Featuring NYC star chefs Sam Yoo of Golden Diner,

Charlie Mitchell of Saga, Jae Jung of Kjun, and more

 

NEW YORK, NY (June 5, 2025) — Lincoln Center today announced the lineup for the Festival Food Trucks as part of the fourth annual Summer for the City, featuring rotating food options that reflect the breadth of cultures showcased during the festival.

Using traditional methods, small-batch preparation and an artisanal approach, the restaurateurs, many of whom are local to New York, will showcase food as an art form that builds culture and community.

Festival Food Trucks is presented by Chase, in collaboration with restaurant discovery platform, The Infatuation. Additional support is provided by United Airlines.

"We are proud to help Lincoln Center bring together some of New York's best food all in one place this summer," said Paul Needham, CEO of The Infatuation. "Festival Food Trucks is a unique way to support local chefs and restaurateurs, experience the range of flavors and cultures that define New York, and make the most of summer in the city."

The Festival Food Trucks lineup includes some of New York City’s favorite chefs, including Golden Diner’s Sam Yoo, Saga’s Charlie Mitchell and KJUN’s Jae Jung, Tlayuda Oaxaqueña Sr. San Pablo, Nieves Cortes, HAAM and more, all at accessible price points.

 

The full list of participating vendors is below:

• Altro Paradiso
• Berimbau
• Golden Diner, Golden HOF and NY Kimchi
• Bark BBQ
• Saga
• Tico's Cafeteria
• Mothershuckers
• KJun
• Tlayuda Oaxaqueña SR San Pablo
• Nieves Cortes
• Charles Pan Fried Chicken
• Ursula
• Edy’s Grocer
• Mission Ceviche
• Yellow Rose
• Sunday in Brooklyn
• Fauzia’s Heavenly Delights
• Jerrell’s Betr Brgr
• Bunnan
• Kraves Vegan Foods
• Maya’s Snack Bar
• Bolivian Llama Party
• Palenque
• Lori Jayne
• Chez Nick
• Criollas Empanadas
• Two Girls and a Cookshop
• Border Town
• Harlem Seafood Soul

 

All food offerings will be available nightly, Wed - Sun, for the duration of the festival (June 11 - August 9), opening an hour before showtime and closing once the show is over.

Attendees will be able to pick up a Culinary Passport at the Festival Food Trucks, provided by United Airlines. After the fourth visit, attendees can show their card at the David Geffen Hall Lobby Bar to redeem a United Airlines and Chase Summer for the City luggage tag – plus, a chance to win a gift card and reservation to Tatiana by Kwame Onwuachi. Chase cardholders get $5 off food and beverage purchases of $30 or more at the food trucks.

“New York City is all about its diverse communities, each with its own story and flavor” said Frank Nakano, Head of Sports & Entertainment Marketing at JPMorganChase. “By teaming up with Lincoln Center, we're backing local businesses; bringing together the rich culinary and cultural heritage of our city. This partnership shows how working together can help us reach every New Yorker, creating spaces where we can come together to celebrate, enjoy, and be inspired by the arts and flavors that make us who we are.”

 

Additional food offerings at Lincoln Center:

Along with the rotating Festival Food Trucks, Chef Kwame's Patty Palace Food Truck will be featured throughout the summer and available Wed - Sun. Lincoln Center’s permanent on-campus dining options will also be open all summer.

Now an anticipated summer tradition, the fourth annual Summer for the City welcomes New Yorkers of all ages to a quintessential NYC destination, featuring hundreds of free and Choose-What-You-Pay events. This year’s festival brings together artists from across the world and a range of artistic experiences—featuring dance, theater, opera presentations, and more that reflect the city’s vibrant cultural communities. Additional info is here.

Imagery can be found here.

 

**In person press opportunities for Summer for the City must be arranged in advance with the Lincoln Center Press Office, [email protected]**

 

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About Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) is a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring the Lincoln Center campus is a destination that welcomes all—where every visitor, whether a native New Yorker or New Yorker for a day, can find inspiration, artistic innovation, inspiration, and community in the creative achievements realized on campus. Year-round, we offer robust seasons of programming, representing a broad spectrum of performing arts disciplines and complementing the artistic and educational activities of the 10 fellow resident arts organizations with whom we share a home. LCPA presents hundreds of programs each year, offered primarily for free and Choose-What-You-Pay, helping ensure that the arts are at the center of civic life for all.

 

About JPMorganChase

For 225 years, JPMorganChase has called New York City home. The bank is proud to be part of the fabric of the city—its people, businesses, and neighborhoods—and committed to helping power economic growth by improving housing affordability, building trust in underbanked communities, leading the way on careers and skills development, and providing resources for small businesses across the five boroughs. JPMorganChase is one of New York City’s largest private sector employers, with more than 24,000 employees. Across the city, the firm has more than 290 branches, serves more than 4.2 million consumer and small business clients, and has invested more than $103 million in New York City non-profits since 2019.

 

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Festival Food Trucks are presented by Chase in collaboration with The Infatuation

 Additional support is provided by United Airlines 

Community programming at Damrosch Park is made possible by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) 

Lead Support for Summer for the City Community Programming is provided by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) 

Major support for Summer for the City is provided by Chase 

NewYork-Presbyterian is the Official Hospital of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts 

United is the Preferred Airline of Lincoln Center Presents 

Steinway & Sons is the Preferred Piano Partner of Lincoln Center 

Major support for Lincoln Center Presents and Summer for the City is provided by the Shubert Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, and MOVADO Group Foundation

BAAND Together Dance Festival is made possible by CHANEL

Additional support is provided by Park Lane New York and Fairfield by Marriott Central Park 

Endowment support is provided by the Blavatnik Family Foundation Fund for Dance, The Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Foundation, Oak Foundation, and PepsiCo Foundation 

Lincoln Center’s artistic excellence is made possible by the dedication and generosity of our board members 

Operation of Lincoln Center’s public plazas is supported in part with public funds provided by the City of New York 

Programs are made possible, in part, with public funds provided by National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Empire State Development, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor, Mayor of the City of New York, the New York State Legislature and the New York City Council 

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For more information, please contact:

Isabel Sinistore
[email protected]
212-671-4195

 

Jenni Klauder
[email protected]
212.875.5490

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