Eating LA: 10 years of Smorgasburg and counting (calories)

According to Zach Brooks, general manager of Smorgasburg LA, there is no better way to enjoy the city of LA than through its food. Brooks has tested this worldview in other cities as well, such as New York, where he began his food writing career with the launch of a website called Midtown Lunch.

It was while running this venture that he met the founders of Smorgasburg New York, which started about 15 years ago.

“Originally, it was the Brooklyn Flea, before there were a lot of hipster flea markets,” Brooks explained. “They were one of the first in Fort Greene in Brooklyn, and it had a little bit of food. The food became so popular that when they got an opportunity to launch a second event, they decided to focus on food, and they called it Smorgasburg because the original one was in Williamsburg.” . . .

Read the entire article at LA Downtown News.

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