New York Street Food

Sometimes crowd-funding schemes can make a difference. Back in June, we told you about Drive Change, a food truck social enterprise that employs, trains and empowers young people (ages 16-25) who have recently come out of jail or prison. After raising $75,000 through private sources, they ran an Indiegogo campaign to raise the final $40,000 needed to get a food truck into...

There are a number of ways to expand a food truck business. Many have taken the crossover path, opening a brick and mortar establishment. Others, such as Phil’s Steaks Truck, the Vendy Awards Rookie of the Year in 2012, have opened a 2nd truck. Now they have Big Jawn and Lil' Jawn. Phil's also expanded their offerings, recently starting a breakfast...

It was freezing earlier this week, and we were looking for something to warm up our insides without standing outside too long. Shanghai Sogo was back by our office, and they had an off-menu vegan mushroom soup special for $3. Great way to start, but we needed something else besides just soup for lunch. Shouldn't be too difficult with a...

If you want to open a street food business, it takes a lot less money to open a cart than a truck. With the city cracking down on food trucks in certain locations, we're seeing more adventurous food carts. We've recently told you about the Mtblls Cart and the Katz & Dogz cart. Last week we stopped at the Potato House...

The Street Vendor Project announced today that Helena Tubis, Managing Director of the Vendy Awards for the past three years, is stepping down to pursue an opportunity with 2010 Vendy Best Dessert Winner, Kelvin Natural Slush Co. “Helena grew the Vendy Awards into a national brand,” said Sean Basinski, Director of the Street Vendor Project at the Urban Justice Center,...

Back in early spring, Neapolitan Express hit the NYC streets to significant fanfare. Due to the food truck being powered by compressed gas, Mayor Bloomberg and other luminaries held a press conference touting the "green" bonafides of the truck. Of course, that wouldn't matter much if the pizza sucked, but Neapolitan Express went on to become a Vendy Award Finalist...

Maybe it's just us, but we haven't seen Domo Taco around for a while. Checking their twitter feed, it looks like they have been on the street, but in different locations than where we've been. Over the past 2 years, we've had a lot of lunches at Domo Taco, but don't think we've ever tried their burrito. The tempura battered...

We were on West 50th St looking for lunch, and saw that Hyderabad had a Chili Chicken Special for $8. That sounded like something we wanted to try. Service was quick, and we were on our way a few minutes after ordering. We've been to Hyderabad a few times, and were generally pleased with lunches there. While they are not at...

Last year on the Cooking Channel, we saw a couple of episodes of Food Truck Face Off. The show pits four teams against each other, and the winner gets a customized food truck to use for an entire year. The twist is the contestants could not have owned or operated a food truck in the past. We recently received the...

We're loving this new Katz & Dogz truck! Pastrami, corned beef, Reubens, brisket, and earlier this week, they even came to me - parking on Broadway between 55th & 56th St. This time we went for another of our favorite lunches: Two Hebrew National hot dogs ($3 each) and a kasha knish ($4). Growing up, kasha knishes were a regular occurence...