Clearwater’s Vietnamese avenue meals occasion Saigon Summer season Night time Market launches subsequent weekend | Meals & Drink Occasions | Tampa
Fingers crossed that Florida’s impending hurricane season gained’t have an effect on a model new night time market that’s popping up in Clearwater this summer time.
Positioned at 14100 US Hwy. 19 N at Clearwater’s Little Saigon Plaza, an evening market chock stuffed with Vietnamese and different Southeast Asian delicacies will pop up each Saturday and Sunday night time beginning on June 3. It’s free-to-attend and child pleasant, and can run from 6 p.m.-11 p.m. each nights.
From boba teas, spring rolls and barbecue to specialty desserts, papaya salad and Vietnamese-style crawfish—the newly-launched Saigon Summer season Night time Market is a superb place to pattern a wide range of made-to-order avenue meals.
Market organizer Lew Nguyen moved from California to Tampa Bay two years in the past with the intention to begin a enterprise, and his desires of making a family-friendly gathering area have lastly come into fruition.
“I observed that there weren’t many distributors or Asian markets like there have been in California,” Nguyen tells Artistic Loafing Tampa Bay. “I created this night time market as a result of it is good for the local people and helps households and youngsters come collectively.”
He additionally helps out at Clearwater’s Little Saigon Plaza with upkeep and different obligations, so he’s in a position to work alongside the varied eating places and companies adjoining to his night time market.
Nguyen hosted his first avenue meals market to start with of Could, however took just a few weeks off to restructure and arrange it utilizing the suggestions he acquired from his first—considerably overwhelming—wave of shoppers.
“Over 1,000 folks from completely different components of Florida attended the primary market, I used to be shocked that individuals would drive hours to return right here,” Nguyen says.
A few of the distributors that attendees can anticipate at subsequent weekend’s market embrace boba slingers Bambu, Tampa’s Gao Restaurant, Thuy Cafe, Juju Taiyaki, T & T’s Pho, Quan Ngon FL, JuMary Eats and Basil & Rosemary—alongside a dozen extra small companies slinging a wide range of Southeast Asian fare.
Nguyen emphasizes that though a majority of his distributors focus on Asian cuisines, he accepts of us from all backgrounds at his weekly market. Considered one of its latest distributors is Tacos El Jamon, which dishes out loaded birria tacos and different Mexican fare.
Nguyen says a number of the small companies at his market additionally vend on the new Friday night time Laotian market and the weekly Pinellas Farmers and Flea Market—which is positioned down the road from the Saigon Summer season Night time Market. So for those who frequent both of these Asian foodie locations, chances are high you’ll see just a few acquainted faces.
Nguyen is at all times on the lookout for extra Tampa Bay-based meals distributors to take part in his summer time market sequence. Of us focused on slingin’ eats at this new Clearwater market can electronic mail Nguyen straight at [email protected] or give him a name at (727)-737-6774.
He tells CL that his weekend night time markets are simply the primary iteration of a a lot bigger thought, since he needs to maneuver places ultimately and develop programming to incorporate dwell leisure and youngsters actions, too.
For the most recent details about its vendor checklist, head to Saigon Summer season Night time Market’s Fb web page, the place updates are posted commonly.
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