New York Street Food

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Over the long weekend, we went out to the Red Hook Ballfields to check out the 2012 Vendy Cup finalist, Piaztlan Authentic Mexican Cuisine.  While we were there, we checked out some of the other vendors too, including 2011 Vendy Cup Winner, Solber Pupusas.

We’ve already told you about Solber’s great pupusas, so this time we tried two of their tamales, chicken and sweet chicken for $2.50 each. In retrospect, we probably should have gotten a pork or bean tamale, but both of these were solid tamales.

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Rafael Soler reacts to winning the 2011 Vendy Cup

As we mentioned yesterday, Solber Pupusas won the 2011 Vendy Cup on Saturday, in their second bite at the apple.  Rafael was also a Vendy Cup Finalist in 2008 under the name Soler Dominican.

Check out the amazing plate of food below: a pupusa (middle left), sweet plantains (top) and a tamale (lower right) covered by homemade pickled onions, jalapenos and cabbage, topped with their special sauce and crema.  The pupusa had your choice of chicken or pork yesterday, and their regular menu has even more choices of fillings.  You have to cut down the options to serve this many people, but that didn’t seem to hinder Solber Pupusas.

There were plenty of other tasty and interesting dishes in the Vendy Cup category, including the People’s Choice Winner, Souvlaki GR.  Click through for details of what the other finalists served.

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The Vendy Awards have announced this year’s finalists for the Vendy Cup, which takes place this Saturday on Governor’s Island.

In a break from past years, this year’s main category will have 7 vendors vying for the Vendy Cup.  In past years, no more than 5 vendors competed for the Vendy Cup.

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