DayLife: Sunday, June 2nd 2013
DayLife is a FREE 3-block special event that covers Orchard Street in astroturf and pushcarts, and includes the best in LES food and fashion vendors.
The year DayLife will include
Katz’s Deli 125th Year Anniversary Pastrami Eating Contest!
DayLife will also feature activities such as free Yoga classes at the top of each hour courtesy of Yoga High, DJ lessons from Scratch DJ Academy, badminton, urban croquet, face-painting and stage full of top-tier talent curated by The Living Room at our Tammany Hall stage. Enter for a chance to win an Essex Street Market gift basket HERE and check out last year’s event video HERE.
You can check out more photos from past events on our Facebook page and meet previous DayLife vendors with this series of interviews on our YouTube channel. Pop over to our DayLife press page and see what outlets such as Daily Candy, Urban Daddy, and the New York Times had to say about DayLife in June 2012.
Check out our June 2nd 2013 DayLife vendor list:
Brooklyn Taco, Essex Market, 120 Essex Street
Cafe Dancer, 96 Orchard Street
Cheeky Sandwiches, 35 Orchard Street
Dinner on Ludlow, 95 Delancey Street
The Fat Radish, 17 Orchard Street
Georgia’s East Side BBQ, 192 Orchard Street
Goodfellas Brick Oven Pizza, 144 Orchard Street
Grey Lady, 77 Delancey Street
Hair of the Dog, 168 Orchard Street
Hot Bread Kitchen, La Marqueta, 1607 Park Ave
Katz’s Deli, 205 E. Houston Street
The Leadbelly, 14 Orchard Street
Lost Weekend NYC, 45 Orchard Street
The Meatball Shop, 84 Stanton Street
Melt Bakery, 132 Orchard Street
Mexicue, 106 Forsyth
Mi Casa es su Casa, 140 Orchard Street
Mission Chinese, 154 Orchard Street
Pop Karma, 95 Orchard Street
Pushcart Coffee, 221 E. Broadway
Roasting Plant, 81 Orchard Street
Souvlaki GR, 116 Stanton Street
Spur Tree, 76 Orchard Street
Sweet Buttons Desserts, 84 Rivington Street
Tache Artisan Chocolates, 254 Broome Street
Tiengarden, 170 Allen Street
Retail by:
By Robert James, 74 Orchard Street
GritNGlory, 186 Orchard Street
The Hoodie Shop, 181 Orchard Street
Horse + Nail, 74 Orchard Street
Pull-In, 147 Orchard Street
Quinn, 181 Orchard Street
Revolution Now, 162 Allen Street
Yaf Sparkle, 158 Orchard Street
Other area businesses:
The Yard, 85 Delancey Street
Streit’s Matzo and The American Dream
Media Partner:
Sponsors:
Tirosh & Team of Douglas Elliman
Non-Profit Partners
Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy
Manny Cantor Center at The Educational Alliance
DayLife Testimonials:
“We had the best sales day since we opened 4 years ago!”- Charlie Nagle, manager of Skunkfunk
“I would ABSOLUTELY LOVE for DayLife to happen again…The traffic in my store was amazing! It really brought people out, and they were in the mood to shop! There was a point when my store was completely PACKED, and not because of the rain!! “-Inna Plotkin, owner of MissInna
“I started to work on Orchard Street in 1983. I’ve never seen so many people on the street…it was the best traffic in years!” -Nick Polanco, owner of Nick & Son
“DayLife brought life back to Orchard Street on a Sunday. The best part was seeing Orchard Street bustling energy and commerce. This hasn’t happened in years.” -Niki Russ Federman, owner of Russ & Daughters
