Let’s be real…keeping track of all NYC’s food pop-ups and limited-edition dish drops has been nearly impossible. Over the last few decades, pop-ups have been on the rise in NYC and 8it has become the go-to source for tracking all of them and helping these entrepreneurial chefs get discovered. From chef residencies to sidewalk pop-ups, we’ve sifted through the culinary chaos on Instagram to bring you a handpicked selection of NYC’s finest pop-ups and limited-edition drops that you should dig into this week. Consider this your backstage pass to the hottest pop-ups & limited-edition eats in NYC! Dive into our weekly curated list of upcoming food adventures before they disappear 
This week’s Must-Eats are about heat that sticks with you: fire, spice, butter, broth. From a live-fire family-style dinner to a baklava cinnamon roll drop, pho folded into an empanada, soul-warming sancocho, and a Taiwanese golden Napa kimchi prix fixe, these are the kinds of meals that reset you mid-winter.
Slowfires Live Fire Dinner
Heermance Events at 183
183 Ave B, NYC
Fri 1.31
: instagram @chefjsmillie
This kati roll meets breakfast burrito consists of bacon, eggs, Amul cheese, cilantro chutney, avocado bharta, green chillies, and potato, all wrapped in a tortilla. Get yours now – with or without bacon – but definitely before it’s gone.
Baklava Cinnamon Roll
noa, a café
34 E 32nd St, NYC
Thru Sat 1.31
: instagram @noaabakery
I present…The Baklava Cinnamon Roll. Drizzled with tahini glaze, orange blossom, and topped with crunchy phyllo bits and pistachios, Noa’s outdone themselves this month. But January’s drop is about to disappear, so get there quick!
Pho Empanada
Titi’s Empanadas
Williamsburg + East Village Locations
Thru Sun 2.1
: instagram @titisnyc
Pop-up turned brick and mortar, Little Kirin, has joined forces with Titi’s Empanadas for the Empanada of the Week that squeezes the bright flavors of Vietnam between a crunchy fried empanada shell. Slow braised brisket, hoisin sauce, thin shaved onion, scallions, cilantro, jalapeño and fried onions on a Titi’s shell.
Papitropical’s Sancocho
Lise & Vito
126A Nassau Ave, BK
Sun 2.1
: instagram @papitropical
Papitropical is poppin’ up to bring you some warmth, from the inside out. This Sunday, he’s serving up big, beautiful bowls of Sancocho, a hearty thick stew, loved throughout Latin America and the Caribbean – and Nueva York. Lise & Vito, 4pm till sell out, be there… or be sad and cold.
One Night in Taiwan
Zaab Zaab Brooklyn
208 Grand St, BK
Sun 2.1
: instagram @zaabzaabnyc
This collab dinner pairs Chef Eric Lyu’s rare huang jing pao cai – a golden napa kimchi you don’t see in NYC – with Pei Wei’s deeply personal niu rou mian, based on her father’s recipe. It’s a tight, $49 prix fixe menu built on fermentation, memory, and eight-hour broth.
This is just a taste of what’s poppin’ in the 8it app. If you have any suggestions to make the 8it app experience even better than it already is, don’t hesitate to shoot us a DM.
STAY HUNGRY, NEVER HANGRY!
The 8it team
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