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Scenes From CoffeeFest 2025 @ Javits Center (Part One)

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The CoffeeFest for 2025 recently took over a section of Javits Center for its annual trade show. For those in the coffee industry and its adjacent businesses, it is definitely the place to be. At the time of my visit, the trade show had been happening for a day already and I didn’t have a press badge until I dropped into their show room and express my own interest.  In the past, if one had a Media badge for the co-located New York Restaurant Show you were golden for this trade show but that has changed now.

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Once inside and prepped I began walking the aisles to hopefully talk to some interesting exhibitors and sample as many coffees as my system could handle.  My first stop were the farmers from Finca La Fortuna.  We did an interview that will post to our Official YouTube eventually.

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Scenes From NY Restaurant Show and Coffee Fest 2023 @ Javits Center

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Last week, “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken” attended the 2023 edition of the International Restaurant & Foodservice Show of New York. This particular trade show is aimed at both education of foodservice professionals and helping them network with others in their industry. There are also plenty of vendors who are hoping to find their products being made available to the consumer. Down below you’ll find some of the vendors we stopped at to sample their wares and hope our readers look more into them if this is their own business model.

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The Crunch Factory offers up my kind of snack. This is the kind of stuff that I usually like to nosh on if I am sitting in the bar with friends and while I don’t drink anymore, I do still eat at these gatherings.

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Scenes From Curve New York, Winter 2023 @ Javits Center

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Hello my Friends and welcome back to some trade show adventuring. As we’ve tweeted about already, “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken” were attending the NY NOW Winter Market which had taken over the main floor of the Javits Center but upstairs in the River Pavilion was the Curve New York show which is the place for shop owners to find the latest and greatest in intimate apparel and sleepwear.

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Scenes From The 2021 International Franchise Expo

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Slowly but surely the world is returning to a somewhat normalized sense from the choking grip of the Coronavirus Pandemic and while some expos like the International Franchise Expo have decided to press forward and take place in-person, there were a number of cancellations that we’ve already lined out right here on “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken”. For those who’ve fallen behind I am speaking of the New York International Auto Show, The NY Luxury Design Fair and The Summer Fancy Food Show. The IFE would be my second time back in the Javits Center after an 18 month break in doing so when we hit the NY Now event.

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Finding Delicious @ 2019 Summer Fancy Food Show: Part 2

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Hello again my friends and let me continue with where we left off with yesterday’s installment. We are now exploring the third and final day of the Specialty Food Association’s “Summer Fancy Food Show” and as previously mentioned this is my own third year attending. I love this show and learning about more delicious treats just makes me happy. It’s a great day to be inside the Javits Center since its so brutally hot out there. I tell you that its as hot as the South were I was visiting last week so being in the air conditioning walking the aisles taking notes and tasting samples is my kind of day. As with my earlier chapter (HERE), I will chime in as needed as the narrative plays along. Company links will live at the close.

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Thought we’ve already established that we among the working press for the event, I always love to showcase the credentials which are being protected by our trust Thinktank Photo credentials holder.  It’s safe to show this off since I hid my bar code and now no shenanigans can happen.

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