Vendy Awards

07/07/2022

Street Vendor Project is thrilled to invite you to our first annual gala ✨Street Heroes: Celebrating 21 Years of Vendor Power! ✨

Join us for a night of delicious street food prepared by members, cocktails, and dancing in support of SVP's organizing, advocacy and legal services on behalf of the 20,000 vendors who bring our city streets to life.

🔗🎟 Tickets and sponsorship opportunities available through the link in bio!

📌Save the Date! Tuesday, October 11th from 6-9 PM at the Queens Museum

12/16/2021

The NYC Street Vendor Scavenger Hunt by has come to a close ~ and we need your help to decide which team took the ✨ BEST ✨ photo! Tonight is the awards ceremony where winners will be announced!

👇👇 Comment below to with your favorite photo!

📸 # 1 Team BellyReady

📸 # 2 Team NY Nicks

📸 # 3 Team Faber Family

📸 # 4 Team Jom Makan

📸 # 5 Team Vegemite

📸 # 6 Team Snacktuaries

📸 # 7 Los Tamarindos Dulces

11/09/2021

✨ Vendor Spotlight ~ David Shehadah of King of Falafel and Shawarma ✨

We’ll be highlighting NYC’s street vendors over the next few weeks as we gear up for the NYC Street Vendor Scavenger Hunt!

👀 👀 Sign Up to play at link in bio & read David’s story for clues 👇👇

David Shehadah runs the Midtown location of the iconic and Vendy Award winning Palestinian food cart King of Falafel and Shawarma. The business was started by David’s father-in-law Freddy Zeideia in Astoria, Queens in 1992.

David has been holding down this location of the Palestinian food cart since 2012 serving the same crowd pleasing falafel and chicken and beef shawarmas. He only recently returned to his spot on 53rd & Park after closing during the pandemic and working as a Grub Hub deliveryman. But they’re back serving some of the best falafel you’ve ever tasted! 

Sign Up to play the NYC Street Vendor Scavenger Hunt at Link in Bio 🥨❤️

Visit King of Falafel and Shawarma daily at:
📍 53rd Street & Park
📍 3015 Broadway, Astoria

Thank you to & for your support 💜

11/09/2021

✨5 DAYS ✨ til Kick Off!

Join us to kick off the NYC Street Vendor Scavenger Hunt on International Street Vendor Day in Corona Plaza, Queens, where local vendor leaders will introduce the group to the plaza & share about their wares!

Sign Up to play the NYC Street Vendor Scavenger Hunt at Link in Bio 🥨❤️

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘆

November 14th is International Street Vendor Day - a day calling for the recognition of the contribution street vendors make to our food systems, our streetscapes and our lives, and to raise awareness about the significant challenges they face.

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘇𝗮

The market in Corona Plaza has been a key element in boosting the local economy in the former epicenter of the pandemic, where a diverse group of over 80 food and merchandise vendors have organized a thriving outdoor market, featuring Ecuadorian vendors offering dishes like papas con cuero (potatoes with pork skin), Mexican vendors selling tlayudas oaxaqueñas (pizza-like dish made with corn tortilla flatbread) and more!

Thank you to & for your support 💜

🎨 by Patricia Chou

10/26/2021

✨Vendor Spotlight ~ Paulina, Grand Central Churro Vendor!✨

We’ll be highlighting NYC’s street vendors over the next few weeks as we gear up for the NYC Street Vendor Scavenger Hunt

👀 👀 Sign Up to play at link in bio & read Paulina’’s story for clues 👇👇

Paulina, originally from Guatemala, has supported her family by selling churros in the winter & cut fruits in the summer for 8 years. She likes vending because the flexible schedule allows her to spend time with her family - while keeping commuters happy with sweet treats!

She used to vend at 74th Street - Broadway in Queens, but due to increased police harassment, has found a new location at Grand Central.

Sign Up to play the NYC Street Vendor Scavenger Hunt at Link in Bio 🥨❤️

Visit Paulina daily from 2-8 PM
📍Grand Central - 42nd Street Station by the 7 Train stairs

Thank you to & for your support 💜

08/03/2020

🌟📣Tune in this Wednesday, August 5th to hear street vendors from across the country share their stories and demands for justice - while showing us how to make their favorite foods - picaditas, halal chicken & rice, tlayudas, and pupusas.

Street vendors are essential food workers, providing access to affordable food in many of our communities nationwide. Despite their critical role, vendors are criminalized for their work, and are currently accumulating thousands of dollars of rent debt, and excluded from COVID-19 recovery plans. Vendors nationwide have come together to make sure our voices are heard, calling for and

This is a joint effort among street vendor advocacy organizations from Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Washington D.C. in conversation with Yajaira from La Morada Restaurant, an undocumented family-owned and operated Oaxaca Restaurant in the South Bronx, NYC.

This gathering will be in Spanish with English subtitles and call-in lines for Arabic and Mandarin translations.

🗓 Wednesday, August 5th, 2020
⏰4:00 PDT 6:00 CDT 7:00 EDT
🎥 facebook.com/LAStreetVendorCampaign

Call in Numbers

Arabic: +1-669-900-9128, 93189696232 #
Mandarin: +1-669-900-9128, 92067594293 #
English: +1-669-900-9128, 94750505781 #

11/27/2019

We're so happy for our 2019 Vendy Freshman People's Choice winner, birrialandianyc, on this major review from the The New York Times. A much-deserved 2 stars (and recognition of NYC street food)!

Birria tacos, loved in Tijuana and Instagram-famous in Los Angeles, draw crowds to a corner of Jackson Heights.

10/18/2019

Over the past year we have surveyed 50 of our female members to learn about the challenges they face as women vendors, and what both the city and SVP can do better to serve them.

We've compiled the results into a report, which we'll be sharing via webinar on Monday, October 28th at 2 pm EST. Please join us by registering for the webinar here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_A0SW4MovSZat3TxwdE-c0A

09/27/2019

And that’s a wrap for the ! Thank you to all of our sponsors and especially all of you — for supporting us for the past 15 years. Together, we’ve created a beautiful (and delicious) piece of NYC history. Please continue to stay in touch with and support your local street vendors. We love + appreciate you all! ✌🏻✌🏼✌️✌🏽✌🏾✌🏿:: photos 1-4 by , 5-10 by

09/26/2019

New York, NY - September 21, 2019: The 15th and final Vendy Awards, hosted by the Street Vendors Project on Governors Island in New York Harbor.

Photos by Clay Williams.

© Clay Williams / claywilliamsphoto.com

All Photos by Clay Williams.

09/25/2019

Now that we’ve had a chance to catch our breath — we’d like to thank all of the incredible vendors that gave us their time, sweat, and delicious food on Saturday. We deeply appreciate you and are so glad you’re a part of the family. In photo order: NY Dosas birrialandianyc Wafels & Dinges / Anton's Dumplings The Cinnamon Snail Dulcinea Lechonera La Piraña Tony Dragon's Grille :: post 2 of 2, photos 1-6 by , photos 7-10 by Clay Williams @ Governors Island

09/25/2019

Now that we’ve had a chance to catch our breath — we’d like to thank all of the incredible vendors that gave us their time, sweat, and delicious food on Saturday. We deeply appreciate you and are so glad you’re a part of the family. In photo order: Tong_Nyc Nuchas Antojitos Doña Fela Chef Samir Truck Arepa Lady King Souvlaki - Astoria Harlem Seafood Soul :: post 1 of 3, all photos by Clay Williams @ Governors Island