What’s Worth the Lines at Smorgasburg LA Right Now: Garlic Butter Shrimp and Flying Noodles: It’s been nearly a year since an offshoot of New York’s wildly popular food market, Smorgasburg, opened in downtown Los Angeles, and the weekly nosh-fest is still going strong. “L.A. is not New York and downtown L.A. is not Brooklyn, but yeah, it’s been really, really good. For a weekly L.A. market we bring in anywhere from 5 to 8,000 people every Sunday, which for L.A. is enormous,” Smorgasburg LA market manager Zach Brooks told The Feast in an interview.
Brooklyn Market: Woodstock of Eating: Smorgasburg, the open-air market held Saturdays on the Williamsburg waterfront, is like a summer rock festival for food.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: the name Smorgasburg is a portmanteau of “Smörgsbord” and “Williamsburg” it originated in Williamsburg, Brooklyn next to the east river . it is the food tends to be small-batch and innovative foods. Smorgasburg grew quickly in popularity and some vendors were able to upgrade to brick-and-mortar locations. the Alameda Produce Market has expanded to Los Angeles in 2016 . it features over forty vendors and brings in around 8,000 people every Sunday . this was also a way to revive a part of Los Angeles that was
