New York Street Food

I spend a lot of time in the Union Square area, and when I’m in the mood for a nice fat, tasty sausage, a good place to go is Sausage Inc, a member of our Honorary Street Food category.  They are located at 106 University Place, between 12th & 13th St, where I stopped over the weekend.

They have 6 different types of sausages, a bunch of sauces, some sides and condiments, and seating for no more than 8-10 people, a strict requirement for our Honorary Street Food category.

The first time there we enjoyed what they suggested, a Farmer’s Sausage.  This time we chose for ourselves and went for the Chipolata ($6 after tax).  I know it sounds like a new Starbucks drink, but it’s actually a pork and chipotle sausage.

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I was in Times Square at lunchtime, picking up 2 for 1 tickets to a show for Broadway Week.  If you still want 2 for 1 Broadway tickets, get online quick.  Most of the best tickets are already gone.

Since I was in Times Square, I decided to try Snackbox, a new kiosk in the pedestrian plaza on Broadway at 46th St.  They have a decent variety of items for a Times Square street vendor with hot dogs, chili dogs, lobster rolls (?), Sigmund pretzels, donuts, coffee and a few other things.

I wasn’t brave enough to try an $11.75 lobster roll (maybe one day).  Today’s Lunch is Snack Pack 2, which is 2 hot dogs and a bag of chips for $7.95.  You can see the Snackbox main menu here, the Snack Pack menu here, and the dessert menu here.

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The recently closed Currywurst Bros in NYC

The Boston Globe had an article about the recent popularity of currywurst in Los Angeles. (Yeah, I’m wondering why the Boston Globe is writing about restaurants in L.A. too.)  There are now 2 places to get currywurst in L.A., one in the Fairfax district and one in Silverlake.

We know currywurst is the national street food of Germany, but how well does it translate to US palates?

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We first heard about the Snap Food Truck last summer when one of our guests on the New York Street Food Walking Tour told us her friend was opening a food truck in New York that was going to serve Chicago-style hot dogs.  I gave her my contact info and said her friend should contact me when they were ready to open.

A short time later, I was contacted by Liz who told me that she and her husband Zeph were running into delays with the truck, but they were still going to be at some events over the summer.  Snap ended up selling their Chicago-style dogs and avocado fries the rest of the season at the Hester Street Fair, during the City of Water Day, and even came up with their own version of banh mi using bratwurst, called the brat mi.

Last week Liz told me they were going to be guest chefs at the Hearst Building, and she invited me to come by to try their food.  Most of the food trucks work private events, and some make 50% or more of their income from private events like these.

Liz told me they were serving chili cheese dogs with their popular avocado fries ($9.95).  That was an offer I couldn’t refuse, so I stopped by the Hearst Building on Friday, where Snap were set up just outside the main cafeteria.  The line was about 8 people long, and I got onto the end to wait my turn.

Click through to find out how lunch was, as well as when you can expect to see the Snap Truck on the street.

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