One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
First KTOWN Night Market Launches This Spring
Korean chicken skewers sold at a night market (Photo by travel oriented via the Creative Commons on Flickr)
Get ready for a grub fest! Koreatown, our little slice of heaven for delicious Korean food, will be home to the first ever KTOWN Night Market come this spring.
KTOWN Night Market will take place from April 18 to April 19 at Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools. This outdoor (and free!) event will have over 100 booths selling food and merchandise. The food will "represent the full breadth of multi-ethnic street cuisine from Los Angeles and Orange County," according to a statement from KTOWN Night Market.
What's even more exciting is that the folks from Seoul Sausage Company on the Westside (who won Season 3 of Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race) will be curating the food trucks at the event. (We trust their taste since their food is top notch.) There will also be live entertainment performers and carnival games.
KTOWN Night Market is still accepting applications from vendors who want to whip up their dishes at the food festival. They haven't announced a list of which vendors will be there yet, but they've been teasing us with photos like these on their Facebook and Instagram pages:
Looks like we might have to wear our stretchy sweatpants for this one.
Sponsored message
KTOWN Night Market will take place at 701 S Catalina St. in Koreatown on April 18 from 4 p.m. to midnight and April 19 from 2 p.m. to midnight
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
