New York Street Food

As I mentioned Friday, Village Pourhouse, a bar with 4 locations in the New York metro area, just came out with a food truck last week.  They don’t serve drinks (damn!), but they do serve a menu of bar food such as sliders, wings, chili cheese dogs, fries and milkshakes.

When I was at the truck Friday, it was what you would call a soft open.  They were still getting their “sea legs” and working out the kinks.  A few important things were not available at the truck yet, such as menus with prices and containers with lids.  Both were coming soon I was told.

The only menu available was on the side of the truck (below), and it didn’t have prices.  I asked for a few of the prices, and found out the sliders were $3 each and an order of wings was $5.

For the NYSF First Look, I ordered a beef slider, a buffalo chicken slider and sweet chili wings, which totaled $11.  The guy in front of me ordered fries, and I took a picture of that too, which is after the jump.

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Jogasaki truck (photo by Guzzle & Nosh)

First it was Korean tacos.  Now its sushi burritos!

The latest Asian/Mexican mashup comes from the Jogasaki Sushi Burrito truck, which hit the L.A. streets last month.

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When I was in LA last week, the LA Times got all breathless about a new food truck event called Truckit Fest that will gather together dozens of LA’s food trucks at downtown Union Station on the first Sunday of each month, beginning March 6^th.

According to the LA Times, the big news is this event will feature table service.

If I remember correctly, didn’t the Vendy Awards have this option last summer on Governor’s Island?  In fact, I know they did because I sat in that section with a falafel from the eventual winner, the King of Falafel & Shawarma, but when I went back later in the day to sit there, I wasn’t allowed.  Didn’t realize I snuck in the first time.

At the LA Truckit Fest, if you buy the VIP option for $45, you can order off a menu and have a truck’s food brought to you.

The Truckit Fest VIP ticket provides entrance an hour before the crowds; complimentary valet parking; access to a private lounge located in the Fred Harvey Room; a $10 voucher for the food trucks; and table service.

Regular admission to the Truckit Fest is $5 anyway, and with the $10 voucher, the option really costs only $30 more, assuming you eat at least $10 worth of food – and who doesn’t at a food festival?

One of the stops I had to make in LA was Coolhaus, who are best known for their architecturally themed ice cream sandwiches.  Back in September, when I saw they were coming to NY in Spring 2011, I did a short post about it, which Natasha from Coolhaus noticed and wrote to thank me.

I asked Natasha to keep me informed of any developments with the Coolhaus NY truck, and told her I was coming to LA in January.  She said to stop by when I was in LA.

Coolhaus wasn’t at any of the multiple truck gatherings I went to for dinner this week, but they were on Valleyheart on my last day with the Grill ‘Em All truck.  If you recall, I had a lunch appointment that day, but walked over for a few minutes to meet the people at Grill ‘Em All and Coolhaus.

While I couldn’t eat a burger and fries before my business lunch, I decided to sneak in an ice cream sandwich from Coolhaus because it was probably my last chance before heading home.

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