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Published on July 3rd, 2012 | by Greg

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This Weekend: Cook Out NYC (No Backyard Required)

Sure, to­mor­row is In­de­pen­dence Day, the day for folks to haul out the grill and cel­e­brate the grand Amer­i­can tra­di­tions of fire­work dis­plays and pa­rades. There's plen­ty go­ing on here in NYC- the big Ma­cy's fire­works show will be over on the west side of the city this year, vis­i­ble from our of­fices- which have bare­ly re­cov­ered from the re­cent Pride fes­tiv­i­ties. But if you're look­ing for some­thing to do dur­ing the week­end to con­tin­ue the sum­mer culi­nary tra­di­tions of burg­ers, hot wings, and the like- we've got just the thing.

Cook Out NYC will be tak­ing over part of Gov­er­nor's Is­land on Ju­ly 7th and 8th from 11:30am to 4:30 pm, of­fer­ing a free fer­ry ser­vice and start­ing a new com­pet­i­tive eat­ing con­test (kim­chi in­stead of hot dogs- we can't wait). Billed as the "ul­ti­mate out­door cook­ing and coun­try fair event", there will be live mu­sic, some fam­i­ly friend­ly ar­eas (in­clud­ing the awe­some­ly-named "Amy Poehler’s Hot Chicks Room" where you can see and play with at­trac­tive young, um, chick­ens).

And what would a grilling event be with­out beer? Since Ju­ly is 'Good Beer Month', Six­point will be on hand pour­ing sev­en dif­fer­ent brews, like the Sig­nal Smoked Pale Ale. Plus, it's not go­ing to be just your fa­ther's ham­burg­er- there will be lamb, os­trich, and even goat avail­able thanks to Fos­sil Farms. Plus, sam­ples from twen­ty or so ven­dors, like Blind Tiger, John Brown's Smoke­house, and Jim­my's No. 4, plus chili for your sausages from Lucky 777.

Tick­ets are avail­able now, and in­ex­pen­sive­ly priced- $30 for a ba­sic gen­er­al ad­mis­sion tick­et with one free beer, or add $15 more for three ad­di­tion­al beers. Or you can opt for the $65 Pre­mi­um tick­et, which in­cludes "plen­ty of ac­cess to Six­point beer". No mat­ter which tick­et you grab, we'll see you there this week­end, burg­ers (and kim­chi!) in hand.

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Greg dreamed up the idea for the Truly Network while living in Hawaii, which began with a single site called TrulyObscure. In 2010, when advertisers and readers were requesting coverage beyond the scope of that site, TrulyNet was launched, reaching a broader audience over a variety of niche sites. Formerly the head technology correspondent for the Des Moines Register at age 16, he has since lived and worked in five states and two countries, helping a list of organizations and companies that includes the United States Census Bureau, TripAdvisor, Events Photo Group, Berlitz, and Computer Geeks. He also served as the Content Strategy Manager for HearPlanet, a multi-platform app that has reached over a million users and has been featured in the New York Times, Hemispheres Magazine, National Geographic Adventure, Fox Business News, PC Magazine, and even Apple’s own iPhone ads. Greg has written as a restaurant critic and feature journalist for a number of national and international publications, including City Weekend Magazine, Red Egg Magazine, the Newton Daily News, Capital Change Magazine, and an arm of China Daily, Beijing Weekend. In addition, he has served as a consulting editor for the Foreign Language Press of Beijing, as well as a writer and editor for the George Washington University Hatchet, the school newspaper of his alma mater. Originally from Iowa, Greg is currently living in the West Village of Manhattan.


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