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Robert LaValva

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    July 15, 2011

    Russ & Daughters Will Bring Its Holland Herring to Sunday's New Amsterdam Market

    Russ & Daughters​New Catch Holland herring fans who couldn't make it to Russ & Daughters' annual Herring Pairing last month, take heart: The store will be serving the Dutch delicacies at this Sunday's New Amsterdam Market.

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    September 24, 2010

    Smoked Eels and Trout, Wild Foods, and Catskills Products at New Amsterdam Market This Weekend

    Trust us, this looks way more appetizing than an actual eel.​Back in May, the New Amsterdam Market commandeered the Marble Cemetery for a fundraiser showcasing a variety of wild botanicals from Vermont. On Sunday, the Vermont food gatherers will return to the market, and they'll have plenty of ... More >>

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    June 17, 2010

    A New Report Offers New Visions for New York's Street Fairs

    A plague of souvlaki and tube socks.​The folks at Terroir aren't the only ones who have noticed that summer street fairs tend to suck. The Center for an Urban Future has just released "New Visions for New York Street Fairs," a report designed to "kick off a discussion about how these staples o ... More >>

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    June 4, 2010

    New Amsterdam Will Go Weekly; the Brooklyn Flea Will Have Milkshakes, an Ice Cream Social, and Camera Obscura

    artichokeheart.wordpress.comMarket bounty: soon to be delivered on a weekly basis.​When we ran into Robert LaValva a couple of weeks ago at the City of Merchants fundraiser, the New Amsterdam Market founder shared the exciting news that the monthly market would be going weekly. And now it's of ... More >>

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    May 24, 2010

    The New Amsterdam Market Returns on June 27

    Bivalves abounded at last year's New Amsterdam Market.​It's back! Following its City of Merchants fundraiser last Saturday, the New Amsterdam Market has just announced it will be returning to the South Street Seaport on Sunday, June 27. There will be subsequent monthly markets on July 24 and A ... More >>

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    December 16, 2009

    New Amsterdam's Robert LaValva Looks Forward to Next Year's Market, Which Is Set to Return in the Spring

    A scene from September's New Amsterdam Market​ Though it seems it was just yesterday, rather than three months ago, that the New Amsterdam Market returned to the South Street Seaport, the last market of the year will take place this Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Though it's been a whirlwind o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Report From the New Amsterdam Market

    ​Yesterday marked the triumphant return of the New Amsterdam Market to the South Street Seaport. The market, which was last held in June 2008, brought together some 80 regional food and wine producers underneath the FDR Drive. Robert LaValva, New Amsterdam's founder and director, is planning t ... More >>

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    September 9, 2009

    Gearing Up for the New Amsterdam Market

    artichokeheart.wordpress.com​Fork in the Road has been eagerly awaiting the return of the New Amsterdam Market, Robert LaValva's labor of locavore love. The market, which comes to the South Street Seaport this Sunday, will run once a month through December, and feature some 80 regional artisan ... More >>

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    August 13, 2009

    New Amsterdam's Robert La Valva Talks Cake and Vendors

    thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com​Among the many matters that Robert LaValva must attend to before his New Amsterdam Market returns to the South Street Seaport next month is that of cake. Specifically, the kind of cake that may or may not be sold at the stand run by Saltie's, the new bakery fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    The New Amsterdam Market Is Back

    artichokeheart.wordpress.com​The New Amsterdam Market will return to South Street Seaport on Sunday, September 13, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The open-air market, which was last held in June 2008 (its first appearance was in October 2005), will be open one Sunday a month through the end of the yea ... More >>

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    February 18, 2009

    Oysters For A Good Cause This Saturday

    Tickets are still available for this Saturday's Founded on Oyster Shells event benefiting New Amsterdam Market. A $50 ticket gets you 7 oysters, $100 gets you unlimited. Oysters in attendance include Chincoteagues from Toby Island Bay Oysters and Blue Points from Blue Island Oyster Company. Restaura ... More >>

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