New York Street Food

Veggie dog from Lets Be Frank truck

Although details have not been released yet, UniqueLA recently announced the first LA ♥’s Street Food Festival on February 13th.  One of the organizers described it as follows:

“The goal is to get as much L.A. street food (from taco trucks to chic trucks) in one spot with entertainment, live art, music and, quite possibly, a pop-up UniqueLA mini-market,” explained Shawna Dawson, former Yelp Community Manager and currently with her own company, SauceLA . Dawson has teamed up with Sonja Rasula of UniqueLA to make this event happen.

“Ideally, aside from having it all in one place, all the vendors will do special small plates so people can easily sample,” Dawson continued, knowing that such an event can draw long exasperating lines.

And what about bacon wrapped hot dogs? “If I get my way” teased Dawson, who said more details will come out as the event approaches. To stay in touch with festival news, sign up for the UniqueLA newsletter. [LAist]

UPDATE: The LA Street Food Fest is now on Twitter at http://twitter.com/LAFoodFest.  I just heard from the people at the LA Street Food Fest, and Let’s Be Frank (pictured) will not be at the festival, but a complete list of vendors will be posted later this week at http://lastreetfoodfest.com/.

A lot of people have been talking about the food trucks of L.A.  Terry Wunder of The Wunder Blog made a video of 6 friends visiting 6 LA Food Trucks.  Watch as they talk with the proprietors and, of course, eat.

Featured in the video are a mix of the “old guard” and newbies in the mobile food world: Barbie’s Q, Lomo Arigato, The Flying Pig Truck, Coolhaus, Little Spoon Desserts, and KogiBBQ. [LAist]

LA Food Truck Tour from Terry Wunder on Vimeo.

L.A.  is well-known for its car culture, so it’s not surprising they are out front in the number of food trucks and the variety of food being sold.  The latest is the  Grilled Cheese Truck.  I like grilled cheese as much as the next person, but wouldn’t wait on line more than about 5 minutes for it.  Other people obviously feel differently.  NOTCOT paid them a visit and has the skinny. [NOTCOT]

What do you think about a grilled cheese truck?  Silly or great idea?  Leave a comment below

Border Grill Truck

We recently told you about some great street food in SF.  Here’s some Left Coast street food love courtesy of NBC’s LA affiliate, who highlight:

@Marked5 (“Japanese Style Burgers”)

@BorderGrill (“Gourmet tacos” and more)

@COOLHAUS (gourmet ice cream sammies)

@kogibbq (Korean BBQ Taco Truck)

@Letsbefrank (“Grass Fed Beef Hot Dogs”)

Next time you’re in the City of Angels, make sure to check out these great food trucks. [NBC LA]