New York Street Food

On Wed. March 16, 2011 Food Network Magazine & SweeteryNYC will have a special branded truck on the streets of Manhattan visiting three locations throughout the day handing out 100′s of free deserts from the New FNM new cook book.

A new show on the food network pits seven food trucks against each other in challenges that start in L.A and take them across the country, ending in New York City.  Hosted by Tyler Florence,  The Great Food Truck Race debuts Sunday, August 15th at 10pm on the Food Network, with the regular time slot of Sundays at 9pm.

Click through for the official Food Network press release with additional details about the participating food trucks and some of their challenges.  Did we mention the winner gets $50,000 and is driven back to L.A on a flat-bed truck.  The losers have to drive themselves back.

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A couple of months ago, we were contacted by Paperny Films, a Vancouver based company producing a show for Food Network Canada called Eat St.  They were looking for experts and opinions about the best street food in New York City and wanted our thoughts.

New York Street Food (and a bunch of other people) gave them opinions, and this week, they are here filming.  We understand the street food vendors being filmed are Schnitzel & Things, Biryani Cart, Ed’s Lobster Bar Kiosk and the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck.

Paperny will be filming Schnitzel & Things today (Wed) on Park Ave between 26th & 27th St between 11:30 and 2:00.  Everyone who can should head down there to support Oleg and company, and at the same time, eat some wonderful schnitzel (and possibly be on Canadian TV).

On Friday, Paperny will be filming the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck on Broadway & 17th St from 1-3pm, and yours truly will be the “street food expert” being interviewed for the show.  Come on down Friday to Union Square to show your support for Doug & Bryan, and to enjoy some amazing ice cream.  It’s supposed to be in the mid-90′s Friday, so I’m glad I pulled ice cream duty.