Punk Foodie pop-up food stand in Ponce will close next week

Atlanta pop-up curator Sam Flemming opened the stand in October in Ponce City Market’s Central Food Hall. It included one- to two-month chef residencies, monthly pop-up chef rotations, and themed chef collaboration dinners.

Credit: Courtesy of Ganji

Credit: Courtesy of Ganji

The booth hosted about 50 chefs, Flemming said, including Pepper’s Hot Dogs, Indian fusion concept Dhaba BBQ, Korean pop-up Ganji, Asian street food concept Salty Smiles and Ethiopian concept Ruki’s Kitchen.

Flemming founded Punk Foodie in 2021 after falling in love with Atlanta’s pop-up and food truck scene. It started as a searchable database that tracks the locations and hours of pop-ups and food trucks around the city, but Flemming has since added an Instagram account, a weekly newsletter, an app, a marketing agency content and events like Punk Foodie Fest, a food festival featuring pop-ups and food trucks, all with a mission to “amplify and cultivate the city’s thriving underground and independent food scene,” according to the website.

Credit: Courtesy of @astoldbytori

Credit: Courtesy of @astoldbytori

While Flemming already had a database of more than 1,000 pop-up chefs and food trucks before opening Punk Foodie in Ponce, the booth allowed him to work alongside the chefs and learn their stories, a- he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

“One thing about Punk Foodie is that it makes pop-ups more accessible,” Flemming said. “So putting it in one of the most popular food halls in the country definitely gave access to a lot of people.”

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