New York City Tours by Urban Oyster

If you are looking for something to do this weekend (and don't have plans to join us for a Brewed in Brooklyn tour), the Taste Williamsburg Greenpoint Festival will be taking place this Sunday.

This celebration of the neighborhoods of northern Brooklyn will feature the cuisine of the area's top restaurants, live music performances, cooking demonstrations, and all of the proceeds will go to a great cause.  This event will support the building of the Northside Town Hall Community and Cultural Center to be housed in the converted historic former Engine Company 212 firehouse, which was the subject of two massive sit-ins, an award-winning documentary and the inspiration to turn around the areas crumbling economy and infrastructure with years of community organizing. The center will be the home of two long time community groups Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) and the People’s Firehouse, Inc. (PFI), provide affordable meeting space to local groups, and house a first floor gallery space to be maintained by a collective of local art groups. The money raised will go toward the project’s capital fund, which needs to reach $1 million by next year, to begin the renovations to convert the building into this much-needed resource.

Some of the local businesses that will be participating from Williamsburg and Greenpoint:  An Nhau & Banh Mi, Antek, Aurora Ristorante, Bakeri, Bedford Cheese Shop, Blackbird Parlour, Brooklyn Brewery, Diner, DOC Wine Bar, Dressler & Dumont, Fabiane's Cafe & Pastry, Fatty 'Cue, Fornino, Juliette, Karczma, Le Barricou, Lodge, M Shanghai, Manhattan Inn, Mesa Coyoacan, Miranda, Nita Nita, Pies 'n' Thighs, Rabbithole, Rye, Sel De Mer, Sweetwater, Taco Chulo, Teddy's Bar & Grill, Traif, Van Leeuwen's Ice Cream, Walter Foods, Wine Cellar Sorbets, and Wombat.

Details for the event:

Date: Sunday May 16th, 2010
Time: 12 – 4 pm
Location: N 11th St. Between Berry St and Wythe Avenue
Tickets: $35 for 6 tastes, $55 for 10 tastes, $95 for 18 tastes
Advance purchase at brownpapertickets
Tickets will also be available at participating venues and on the day of at the Ticket
Booths on North 11th St. (cash only)