{"id":1216,"date":"2016-04-05T11:18:16","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T15:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/?p=1216"},"modified":"2016-04-05T11:18:16","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T15:18:16","slug":"never-miss-another-good-food-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thefoodstand.com\/2016\/04\/05\/never-miss-another-good-food-event\/","title":{"rendered":"NEVER MISS ANOTHER GOOD FOOD EVENT!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foodstand, a community designed to keep people \u201cin the know\u201d about the good food movement, now gives you the best food events online, on app and in your inbox\u2014curated by their <\/i>community<\/i><\/a>.<\/i><\/h4>\n

In a city like New York, there is never a shortage of food events or openings. In the last decade alone, new restaurant, bar and cafe openings in New York City have risen more than 27 percent. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA decade or so ago, I would lay out <\/span>Time Out NY<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>The Village Voic<\/span><\/i>e, <\/span>New York Magazine<\/span><\/i> and the <\/span>New Yorker<\/span><\/i>, and I would get overwhelmed with all the events, tastings, and restaurant\/theater\/gallery openings. Heck, you could even find out where all the free wine and cheese events were taking place each week throughout the city,\u201d Robert Haynes-Peterson, drinks writer for Askmen.com told me in conversation. \u201cNow those publications don\u2019t comprehensively cover any of those topics, and the information is too fragmented or even outdated across the web. Even as someone covering food and drink, I have no reliable, comprehensive resource for finding out what\u2019s going on this week across the city.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cA decade or so ago, I would lay out Time Out NY<\/i>, The Village Voic<\/i>e, New York Magazine<\/i> and the New Yorker<\/i>, and I would get overwhelmed with all the events, tastings, and restaurant\/theater\/gallery openings…Now those publications don\u2019t comprehensively cover any of those topics, and the information is too fragmented or even outdated across the web.” ~\u00a0Robert Haynes-Peterson\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Independent artisans and foodmakers, particularly ones that are just starting out, also have challenges when reaching food-interested communities. In speaking with the community, many voiced their concerns that they have to rely on their own social streams, which they are still building,” says Summer Rayne Oakes, Director of Community and Marketing at Foodstand.\u00a0<\/span>There hasn\u2019t been one place to share your event or see what else is happening, so we’re glad to be offering that to everyone.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Foodstand, which produces some of their own events\u2014from the <\/span>Good Food Spotlight<\/span><\/a> for entrepreneurs to their upcoming <\/span>Food Book & Film Club<\/span><\/a>, saw the value that people were getting during their in-person events. <\/span>Randy Rodriguez of<\/span> @cabalitonyc<\/span><\/a> connected with Jimmy Carbone <\/span>@jimmycarbone<\/span><\/a> of Jimmy\u2019s No. 43 at one of Foodstand and Slow Money\u2019s <\/span>Good Food Spotlight<\/span><\/a> events and pretty shortly afterwards was doing a pop-up for his pupusas in Jimmy\u2019s space. Six months later, Randy opened one of the first <\/span>El Salvadorian restaurants<\/span><\/a> in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

This was reinforced after hearing from Foodstand subscribers that the Top 10 Best Food Events that are curated by Foodstand and delivered to their inbox every week, were invaluable. \u201cI often work 6 days a week and don\u2019t get home until late at night. It\u2019s challenging to keep up with everything that\u2019s happening,\u201d Chef Flo <\/span>@servemenow<\/span><\/a>, shared.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Butter Believe It!\u00a0\u00a0Now local farmers and foodmakers can include their events on Foodstand’s app and community calendar. Photo of Orwashers Bread.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cNow the community can add any food-related events that they deem interesting and relevant to the community. \u201c<\/span>Those events are searchable by event and date both on our <\/span>app<\/span><\/a> and on our <\/span>website<\/span><\/a>,\u201d says Rachna Govani, co-founder and CEO of Foodstand. \u201cWhen people ask whether they can get their event featured, we just say, \u2018Sure\u2014you can just do it yourself!\u2019 It\u2019s all part of our community-powered ethos<\/span>.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable the diversity of food-related events happening\u2014and not just in New York,\u201d says Oakes. \u201cOf course, it\u2019s impossible to go to all of them, but in a way, it reveals just how much the community around better eating has grown and is growing. It immediately allows us to feel that we\u2019re part of something much larger than us all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anyone in the Foodstand community can post their own events with location, event date and time, and RSVP link via the Foodstand app, which is available as a free download for iPhone. (Android releases in late April 2016). Events automatically are updated on Foodstand’s community calendar online as well, and the best events are shared in a weekly email.<\/p><\/div>\n

And what’s on Foodstand’s radar this month? Check out these events:<\/p>\n