances for all attendees and
visitors. Th e restaurant roster will present
both traditional and modern samples
from a variety of popular dishes ranging
from sweet desserts to savory and spicy
entrees.
Th e participating restaurants, in alphabetical
order, include the following: 200
Grand Noodles Flushing Ice Cream
Factory, Golden Rich Legend Chicken,
Lobster Roll Factory Miss Li, Naked Crab
OK Ryan, Old Luo Yang Noodles Pho
Best II, Sheraton Hotel Restaurant Shi
Miao Dao Rice Noodles, Szechuan House
Taiwanese Wheel Cake, Tea Cha Cha
and more.
Th e 2019 Flushing Food Festival will
be opened to the public with free admission.
Th e Flushing BID will distribute
event tickets online and in person. Each
ticket could be redeemed for three free
food sample tastings on the event. Th e
limit is one ticket per person, fi rst-come,
fi rst-served due to limited quantity of the
event tickets.
Tickets could be reserved on Flushing
BID’s website at www.fl ushingbid.com
and picked up with a photo ID on the day
of the event at the event location.
Participants could also pick up a ticket
with their photo ID at the Flushing BID
info booth (located in front of Flushing
Library; from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 1 to 3
p.m. Monday through Saturday) and the
Flushing BID offi ce, located on the sixth
fl oor in the Sheraton LaGuardia East
Hotel, at 135-20 39th Ave., from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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