New York Street Food

Coolhaus, the popular ice cream sandwich truck in L.A and Austin that will be coming to New York this spring, is now working with the Phydough Truck, a new truck launching in L.A. this weekend that will be serving gourmet dog cookies, ice cream, and frozen cookie dough.

We know what you’re thinking – the apocalypse is nigh!  But no, this is just life in La La Land.

They will be selling Phydough Cookies, Bowhaus Ice Cream and Phydough (frozen dough you bake at home).

The Grand Opening will be this Saturday, Jan 8th from 10am-2pm at the Americana at Brand as part of Gigi’s Farmer’s Market.

For more details, including the menu and their philosophy, click here.

To follow the Phydough Truck on Twitter, click here.

For Phydough on Facebook, click here.

Coolhaus Truck

One of the guys in my office got really excited about a new place nearby that served Mongolian BBQ which they cook of those giant round grills.  It was a generic deli before, but they did a lot of renovations and put in a bunch of new stations with various types of food like sushi, Asian bento boxes, a big salad bar and the aforementioned Mongolian BBQ.

It’s not street food, but my colleague was so excited, and the weather was so crappy today, I decided to give it a try.

Today’s Lunch is Mongolian BBQ from Bread & Honey at 941 8th Ave between 55th & 56th St.

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Item #4. Keep it "local"

From the linked article:  “If you want to work outdoors, meet all kinds of interesting people and have a flexible work arrangement, operating a concession stand business just might be for you. Whether you decide to sell sunglasses, wristwatches, assorted trinkets or specialty food items, running a concession stand can be both fun and profitable.

You also have one thing most businesses don’t – wheels – and can work from a fixed location, follow the customers to regional events or some combination of the two.  A list of tips could have five, 10 or 20 entries, but a dozen seems like a good number to cover the various bases.”

From NYSF:  Some of the items are pretty basic such as the importance of location and using different types of marketing.  Other items are just as important, but always bear repeating, such as having a business plan, having an exit strategy, and that your cart can never be too clean.  Even if you know these things, it’s worth re-reading, especially the one about listening to your customers. [Discountinued MBT Chapa Shoes]  Strange blog name but good info.

We would like to welcome a new vendor to the NYSF family – Horman’s Best Pickles.  They have a stand on the west side of 6th Ave in Greenwich Village, across from Minetta Lane.  The stand is generally there Tuesday through Friday from 2-8pm. (more…)