New Kensington’s Fridays on Fifth opened for the season on Friday. The street event will take place on the fourth Friday of the month from 5 to 9 p.m. through September. Food trucks were out in force for opening evening, offering just about any type of food one could think of. They came from New Ken and Arnold and as far away as Pittsburgh to offer their fares.
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New Kensington’s first Fridays on Fifth opens with large crowd, dozens of vendors
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James Jackson, of New Kensington, holds his 5-year-old son, Tate, as he selects a cookie from the menu of local bakery Kimi’s Konfections on Friday, April 25, 2025 during Fridays on Fifth along Fifth Avenue in downtown New Kensington.
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Angelica Hoover, of Arnold, who was working at the food truck Little C’s Concessions, places the finishing touches of powdered sugar on a fresh funnel cake for a customer on Friday, April 25, 2025 during Fridays on Fifth along Fifth Avenue in downtown New Kensington.
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Naomi Carty, of New Kensington, browses along Fifth Avenue a selection of food truck vendors while with her son, Amir , 6, on Friday, April 25, 2025 during Fridays on Fifth in downtown New Kensington.
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Steve Potoka, owner of Wood Fire Hot Ash Pizzeria of Vandergrift, fires up fresh pizzas for customers Friday, April 25, 2025 during Fridays on Fifth along Fifth Avenue in downtown New Kensington.
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Kim Trettel, of New Kensington, who owns the bakery Kimi’s Konfections, smiles at passersby outside her food truck window on Friday, April 25, 2025 during Fridays on Fifth along Fifth Avenue in downtown New Kensington. Trettel has owned her business for eight years, making specialty cookies, cinnamon rolls and other baked goods. She has participated in Fridays on Fifth for the past five years.
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Customers wait on food orders at a food truck window Friday, April 25, 2025 during Fridays on Fifth along Fifth Avenue in downtown New Kensington.
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Crowds line up to order from a variety of local food truck vendors on Friday, April 25, 2025 during Fridays on Fifth along Fifth Avenue in downtown New Kensington.
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Rob Foster, of Pittsburgh, owner of the food truck business Just Roll’d Up, works on crafting a California sushi roll for a customer on Friday, April 25, 2025 during Fridays on Fifth along Fifth Avenue in downtown New Kensington.
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Pgh Crepes employee Azamat Z uses the lemon press to make fresh lemonade for customerson Friday, April 25, 2025 during Fridays on Fifth along Fifth Avenue in downtown New Kensington.
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Shane Dunlap is a TribLive photographer covering Westmoreland and Allegheny counties. He grew up in the Ohio Valley near Pittsburgh and has worked for newspapers as far away as Fayetteville, N.C., where he covered the U.S. Army at Fort Liberty. He can be reached at sdunlap@triblive.com.
