Brooklyn Eats shows off why Brooklyn may be the foodie capital of America
Just about one in six of the 49,000 businesses in Brooklyn are food related which accounts for 12.5 percent of the 472,000 private sector jobs, according to the Winter 2012 Brooklyn Labor Market Review. It’s the second largest industry in the borough, only surpassed by health care.
Brooklyn Eats, a free-to-the-public food and beverage manufacturing trade show in East Williamsburg, showcased this on Wednesday as more than 100 different food vendors from all over the borough we represented.
“Brooklyn really is becoming the foodie capital of America, and probably the world, so we’re extremely proud to be a part of this,” said Ari Botsford from Whimsical Confections.