After a successful run last year, Hester Street Fair is coming back for round two in Seward Park, starting Saturday, May 7. The outdoor mash-up of local food and goods is a fraction of the size of the massive Brooklyn fleas, but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in spirit. Veteran TV personality SuChin Pak and the rest of The Big Social group have created a tight-knit warm weather weekend community for New Yorkers who want to support locally sourced goods and have a place to retreat to when everyone else has decamped to the Hamptons.

It's not just a place to possibly strike thrifting gold or hope to double up on Luke's Lobster rolls and a side of Green Brown Orange specialties — you can just come to hang out, set up your lawn chair (but good luck on finding ample space for that), and play ping pong. May seems like it's light years away but if we mark it on our calendars now, the Hester Street Fair redux will be here before we know it. In the meantime, I'll keep you updated on any unfolding participating vendor developments!

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