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STREET FOOD BOOMING IN DENVER

admin — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:31:28 +0000

Culturemob recently ran an article about the explosion of great street food now available in Denver. While Biker Jim’s got a lot of TV love from Anthony Bourdain for his reindeer hot dog, the street food choices are all over the map in Denver, from pizza to vegetarian food to sushi, and of course, desserts!

From Culturemob: “While some of the best Mexican food you will ever taste come from the lowly, all-aluminum trailers run as a one-man show, you will find all over the Denver metro area yummy food from around the world and around the block.

These street food trucks and carts are serving traditional American fare (GastroCart, Steuben’s, Walt’s Mobile Bistro, Deluxe Street Food), gourmet and exotic hot dogs (yes, Biker Jim again), desserts (Denver Cupcake Truck, Sugar Lips Mini Donuts), biscuits (The Biscuit Bus), pizza (Sully’s Slice Truck, Basic Kneads Pizza, BRAVA! Pizzeria Della Strada), vegetarian/vegan (The Steamin’ Demon from City O’City), sushi (Aja to Go), crepes, and of course…mexican (Comida) .

Finding these mobile gastronomical delights can take some work. Some like Biker Jim (one more time!) have a regular spot (16th and Arapahoe in downtown Denver) from which they work the crowds and others like The Denver Cupcake Truck are outposts of brick-and-mortar businesses and rely on Twitter and Facebook to advertise their roaming location.

Regardless of how you get there…just get there. Get started by visiting the unofficial listing of Denver Food Trucks at http://www.denfoodtrucks.com or at Denver Street Food at http://www.denverstreetfood.com/. [Culturemob]

How could we not mention an article that cites Denver Street Food as one of their references? No affiliation with New York Street Food, but we love their name .

The Biscuit Bus - yummmmm!

DAMN TACOS ARE NOW DRUNK TACOS

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:12:09 +0000

From Denver On A Spit: “Already steeped in what might go down as the stupidest controversy ever, Pinche Tacos has changed its name after an overly-sensitive bureaucrat at the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District became alarmed because “Pinche” is a “bad word”. In reality, it’s about the equivalent of saying “damn” at the worst.

But with politicians involved, simple logic lost again. From now on, when you see the donkey logo on Denver’s 16th Street Mall, it will be under the name “Tacos Borrachos”, or drunk tacos. Instead of using a harmless, borderline curse word, let us instead expose the impressionable teenage mall rats to the excessive intake of alcohol. Way to go politicos.

Pinche Tacos prides itself on serving “Comida de la Calle” (street food), and using locally sourced ingredients including their traditional corn tortillas. They have an interesting range of options that go from carnitas to lengua (tongue) to breakfast tacos with green chile hollandaise.” [Denver On A Spit]

Click through to get a look at more of the tacos and Denver On A Spit’s detailed review.

chipotle & citrus marinated pork with avocado-tomatillo crema

The chicken-chipotle-cream-sauce taco was a star. A mild heat came through, but what I loved was the creative use of what tasted like creamed spinach. Sprinkled with cotija cheese and covered in sour cream, this was by far the most original of the tacos.

chicken-chipotle-cream-sauce taco

It was even better with the “queso a la plancha”. A perfectly grilled thick slice of cotija cheese, avocado and a dollup of tasty tomatillo salsa. This was an excellent, creative and sizable taco– though still lacking spice.

queso a la plancha

The last I tried was the lengua. The lengua was the clear winner of all the tacos. Wonderfully tender and rich with flavor, the tomatillo and smoky red salsas added a complex blend of flavors and even packed a mild heat. It was a great original version of a traditional taco. [Denver On A Spit]

taco de lengua

MILE-HIGH STREET FOOD

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:02:52 +0000

Thai Cart

Denver has been getting some street food love lately, with the Thai Cart, the Gastro Cart and Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs. In the coming months, they hope to have Steuben’s mobile food truck (green chile cheeseburgers and fries, hot dogs from Continental Sausage Company, Cuban sandwiches, veggie sandwiches and daily specials like lobster rolls). They also say that Frank Bonanno is looking at doing a Bones food truck, which would offer noodles and dumplings and maybe even steamed buns.

There have been loncherias on Colfax and Federal for a long time, but the new carts and trucks are taking street food to a whole new level, about a mile-high. [Denver Westword]

Steuben's Lobster Roll