{"id":209557,"date":"2026-04-25T16:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/209557\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T16:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T16:00:25","slug":"what-to-know-vendors-key-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/209557\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Know, Vendors, Key Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"

After more than a decade of drawing crowds to Brooklyn waterfronts and Prospect Park<\/a>\u2019s lawns, Smorgasburg<\/a> is finally heading somewhere a little more central. Starting on May 14, the city\u2019s best-known open-air food market will set up shop at Columbus Circle<\/a>, bringing craveable eats to the southwest corner of Central Park.<\/p>\n

For anyone who\u2019s ever schlepped to Brooklyn for a bao bun and a soft-serve moment, this is big. The new outpost will feature more than 25 vendors\u2014though the exact lineup hasn\u2019t dropped yet, expect the usual Smorgasburg formula<\/a>: plenty of newcomers, cult-favorite regulars and dishes engineered to go viral.<\/p>\n

And here\u2019s the twist: you won\u2019t have to wait for the weekend. The Central Park<\/a> edition will run Thursday through Saturday from 12 pm to 8 pm, turning what used to be a once-a-week pilgrimage into an office-lunch-break option. Entry is free, you pay per bite and the rest is up to you. But the real appeal might be the setting. Instead of jostling for picnic tables, you can take your haul straight into the park.<\/p>\n

The expansion comes as Smorgasburg enters its 16th season, already operating in Williamsburg, Prospect Park and the World Trade Center. This year\u2019s broader roster includes more than 70 vendors across all the locations, so the Central Park addition feels like a natural next step (and arguably its most high-profile yet).<\/p>\n

The new market will run May 14 through September 19 at the Columbus Circle entrance on West 59th Street. Show up hungry, bring friends and maybe a blanket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After more than a decade of drawing crowds to Brooklyn waterfronts and Prospect Park\u2019s lawns, Smorgasburg is finally…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2590,9,11,10,2591,821],"class_list":{"0":"post-209557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-categories-restaurants","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-news","12":"tag-news-eating","13":"tag-restaurants"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}