East Passyunk proudly presents Flavors on the Avenue, on Sunday, April 28, 2024, from 11:00am to 5:00pm. Head to one of the most celebrated food streets in American for an all day, all ages food festival and block party that will showcase the Avenue’s award winning food scene.

Flavors is presented by East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District, with support from major sponsors Samuels Seafood Company, Daiya Vegan Cheese, Penn Beer and Forrester Property Management.

Over two dozen restaurants, bars and cafes will bring their signature dishes and drinks outside alongside local vendors, music acts and kids’ activities. Craft beer, wine and seasonal sips will be pouring to quench your thirst. Shop and stroll as Avenue retailers and boutiques offer spring sidewalk sales and specials for the day. Enjoy the best of Philadelphia’s maker scene with over 80+ artists and crafters curated by Nice Things Handmade. Family fun will include balloons, bounce house, arts and crafts, games and more.

The festivities will run along East Passyunk, from Broad to Dickinson streets. Free to attend and open to all ages!

PARKING

The closest parking is the Constitution Health Center parking garage at 1480 McKean St right across Broad St from the southern entrance to the festival. You can also get all-day parking for a discounted rate of $15, but you MUST purchase in advance using the following link:

BECOME A SPONSOR

For more information on sponsoring Flavors on the Avenue visit here

FOOD AND DRINK

Look for everything from street food favorites, tasty handhelds, vegan delights, sweet and savory options, and South Philly classics. Select restaurants will serve seasonal refreshments including cocktails, beer and wine. The early list of restaurants, bars and eateries will include:

* Barcelona Wine Bar – Patatas bravas with garlic aioli sauce, ham and cheese croquettes with garlic aioli
* Bing Bing Dim Sum – Cheesesteak baos (steak, cheese, onions and peppers on a bao bun), curry pan baos (curried potatoes, carrots and peppers on a bao bun), spiked lemonade (Tito’s vodka, blueberry ginger lemonade), Love City Pilsner IPA, Original Sin Cider
* Cantina Los Caballitos – TBD
* Delicious Sweets – Assorted cakes and cookies
* Ember & Ash – Oklahoma burger slider (ground beef, onion, and Comeback sauce on a Hawaiian roll)
* Flannel – Banana egg rolls (bananas, banana pudding wrapped in egg roll wrapper and fried), Nashville hot vegan chorizo wrap, iced coffee, iced tea
* Laurel EPX – Cigar City margarita gose, New Trail crisp lager, Shocksburh rose cider
* Le Virtu – Patio season returns with all the garden and Italian vibes, with food served inside, under the covered patio and out under the blue skies in the courtyard 
* Milk Jawn – Various flavors of ice cream
* Nutmeg Bar and Market – New to East Passyunk with a zero proof bar
* Noir – Rice balls (rice, cheese, prosciutto), hot dogs (with coleslaw and cabbage), cheeseburger, Poutine (french fries, cheese curds and brown gravy), roasted pork sandwich, beer and cocktails
* Ocho Rios Parrilla – Jerk chicken, peas and rice, steamed cabbage with mixed veggies, brown stew chicken, tacos (shrimp, chicken or pork), and pineapples with coconut milk
* Pistolas Del Sur – Chips and guacamole (avocado, pineapple, watermelon, chili flakes), Buffalo chicken sandwich (roasted chicken, carrots, cabbage, mayo, bleu cheese, Buffalo hot sauce), margaritas and beer
* Pizzata Pizzeria and Birreria – Cheese and pepperoni pizza and draft beer
* P’UNK burger – Chicken sandwich (boneless chicken, breaded and fried, lettuce, tomato) cheeseburger, hot sog, grilled portobello sandwich (portobello mushroom, BBQ sauce)
* Giuseppe’s Market at Samuels Seafood – Shrimp cocktail poke (shrimp, cucumber, onion, avocado, lime, cilantro, tomatoes, corn, tortilla), salmon poke (salmon, unagi glaze, spicy mayo, cucumber, carrots, daikon, shisho, scallion, corn tortilla), tuna poke (tuna, unagi glaze, spicy mayo, cucumber, carrots, daikon, shisho, scallion, corn tortilla)
* Stogie Joes – Pizza by the slide, beer, wine, mixed cocktails
* The Bottle Shop – Slushees and beer
* The Dutch – Adult beverages
* The Pub On Passyunk East (the P.O.P.E.) – Selection of cold beer
* Townsend – Shrimp toast (sliced squid ink brioche topped with shrimp salad), pickle on a stick (pickled Israeli cucumber), sausage on a stick (garlic sausage link, baked and served on a stick), Rhubarbie (rhubarb vodka, lavender and lemon), Duck al’ orange (duck fat whiskey, orange, bitters)
* Vanilya Bakery – Chocolate chip cookies, chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with buttercream, macarons

SHOPPING

Visit your favorite boutique or discover a newly opened retailer. Other Avenue businesses offering outdoor vending, side-walk sales and/or specials inside their businesses will also include:

* A Novel Idea on Passyunk – They’re offering our biggest sale of the year out front of the shop. 40% off select titles, $5, and $1 books. Their tarot reader Marguerite is offering flash tarot readings from 12-3pm. $15 for 10 minutes. Walk-ups only
* August Moon – Sidewalk sale: Tent outside with apparel and other items
* Bianca Simone – Tables and racks outside of the store
* Birds of Prey Artistry

* Civil Stock General Store
* Cross Country Mortgage-raffling off a pair of Phillies Tickets at Flavors (added 4/19 by MDGD)
* Eastern Pass Tattoo – Eastern Pass Tattoo will be celebrating Flavors on the Ave with all new, Philly themed designs– Flash Sheet Specials, $120-150 (for those 18yo+) & fun, FREE temporary tattoos for all ages!
* Filitalia International & Foundation
* Flavors & Favors
* Frame Fatale – Fresh new prints from Fine Little Day, Jessica Roux and more! 20% off all framed art, photo frames, and Ex Voto wall hangings. And as always, free consultation of custom framing projects
* Good Buy Supply – Good Buy Supply will be having a pop-up “Farm Stand” featuring limited edition produce-shaped candles.  Varieties will include Heirloom Tomatoes, Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Cherries + some other fun sustainable kitchen items
* Ground Up Cafe and Coffee
* Human Robot Süd
* Ismaels boutique – will be introducing women’s clothing to my shop. They will have racks outside along with some cocktails. Extra 20% off  sale items
* Latchkey LLC – DJing in the shop with music inside and out. Family friendly and fun for everyone who can hear it outside, as well as 10×10 tent out front with tables and such
* Mecha Chocolate

* Mockingbird Salon
* Movement Source Pilates
* Nice Things Handmade – Nice things handmade is joining forces with Artist Rose Bears the organizer of Jawnaroo and bringing live painting to  East Passyunk Ave. They will be featuring local artists Paul Carpenter, El Toro and Rose bears painting live during the event. They’ll even have a space for you to draw a thing or two next to these awesome artists
* Nostalgics Vintage & Retro – Nostalgics Vintage and Retro will have a 10 ft x 10 ft tent in the street with clothing accessories and gift items.  We have these Nostalgics tote bags discounted at $15.00 with purchases over $50
* Occasionette
* Sawubona Creativity Project – Hosting hourly Family Friendly shows at their theatre starting at 11am-4pm
* South fellini – Sidewalk sale of your favorite Philly-themed items!
* State Farm
* Sweat Fitness – opening to the public that day for free ( no guests fees- 18yrs and older ) and our membership special is a 21 day free trial with $0 enrollment for those who stay
* Tildie’s Toy Box – Balloon Giveaway and games with prizes
* Tiny Tildie’s – Sidewalk Sale

LIVE MUSIC

While festival-goers sip, savor and shop they can dance in the street with live music spread along the festival footprint at six locations. Dating back to the very early days of the festival, East Passyunk legend Stogie Joes will have festival-goers dancing in the street from start to end with tunes from Frank Sintatra followed by a DJ. The early music line-up is as follows:

Singing Fountain (1500 block)
11:30am to 1:30pm – Mia Johnson
1:45pm to 2:30pm – Batala
3:00pm to 5:00pm – Skip Winters

PPA Lot
All Day – DJ Lindsay

Watkins Street (1700 block)
12:00pm to 1:30pm – Cheddar Boys
1:45pm to 3:15pm – City Rhythm
3:30pm to 5:00pm – Brown Sugar

Moore St (1800 block)
All Day – Stogie Joe’s

Mifflin Triangle
11:00am to 2:00pm – Mike Carney
2:30pm to 4:30pm – Andrea Amoroso

Juniper Street (1900 block) – presented by Pistolas Del Sur
12:00pm to 2:00pm – Emily Drinker
2:00pm to 5:00pm – Cordelia Blue

FAMILY FUN

Along with endless food, drink and music options, Flavors will offer free family friendly activities presented by Philadelphia Union Soccer and The Capri Dessecker Team | RE/MAX One Realty Realty – including arts and crafts, games, moon bounce and more. Additionally, a number of boutiques and businesses along East Passyunk will also host workshops, activities and family fun inside their spaces.

ARTISTS AND MAKERS

Dating back to the event’s early years, Nice Things Handmade will present one of the city’s best curated line-ups for makers and artists. The event has grown from two dozen craft vendors to nearly 100 in 2024, selling everything from home decor, paintings, candles, jewelry, pottery, furniture, soaps, artisan packaged foods, handmade pet treats, fashion – and everything in between. The growing list is as follows:

Art By Alicia- Illustrations of Philly
Ana Thorne- Home art and accessories
Arts & Feels – Home accessories
Alley Cat Clay – Ceramics
Alien Bratz- Jewelry
Baby Face Mugs-Ceramics
Bath Bomb Baby- Body care
Clariza Plants – Gardening
Color and Flame- Candles
Caitlin Peck – Illustration
Collide Magazine -Artist group
Crea Designs – Jewelry
Cassie Craft Coven – Accessories
Designs By Rel- Jewelry
Daisy Lane Designs- Polymer clay jewelry
Dumpster Fires For You – Candles
Dye hard fan – Philly apparel
Evol Soul – Jewelry and accessories
Geometric Gem- Jewelry
Gay Clay- Polymer Jewelry
GB Jewelry – Jewelry
Geek Boy Press- Prints/T-shirts
HeyDay Vintage – Vintage
Joan Ramone- Children
Jane Broadbent- Ceramics
Jay McQuirns – Illustrations and stickers
Jeremy Berkman Graphic Design – Graphic design prints
Katheryn Maxwell- Art
Little Hammers – Crochet
Laura Murdoch Fine Art – Artwork
Lauren Matesich Art – Upcycled art/vintage
Lily Lough Jewelry – Jewelry
Little Kitty Vintage – Vintage
Madison Vermilya- Art
Meg Lemieur Art- Art
Mesc Designs – Jewelry
Modern hex – upcycled handmade clothing
Natural Order Handmade – Bath and Body
Old Blood Jewelry – Jewelry
Paint it Forward – Art
Philly Ain’t Bad – Clothing
Paul Carpenter Art – Clothing and Art
Philly Candles – Candles
Philly Yo’ Self – Prints
Rose Bear Art – Stickers /Art
Rope Buddies -Accessories
Randu Art- Clothing and stickers
Serving Silver- Jewelry
Studio Twenty-Nine – Jewelry
Stitchprism- Jewelry/Art
Skin Mush – Skin care
Stevie Llaney Art- Figure Drawings
S H Candles – Candles
Sevanesa Handmade – Soap
Sew Much Cooler – Children Clothing
Sew and Sow Boutique – Boutique Truck
Studio Bladel – Laser Cut Jewelry
Tootsie Vittles-Vintage
TieBro Handmade Bow Ties- bow ties made on site
The Tin Goat -Soap
The 50/50 Company- Art
The Satin Lady Vintage – Vintage
Textile Trolley- Baby Goods
Woolies- Childrens goods
Wrong World – Ceramics
Yardsale Press- Art

GENERAL INFORMATION

The event is free and open to the public, with food and drink pay-as-you-go. For more information, visit www.visiteastpassyunk.com, call 215-336-1455 and follow @eastpassyunk on social media. Watch for social media updates for music updates, vendor additions and other surprises. Tag #EastPassyunkFlavors to share favorite images from the festivities!

HISTORY

Flavors on the Avenue is inspired by East Passyunk’s former Flavors food festival and fundraiser that dates back to 2007. It started under a giant tent with the city’s top chefs serving their own signature bites to a sold out crowd of 1,000 festival-goers. The event was a fundraiser to pay for Avenue services, such as street cleaning and safety.

After outgrowing the space and set-up, the event expanded in 2017 and went from the tent to the street. Capacity went from 1,000 to tens of thousands, making that year’s event the largest event in the history of East Passyunk. The tent is still gone and the event now continues to go from a parking lot to five blocks. The event has expanded and added family fun, live music, sidewalk sales and makers/artists. It continues to be the Avenue’s largest signature event of the year – and one of the biggest outdoor food festivals in the region.

SPONSORS

Big thanks to major sponsors Samuels Seafood Company, Daiya Vegan Cheese, Penn Beer and Forrester Property Management.