Sunday, September 18, 2011
Orchard Street
(between Broome and Grand)

11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

New York City Apple Day is a unique street festival where visitors can experience all things apple related. Right in the heart of the Big Apple, visitors will feel like “urban farmers” with countless varieties of apples – many transported from upstate New York from farms including Red Jacket Orchards. The day also includes many of the Lower East Side’s culinary venues (all getting in the apple spirit and incorporating the ingredient into their cuisine) retailers, cultural institutions, live music, and more.

New York City Apple Day – Apples on Orchard pays tribute to the neighborhood’s historical connection to apples. The Lower East Side was an apple orchard farm in the 1700s, owned by a French farmer named Delancey.

Join us for the National Apple Pie Eating Championship at 2 p.m.!
The Lower East Side Business Improvement District will sponsor The Apple Day National Apple Pie Eating Championship at 2:00 p.m. where a new National Apple Pie eating record will be established. All Pro Eating Promotions (http://www.CompetitiveEaters.com) will sanction the competitive eating contest and handle all contest related activities. The contest will award prize money to the top three finishers in the amounts of $500.00, $300.00 and $100.00. An additional $100.00 will be awarded to the highest finishing local resident.

Experience great food and drink from:

88 Orchard
An Choi
APL
BabyCakes
Berkli Parc
Cafe Grumpy
Cafe Katja
Casa Mezcal
Dora
Fatta Cuckoo
Georgia’s East Side BBQ
Goodfellas LES
Interstate Food & Liquor
Katz’s Deli
Lost Weekend NYC
Maraya
Mastihashop
Melt Bakery
Mortgage Apple Cakes
Original Delancey St. Peanut Company
Red Jacket Orchards
Roasting Plant
Roni-Sue’s Chocolates
Saxelby Cheesmongers
Sons of Essex
Spitzer’s Corner
Spur Tree
The Sweet Life
The Teaologist

And additional activities from:

Brandsway Sound

City Running Tours (fun run in the LES on Apple Day)
The run begins at 10 AM. Check in will begin at 9:45 AM. The run will start and end at the Lower East Side Visitors Center (54 Orchard St.).The run will be approximately 4 miles. Bag and coat check will be available. Water will be provided.

Chabad of the LES
Henry Street Settlement
Lower East Side Ecology Center
Lower East Side Business Improvement District (free historical tour)
Mark Miller Gallery (coloring tables for kids)
New Museum
Scribble Town (fun activities for kids)
Tenement Museum
Urban Glass (demonstrations of making glass apple beads)

Special thanks to Mark Miller Gallery for being a sponsor of NYC Apple Day and to Whole Food for providing the apple pies for the competition!