BY: Artie Campomanes Staff Writer for World Liberty TV

In honor of soccer’s biggest weekend, Eater is hosting a one-day food extravaganza celebrating global cuisine.

Grab your soccer jersey and TSA-approved bottle of ranch, because Eater is hosting a sprawling, one-day-only culinary event — our largest ever! — To commemorate the biggest weekend in international soccer.

On Saturday, July 18 at Pier 36 in New York City,  Eater World’s Fare, an immersive, family-friendly event where food-lovers can congregate and eat their way through delicious representations of food from around the globe, prepared by heavy-hitter chefs and some of the most seasoned folks in the food game.

Eater’s World’s Fare borrows from the world’s fairs of old, which famously brought a vast array of nations together in the name of culture and innovation. We’re giving that idea a delicious update for a new generation —and a bigger appetite.

As Eater Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Wu says, “We wanted to create an experience that brings together the very best of food and sports, and celebrate the many, many communities that make up this city, at a time when all eyes are on New York.”

Eater World’s Fare tickets started at $30, granting Fare-goers access to 30+ dishes by many of Eater’s favorite chefs from across the country. Consider your matchday squad stacked with the likes of Golden Diner, Mokbar, Caffe Panna, and Win Son Bakery; expect Charles Pan Fried Chicken, Banh Anh Em, Sally’s Apizza, and dozens of other Eater-fave restaurants, all with specialty dishes available for purchase. Plus, all guests can score 10+ complimentary bites and wander through interactive fan experiences thanks to brand partners including Cathay Pacific, Square, Maruchan, Milagro Tequila, Dole, San Pellegrino, Edible Arrangements, Lifeway Kefir, and Manhattan Beer.

A limited number of VIP tickets permitted entry to an exclusive lounge presented by award-winning airline Cathay Pacific. VIPs received access to complimentary culinary creations from Dominique Ansel, South Philly Barbacoa, Sushi Noz, and the Jose Andres Group’s Mercado Little Spain — oh, and an open bar.

Attendees had an experience with Gourmega, a dining pop-up from the acclaimed Ghetto Gastro collective, showcasing small and local NYC businesses powered by Square. Dole offered a tropical smorgasbord of its world-famous pineapple juice, refreshing fruit bowls, and other juicy favorites. Morton Salt handed out tote bags and offer different varieties of salt as toppings.

Official event waters Sanpellegrino and Acqua Panna will be complementing the food, and presenting flavors of Sanpellegrino CIAO! Sparkling water.

There was a pitch-side concession stand by Edible Arrangements doling out free fruit and baked goodies, as well as an interactive soccer challenge using a larger-than-life, inflatable Lifeway Kefir bottle by Lifeway Foods. (Wash down all the excitement with complimentary probiotics.).

It was a very well attended event thousands of people in attendance from all over the world, some wearing their soccer jerseys, where everyone was getting ready for the Argentina VS Spain final (Which Spain won by one goal , winning their 2^nd FIFA Cup.

It was a soccer atmosphere, with different signage and design at PIER 36. It definitely was great all the foods from around the world.

I enjoyed Sally’s Pizza from New Haven Connecticut, it was a small pie, tasted so fresh and one of the best pizza’s I have tasted for a long time.

The Executive Chef and Director of Culinary at the legendary Sally’s Apizza in New Haven, Connecticut, Bret Lunsford, went on to say, they have been in business since 1936,  four locations in Connecticut and 2 more locations in  Massachusetts.

Mr Lunsford went on to say, we have other food and dishes to offer our customers. If you are in Connecticut next time, do make a stop at Sally’s Apizza, and tell them World Liberty TV, sent you.

Thousands of people in attendance, I enjoyed myself very much trying many desserts, and food dishes, it was our first time at Eater World’s Fare event we look forward to attending future events.

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