Souvlaki GR team after winning the 2010 Rookie of the Year Vendy Award
If you’ve been down to the Souvlaki GR restaurant lately, you may have noticed that Pavlos and Abby are no longer around. A press release we received today explains why:
Rafael Soler reacts to winning the 2011 Vendy Cup
As we mentioned yesterday, Solber Pupusas won the 2011 Vendy Cup on Saturday, in their second bite at the apple. Rafael was also a Vendy Cup Finalist in 2008 under the name Soler Dominican.
Check out the amazing plate of food below: a pupusa (middle left), sweet plantains (top) and a tamale (lower right) covered by homemade pickled onions, jalapenos and cabbage, topped with their special sauce and crema. The pupusa had your choice of chicken or pork yesterday, and their regular menu has even more choices of fillings. You have to cut down the options to serve this many people, but that didn’t seem to hinder Solber Pupusas.
There were plenty of other tasty and interesting dishes in the Vendy Cup category, including the People’s Choice Winner, Souvlaki GR. Click through for details of what the other finalists served.
The Vendy Awards have announced this year’s finalists for the Vendy Cup, which takes place this Saturday on Governor’s Island.
In a break from past years, this year’s main category will have 7 vendors vying for the Vendy Cup. In past years, no more than 5 vendors competed for the Vendy Cup.
I had to make a rare foray down to the Financial District, which made it a perfect time to catch up with Souvlaki GR for Today’s Lunch.
Ever since they started parking daily in FiDi, my visits to the Souvlaki GR truck have been scarce, although I have made it to their restaurant on the Lower East Side a couple of times for dinner.
Since it’s been a while, I wanted to try a variety pack, so I got a pork souvlaki ($4), a beefteki ($4.50) and a chicken stick ($1.75).
As we told you last week, tomorrow is National Iced Tea Day, and to celebrate, Snapple is teaming up with 5 of the best food trucks in NYC to give away 1,000 free lunches…and even more free Snapple iced tea.
We’re talking real lunches, not the sample sizes usually given away in free promotions. This is one of the better free food promotions we’ve seen.
There have been some changes made to the truck locations since last week, so please click through for the updated locations – and make sure to get there early! It starts at 11am.
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