16-07-2025
A Pakistani Food Cart Finds a More Permanent Home
is an editor and reporter for the Northeast region at Eater, focusing primarily on New York City, where she was born and raised. She covers restaurants, bars, pop-ups, and the people powering them.
Pakistani street food spot, Karachi Kabab Boiz, from a group of friends who ran a kebab roll cart around Queens, has settled into a (somewhat) more permanent home. Starting today, they'll be serving their portable, affordable Pakistani kebab rolls out of a takeout-only window in Jackson Heights, located at 72‑08 Broadway, the team confirms to Eater. The trio launched in 2023, by childhood friends from Karachi who wanted to bring more Pakistani street food to Queens. Their rolls use a homemade pani paratha, made with a half puri and half paratha mix; the meat is tender and cooked over a charcoal-grill with flavors like beef bihari — marinated for 48 hours using a spice mixture from Pakistan — and served with a house-made sauce and onions.
Two farmers market stands to know this summer
A TikTok has alerted us to Pretty Horse, described as a 'worker-owned cooperative' specializing in kale Caesar salad wraps and fizzy lemonade. The stand operates on Saturdays at Grand Army Plaza, in conjunction with the Prospect Park farmers market hours. Meanwhile, over in Williamsburg, at the McCarren Park farmers market, there's a Saturdays-only raspberry slushie stand that deserves your attention.
An exciting breakfast spot launches a supper club
Patio Tropical, a 'taste of sunshine and Colombia,' is essentially a cafe speakeasy, tucked behind This Is Latin America, an artisan shop at 234 Grand Street in Williamsburg. It opened in February of this year from Stephanie Bonnin, who had made a name in New York for her pop-ups under the La Tropikitchen moniker. Patio Tropical, a tropical oasis functioning out of a heated atrium, has so far been a daytime offering for the neighborhood. But as of this week, Bonnin has added a supper club — a nighttime tasting menu bookable through Resy, beginning on Friday, July 18, and select Fridays from there on. It's BYOB.
