"There's something special about street food that cannot be replicated inside a restaurant. Maybe it's the spontaneous decision about what to order, or the personal connection we often develop with our favorite vendors, who soon know us by name. This holiday season, New York City's Museum of Food and Drink is celebrating photography that stars street food vendors from around the globe."
""Street food is culture," pointedly states the Museum of Food and Drink on its website. It's a simple statement with a lot of gravitas, one that's instantly noticed by looking at some of the photographs that are on display. A lone vendor by the ocean tending to his cart under an old umbrella that's still doing its job despite looking somewhat shabby."
Museum of Food and Drink in New York City is presenting a free exhibition of street food vendor photography curated with the World Food Photography Awards. The showcase runs December 2, 2025 to January 11, 2026 in the lobby of Empire Stores, 55 Water Street, Brooklyn, and is open all day. The World Food Photography Awards are UK-based, and these photographs are being shown in the United States for the first time. The exhibition includes both professional and amateur work, portraying cultural scenes, vendor livelihoods, and vivid moments such as seaside carts, cotton candy frames, expressive dough-throwing, and adaptive vendors in resource-scarce regions.
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