Restaurants
Hattie B’s Hot Chicken
Hattie B’s is coming all the way from Nashville, Tennessee, and they’re bringing their world famous hot chicken with them. They can make chicken that’s hot enough to end a years long vow of silence, but they’ll have the milder recipe available too.
Shake Shack x Uncle Boons
For EEEEEATSCON weekend only, Shake Shack is collaborating with Uncle Boons on an exclusive burger and coconut sundae concrete. Come experience this mashup before it’s sealed in the tombs of burger history.
Crown Shy
Getting over a 9.0 from The Infatuation is like successfully representing yourself in court. It’s not impossible, but it’s pretty hard. With a 9.1 on Infatuation NYC, Crown Shy is one of our favorite new restaurants this year, and you won’t need to make a reservation a month in advance to try it.
Razza
If you haven't heard, one of NYC's absolute best pizza places is actually in… New Jersey. Before you grab your pitchforks, grab a pie at EEEEEATSCON. This Jersey City spot sources almost all its ingredients from its home state, and they'll be bringing their wood-fired pies to Forest Hills.
Tokyo Record Bar
Tokyo Record Bar is an underground izakaya in Greenwich Village where you eat a seven course meal while listening to songs you handpicked on vinyl. There isn’t really anything like Tokyo Record Bar in NYC, and they’re bringing a unique experience to EEEEEATSCON. Stay tuned for details on how to get in.
Brigadiers
London is home to some seriously excellent Indian restaurants, and we're bringing one of our absolute favorites to NYC for the first time. One of The Infatuation London's Best New Restaurants of 2018, Brigadiers makes what may be London's best tandoori lamb chops.
Hoppers
Owned by the same people as Brigadiers, this Sri Lankan restaurant has pretty much had a line outside since it opened in London in 2015. Now with two locations, Hoppers is also making its first trip over the Atlantic.
Salt & Straw Handmade Ice Cream
This Portland-based ice cream shop is known for putting unusual things in ice cream (and really pulling it off). It was such a big hit at EEEEEATSCON LA, we decided everyone in NYC should try it too.
Di An Di
A top spot on our Best New Restaurants list in 2018, and one of our favorite places to eat Vietnamese food in NYC. Expect some classics as well as dishes you’ve never seen before, like the Vietnamese pizza.
Sanguich De Miami
The Infatuation is launching in Miami shortly after EEEEEATSCON NY. Because we're extremely excited about that, we're bringing the city's best Cubano up north. This Little Havana spot is a Miami must.
Crif Dogs
One of the East Village's quintessential late-night spots, Crif Dogs wraps their hot dogs in bacon and then tops them with a bunch of different things you didn’t know you needed on a hot dog. (But you do.)
Daily Provisions
One bite of the breakfast sandwiches, French crullers, or basically anything Daily Provisions makes, and you’ll find yourself stopping in Union Square each morning before work. (Even though you live and work uptown.)
Bite into Maine
Some people say you haven’t had a lobster roll until you’ve had one from Maine. Those people are us, which is why we’re bringing Bite into Maine down to New York, so you can see what we mean.
Mama’s TOO!
If trying to make a name for yourself as a brand new pizza place in NYC is like being the new kid at school with something to prove, then Mama’s TOO! just blew everyone away with a breakdance routine at homecoming.
KOPITIAM
This Lower East Side coffee shop specializes in small Malaysian dishes, sweets, and making some of our favorite things to eat for breakfast.
Shanghai You Garden
This Flushing spot has some of NYC's absolute best soup dumplings, including a giant version where you drink the soup out of a straw.
THE DOUGHNUT PROJECT
A doughnut shop with flavors like Beet Ricotta and Maple Bacon. Get one for free at The Postmates Doughnut Project.
Parm x Dirty French
One of our top-rated sandwich spots and its sister restaurant are collaborating on some EEEEEATSCON-exclusive dishes you probably won’t see again.
La Contenta
If we could only eat guacamole from one place for the rest of our lives, we would be very sad. We would also probably pick La Contenta to be that place, because it has some of the best Mexican food you can find in NYC and an 8.8 from The Infatuation.
Revenge BBQ
We'd row up the Hudson to get to this Texas-style BBQ spot in Irvington, NY. Luckily, we don’t have to.
Besfren
This bakery slash Korean beauty store makes some of our favorite soft serve around, in flavors like green tea and ube. Yes, you're going to want to take a picture of it.
LoLo's Seafood Shack
With a style that’s inspired by both the Carribean and New England, LoLo’s is a small Harlem counter-order shop that makes some seriously good seafood.
Defonte's Sandwich Shop
A legendary Brooklyn sandwich spot that’s been making giant Italian heroes for almost 100 years. You’ll probably want to try everything they have at EEEEEATSCON, so it’s a good thing the festival is two days long this time around.
City Cakes
The cookies at City Cakes weigh in at about half a pound, so we usually get a couple to eat and then a couple to play frisbee with (and then eat).
KICHIN
Originally a take-out counter at Baby’s All Right, KICHIN now has its own space in Bushwick, with Korean and Japanese-influenced tapas, plus Korean fried chicken that’s so good you’ll call in sick to work the next day so you can go back as soon as they open.
TacoVision
This new Midtown spot makes all its tacos on organic blue corn tortillas made fresh daily. Catch some of our favorites at EEEEEATSCON.
Noble Rot
Our favorite restaurant and wine bar from London (and our highest rated with a 9.5), is curating The Wine Room at EEEEEATSCON this year. Come drink some wine, learn a little bit about what’s in your glass, and find out why Noble Rot is the first place we send anyone going to London.
Speakers
Musicians
Catherine Cohen
Catherine Cohen is a comedian and actress based in NYC. She hosts a weekly cabaret show at Alan Cumming’s East Village venue, Club Cumming, and co-hosts the popular weekly podcast, Seek Treatment. Catherine can been seen in the most recent season of HBO’s High Maintenance, as well as the final season of Broad City. TimeOut named her one of Five NYC comedians to look out for in 2018. She’ll be performing in The Wine Room.
Lolo Zouaï
Lolo Zouaï is a singer, songwriter, and producer. Zouaï's 2017 release "High Highs to Low Lows" has over 10 million streams worldwide, and earned the top track placement on Spotify's Fresh Finds Best of 2017 playlist. Zouaï followed up on the success of High Highs to Low Lows with a series of self-released singles and music videos, leading to collaborations with Blood Orange and Stelios as well as a Grammy nomination for her songwriting on H.E.R.
LAUNDRY DAY
LAUNDRY DAY is a New York-based band made up of five high school students. Originally formed in the summer of 2017, they released their third album, HOMESICK, earlier this year and have sold out some of NYC’s most iconic venues.
Abir
Abir is a Moroccan-born singer-songwriter who draws from the influences of both American and Middle Eastern music. Since moving to Astoria, Queens in 2016, she has opened for various artists in the NYC area, and has signed with Atlantic Records.
Your Smith
Minneapolis native Your Smith’s sound brings together the funk / R&B "Minneapolis Sound" of her roots and the classic songwriting of the LA folk heroes. She is currently wrapping up her debut EP, produced by Tommy English (BØRNS), Stint (Gallant, Aluna George, NAO), and Nicky Davey (Internet, Syd The Kid) this fall, and will commence a full US headline tour in September.
Vy Higginsen’s Sing Harlem Choir
Vy Higginsen’s Sing Harlem Choir is a group of performers from the Mama Foundation for the Arts’ Music School of Gospel, Jazz and R&B. They’ve accompanied artists like Ariana Grande, Chance the Rapper, Pharrell Williams, and Madonna at venues like The Grammy Awards, SNL, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
The Resistance Revival Chorus
The Resistance Revival Chorus is a group of over 60 women who formed a collective in the summer of 2017, with a mission to bring joy into the resistance. Recently, the group performed with Kesha at the Grammys, and alongside Cyndi Lauper, Camila Cabello, Andra Day, Julia Michaels and Bebe Rexha.
Vikas
VIKAS is a Brooklyn-based DJ who regularly performs at some of NYC's biggest venues. He is a regular in Miami and LA and at annual festivals such as Art Basel, SXSW, and Coachella.
Run P.
The founder of the dance party QUENCH, Run P. is a DJ, producer, and radio personality. His internationally acclaimed mixes combine House, R&B, Disco, Hip-Hop, Afrobeat, Dancehall, and more.
Darling Chuck
Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Darling Chuck draws on musical and cultural influences from both east and west coasts, bridging new sounds with soul, R&B, rap, house, electronic and indie. In 2015, she co-founded "FOMO," a Brooklyn monthly dance party that aims to push hip-hop and dance culture forward. She’s been featured in Refinery 29, Billboard, PAPER Magazine, Thump, and The Fader.