For our attendees:

Feel free to bring a picnic basket … or relax and show up stress-free, empty-handed, and enjoy and support our wonderful local food vendors and their delicious offerings!

We do NOT offer your typical “carnival food” (not that there’s anything wrong with that).

We purposefully curate local restaurants in the Essex County area:

• from Italian sausage and peppers to Jamaican jerk chicken;
• from Long Island lobster rolls to NYC hot dogs;
• from Pad Thai to MX tacos;
• from fresh-squeezed lemonade to cold, cold ice cream treats.

Several of our vendors will also offer vegetarian and vegan options.  We are quite sure you will find food for any palate from our local kitchens.

Danny’s soft serve corp. We are the local Maplewood Soft serve ice cream, and Italian ice truck. We are licensed in Maplewood to be daily vendors. Website    Instagram   Facebook

Cruzanusvi BBQ Smoked chopped Brisket, Pulled & Chopt Smoked Jerk Chicken, smoked beef and pork Ribs, chicken Shish Kebabs, 8 cheese mac-n-cheese, yams, cornbread, potato salad, banana pudding, Sorrel, water, ginger beer, hot dogs/with turkey chili or onion sauce. Any protein comes in sandwich form with pickled onions and spring mix, or with a meal. A variety of different BBQ Sauces. Salmon and Veggie burgers. Website    Instagram   Facebook

RAD Kitchen LLC Food Vendor that sells Mac & Cheese Bowls, Quesadillas, Loaded Tots, Boneless Wings and Fresh Squeezed Lemonade Instagram   Facebook

Pops Chicken Chicken Sandwiches, Tenders, Chicken Wings, Mac and Cheese, French Fries and Lemonade Drinks. Website    Instagram   Facebook

2025 Food Vendors
- Cruzanusvi BBQ
- D’s Cozy Kitchen LLC DBA The Seasoned Rican
- Dani's Kettle Corn
- Danny’s soft serve corp.
- Eataly (Short Hills Location)
- Freeman’s Fish Market
- Jamaican Gourmet Truck formerly Oxtail Gravy Truck
- Jus Tacos
- Lemonade Blends & Funnel Cake
- Lucyla Bakery LLC/ La Cherry Food Wagon
- Maglione's Italian Ice
- Miti Miti Latin Street Food
- Montys Good Eats
- Neelam Indian Cuisine
- Pops Chicken
- RAD Kitchen LLC
- Snowie of North Jersey
- Stop Drop N Roll
- Thai best food truck
- The Simple Fare
- Vagabond Kitchen & Tap House
- Yemina Viera

For our attendees:

Feel free to bring a picnic basket ... or relax and show up stress-free, empty-handed, and enjoy and support our wonderful local food vendors and their delicious offerings! We do NOT offer your typical "carnival food" (not that there's anything wrong with that). We purposefully curate local restaurants in the Essex County area:

• from Italian sausage and peppers to Jamaican jerk chicken;
• from Long Island lobster rolls to NYC hot dogs;
• from Pad Thai to MX tacos;
• from fresh-squeezed lemonade to cold, cold ice cream treats.

Several of our vendors will also offer vegetarian and vegan options.  We are quite sure you will find food for any palate from our local kitchens.  

Beer Garden

We will have a beer garden, serving local beers.  Read more.