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“The World Eats Here:” Stories From The Queens Night Market (Reheat)

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May 30, 2025
“The World Eats Here:” Stories From The Queens Night Market (Reheat)

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This was supposed to be the Queens Night Market’s big summer... When the open-air market debuted in 2015, the crowds were massive. Founder John Wang selected food vendors who represented more than 90 countries. And he had one rule for them: no item could cost more than $5. That way the market would be accessible to nearly everyone, and big businesses would stay away. In 2019 the market set a new record for attendance, and finally started to turn a small profit. In 2020 they planned to release a cookbook. Instead, because of coronavirus, the market never opened. This week, to understand some of what we’ve lost to the pandemic, we share a vivid reminder of what we had.

This episode contains explicit language.

Interstitial music in this episode by Black Label Music:

  • "Party Hop" by Jack Ventimiglia
  • "Star Shooting Light" by Hayley Briasco
  • "Minimaliminal" by Black Label Productions
  • "Mouse Song Light" by Ken Brahmstedt
  • "Narwhal" by Casey Hjelmberg
  • "Rogue Apples" by Karla Dietmeyer and Olivia Diercks
  • "Gust of Wind" by Max Greenhalgh
  • "Dilly Dally" by Hayley Briasco
  • "Saturn Returns" by Ken Brahmstedt
  • "Can't Bring Me Down" by Jack Ventimiglia
  • “Soul Good” by Lance Conrad

Photo courtesy of John Taggart.

 

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