Kimbap Lab

We’re continuing our artist lineup for the Kimbap & Art Happy Hour with Kimbap Lab x Pearl River Mart, and next up is Carolyn Yoo (), a Korean American artist and writer based in Brooklyn who creates playful illustrations and zines with hand-drawn lines, analog textures, and symbolic storytelling.

She also has a weekly newsletter, SEE YOU, where she shares reflections and insights for a more authentic, sustainable creative life.

Come spend some time with Carolyn’s work in person.

Friday, May 1
5–7PM | Free to attend
Pearl River Mart Foods, Chelsea Market (Basement Level)

Also featuring:
Ben Hon ()
Nancy Pappas ()
Caitlin Lam ()
Lam Vo ()
Janet Lee (.oy)
Dan Ahn ()

Art, kimbap, desserts from , and drinks from our neighbors will be available for purchase. While Kimbap Lab’s menu is gluten-free, offerings from other vendors may vary.

We’re continuing our artist lineup for the Kimbap & Art Happy Hour with Kimbap Lab x Pearl River Mart.

Next up is Janet Lee (.oy), a multidisciplinary artist based in Queens, NY. Through their illustrations, Janet creates stories that share heartfelt narratives while exploring the imaginative side of the everyday.

When they’re not illustrating, they’re on the hunt for the next best bread—and the next comforting thing to draw. Come spend some time with Janet’s work in person.

FUN FACT: Dan first met Janet while shooting photos for Lysee, where Janet was working at the time. They became friends and Dan’s been a big fan of Janet’s work ever since.

Friday, May 1
5–7PM | Free to attend
Pearl River Mart Foods, Chelsea Market (Basement Level)

Also featuring:
Ben Hon ()
Nancy Pappas ()
Caitlin Lam ()
Lam Vo ()
Carolyn Yoo ()
Dan Ahn ()

Art, kimbap, desserts from , and drinks from our neighbors will be available for purchase. While Kimbap Lab’s menu is gluten-free, offerings from other vendors may vary.

🚨Limited Special Alert!🚨
Our Chelsea Market location is currently offering kimbap and bowls featuring beautiful Norwegian salmon from our friends over at . It’s fresh, healthy, and gluten-free (as always)!

In-store at Chelsea Market location only.

Hi everybody. Kimbap Lab was started four years ago by Chef Wonil and me to celebrate Korean comfort foods and our Korean heritage. However last week, that pride was overshadowed by pain and sorrow. We grieved at the senseless killings of eight people, six of them Asian-American women. ⁣
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For me, this hideous act in Atlanta hit particularly close to home. Not only have I, like all Asian-American women, experienced racism and sexism, but my mother raised me and my two siblings as a single mother. I saw the sacrifices she made for our family and can attest how extremely difficult it was for her. It breaks my heart that these women were doing the same for their families, but were gunned down for no reason other than their race.⁣
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Violence and hatred for Asian-Americans (and other POCs) has no place in our society. We stand together with the rest of the AAPI community and our allies in denouncing racial violence, especially amongst the elderly and women. ⁣
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With this in mind, Kimbap Lab will be donating to and , two of the many organizations supporting the AAPI community. ⁣
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If you’d like to help, you could donate to those organizations as well. You can also purchase a Baker’s Box which features the pastries from a variety of talented female chefs, bakers, and entrepreneurs (including our dear friend of ). The proceeds from that box will go to .⁣
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While last week was filled with unspeakable tragedy and pain, we also are hopeful that change is happening, one that will make the world a better place. ⁣
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Sarah