25 Years of Egg Rolls, Egg Creams, and Empanadas

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:06]This June, the Museum at Eldridge Street is celebrating the 25th annual Egg Rolls, Egg Creams & Empanadas Street Festival.

[00:00:14]"We've been coming here for a couple of years now," "It's one of our annual events that we always attend" What began in 2001 as a small neighborhood celebration has grown into one of the Lower East Side’s most beloved summer events "It celebrates, you know, the cultural diversity of this neighborhood" bringing together Jewish, Chinese, and Puerto Rican communities through food, music, crafts, and culture.

[00:00:38]"A lot of people that now live around the world can trace their roots back to the Lower East Side" "I absolutely participating and representing the Puerto Rican culture" "I learned that Chinatown was not always Chinatown and that it's always been a mix of culture" Set against the backdrop of our historic 1887 landmark synagogue, this year’s family-friendly block party will feature klezmer, bomba, Chinese lion dancing, face painting, paper crafts, mahjong, and, of course, freshly made egg rolls, egg creams, and empanadas.

[00:01:18]"When that clicked, it felt like the museum was like a testament" "of that beautiful history of our neighborhood."

[00:01:26]"It's bringing people together and known that the museum is there and the synagogue is still there" "because there's not many left on the Lower East Side" "The world is about differences, but it's also appreciating those differences to make us more connected."

[00:01:44]Come celebrate 25 years of community, creativity, and culture with us this summer on Sunday, June 21st from 12 to 4 PM on Eldridge Street.