Keeping up with NYC’s food pop-ups and limited dish drops is basically a full-time job. 8it does it for you. We track the most time-sensitive drops across the city (from chef residencies to one-day collabs to sidewalk pop-ups) and every Friday we hand-pick the ones we’re especially excited for. Here’s this weekend’s must-eats…
It’s NYFW, and while the city may be overrun with beautiful people surviving on coffee and cigs, NYC’s chefs are still serving. From food-meets-fashion pop-ups to a cheesesteak that hits you right in the gut, here are five must-eat pop-ups and drops for wherever the weekend takes you.
Point Point Joint
📍WSA Test Kitchen
🏠 161 Water Street, NYC
🗓️ Thru Mon 9.14 • 6-10pm
: instagram @woldykusina
Point Point Joint is celebrating NYFW with a Filipino family-style dinner by chefs Nicole Ponseca and Woldy Reyes. Dinner is served on banana leaves at WSA Test Kitchen, followed by karaoke. This weekend’s edition celebrates Filipino American designer Zaldy, known for designing looks for Michael Jackson, Gwen Stefani and RuPaul.
Studio Bumi × Min Gu Kim
📍Hana Makgeolli
🏠 201 Dupont St, BK
🗓️ Sat 9.12 • 2–11pm, Sun 9.13 • 2–8pm
: @min.gu.kim
Studio Bumi is back at Hana Makgeolli for a two-night à la carte takeover with chef Min Gu Kim. The Indonesian menu includes Gado-Gado with vegetables, Parmesan crisp and peanut sauce; Mushroom Gamtae Bibimbap with hen of the woods mushrooms, gamtae and soy butter sesame rice; and Lamb Shank Rendang.
7th Street × Beyondburg: Desi Smash
📍7th Street Burger
🏠 173 Orchard St, NYC
🗓️ Fri 9.11–Sat 9.12 • 4–6pm
: Instagram @7thstreetburgernyc
India’s Beyondburg is visiting 7th Street Burger’s Orchard Street shop for a two-day Desi Smash drop. The burger stacks a smash patty with Indian-style braised and pulled short ribs, raw onion, jalapeño, cilantro, and cilantro sauce on a Martin’s potato roll.
G’s Persian Cheesesteak
📍G’s Cheesesteaks
🏠 6 Avenue B, NYC
🗓️ Fri 9.11–Sun 9.13
: instagram @gssteaks
G’s Cheesesteaks is bringing back its Persian cheesesteak at its Lower East Side shop this weekend. The collab with Omid combines G’s ribeye with Omid’s sumac spice blend, fresh herbs, grilled onions and charred tomato, with saffron garlic aioli on the side.
Korean Gochujang Pork Pierogi
📍ATOBOY
🏠 43 E 28th St, NYC
🗓️ Thru Wed 9.30
: instagram @atoboynyc
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Atoboy is collaborating with NYC institutions, starting with Veselka. The Korean Gochujang Pork Pierogi are stuffed with caramelized gochujang pork, cabbage, scallion and chewy rice cake, then served with creamy kimchi ranch made with fresh herbs and white kimchi.
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The 8it team
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