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3rd Annual EscapeMaker's Local Food & Travel Expo



Join EscapeMaker.com for their 3rd Annual
EscapeMaker's Local Food & Travel Expo

Hosted by Brooklyn Tourism and presented by Amtrak,
Zipcar and the NY Apple Association

Saturday, October 5th, 2013
12pm-5pm
Brooklyn Borough Hall
209 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201

Find your next weekend getaway or local day trip!
Local food samples, wine & cheese tasting,
plus green getaway ideas AND.... a "Made in Brooklyn" floor
featuring farms, restaurants that source locally,
food and beverages made in the borough!

WIN DOOR PRIZES!
GETAWAY PRIZES WILL BE GIVEN AWAY!
LIMITED TICKETS! MUST BE REGISTERED
TO ATTEND! REGISTER HERE FOR FREE

Sponsors & Partners:


Amtrak - Vermont & NY Travel Discounts
Brooklyn Tourism - On-site Visitor's Center open
New York Apple Association - Free apples
Zipcar - Discounts & photobooth

Edible Magazine - Edible Brooklyn, Manhattan, East End and LI
GrowNYC - Special Greenmarket for sales outside
Heritage Radio - live interviews from the show floor

Metro Newspapers - Newspapers
Urban Oyster Tours - 20% discount on tours

Exhibitors:

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Appalachian Mountain Club, NY, NJ, CT - Workshops
Alliance for Coney Island, Brooklyn - NY - Info ?on attractions 
Ballard's Honey, NY* - Honey (sales only)
Barclay's / Brooklyn Nets, Brooklyn - NY - Info on tickets
Brandywine Valley Cooking School - PA - Homemade gumbo
Bread Alone, NY* - Bread and pastries (sales only)
Brooklyn Artery, Brooklyn - NY - Jam, syrups, kimchi and cider
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn - NY - Info on tours and new exhibits
Brooklyn Winery, Brooklyn - NY - Wine
Cabot Cheese, VT - Cheese
Cacao Prieto, Brooklyn - NY - Chocolate and cordials
Champlain Valley Alpacas, VT - Info on farmstays
Country Byways - Niagara & Finger Lakes, NY - Nut butter
Delamar Resort, CT - Info on packages
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Brooklyn - NY - Pulled pork
Discover Lehigh Valley, PA - Info on packages
Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, Brooklyn - NY - Area Info
Floating Bridge Food & Farms Coop, VT - Maple, dairy, salsa
Francesca's Bakery, NJ* - Pastries (sales only)
Good Commons, VT - Brownies
Grandview Farm, VT - Info on farmstays and fiber retreats
Green Mountain Girls Farm, VT - Caramel, honey
Hamanassett Bed & Breakfast, PA - Info on packages
Hotel BPM, Brooklyn - NY - Info on packages
Howe Caverns, NY - Fudge
Kelso Brewery, Brooklyn - NY - Beer
Luzerne County Convention & Visitors Bureau, PA - Peanuts
Metro-North Railroad, NY to CT - Info on packages
Millport Dairy, PA* - Cheese and dairy products (sales only)
Moore St. Market, Brooklyn - NY - Variety of market samples
New York by Rail, NY & VT - Free guides
New York City Transit Museum, Brooklyn - NY - Info on history
NY Distilling Company/ The Shanty, Brooklyn - NY - Spirits
Original Sin Hard Cider - Brooklyn, NY - Hard cider
Pure Catskills , NY - Maple, yogurt, candy
Stinky Bklyn Cheese, Brooklyn - NY - Cheese
Sumptuous Syrups of Vermont, VT - Mocktails with syrups
Vermont Vacation, VT - Info on vacations
Vermont Wedding Barn, VT - Info on packages
Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn - NY - Info on tours
Wilklow Orchards, NY* - Apples & cider (sales only)
Woodloch Resort, PA - Info on packages


* located in GrowNYC Greenmarket outside (sales only)

Appalachian Mountain Club will be doing workshops on hiking
backpacking and paddling throughout the day!

DIRECTIONS:
Subway: 2,3,4,5 to Borough Hall,
R to Court St. or A, C, F to Jay St.

Parking: Edison Park East at 134 Schermerhorn St., 
Central Parking at 333 Adams St.,
Livingston Street Parking at 111 Livingston St.

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Press Event at 11:30am with Senator Eric Adams!
Press register here!
PRESS RELEASE 2013

LIMITED TICKETS! ATTENDEES MUST BE REGISTERED
TO ENTER!
REGISTER HERE FOR FREE!

 


 

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