New York Street Food

The new novel, The Rosie Project, is on stands now, but you can get a free copy – and a free lobster roll – today! Simon & Schuster is giving away lobster rolls because every Tuesday, Don Tillman, The Rosie Project’s narrator, makes lobster. In celebration of this charming (and totally understandable) quirk, Simon & Schuster is giving away books and...

Meatballs have become a thing in the past couple of years. Mighty Balls is usually at one of the Holiday Markets, and New York Magazine just highlighted The Meatball Shop in their recent Boom Brands edition. Not sure why Marky Ramone's Cruisin' Kitchen, who served up different types of meatballs, closed shop at the end of the 2012 season. The latest one to...

On Friday we made our first trip back to 47th St between Park & Madison Aves. since it was shut down by the police, and food trucks were banished forever. There may be a cosmetic change, but it's still street food nirvana on 47th St. Instead of food trucks (which are not technically legal in NYC), the block is filled...

Before going out of town, we ran across a new food truck called Bo Dillaz. We couldn't figure out what they served from the name, but then we saw the menu and it made sense - quesadillas. In addition to quesadillas, they serve wraps, salads and even chicken wings. We spent a minute looking over the menu, and decided to try...

Looks like Baked Potato King has some serious competition! We've just got back into town towards the end of last week, and in our stroll around Rockefeller Center, we spotted a new food cart on 50th St between 6th & 7th Ave. That street has become quite a hotbed of street food, with 4-5 carts and 2-3 trucks there daily. The newest...

We were heading over to Rock Center for lunch yesterday, but a new food truck was spotted right around the corner from our office, was parked on Broadway & 56th St. The truck is named Shanghai Sogo, and they advertise themselves as serving "Asian Tapas". The guy taking our order said it was their 1st week out. That's a tough...

Last month a new food truck debuted at the AfroPunk Festival in Brooklyn called the Green Radish. We haven't been able to catch up to it until recently, but finally got there right before our trip to LA. The truck is vegan and the menu is interesting, with portobello mushroom burgers, a "no lobster" roll, chickpea burgers, black bean burgers,...

Last week we received an email from one of our readers who wanted to thank us for changing his life (his words, not ours). A few years ago, we gave away 3 pairs of tickets to the NYC Food Film Festival. One of the winners was Victor, who wrote up the event for us in an interesting and funny post. Victor...

Before we left and while we were away, a bunch of new food trucks and carts hits the NYC streets. NYSF sampled a couple right before leaving town, and a few more towards the end of last week. That means we will be featuring NYSF First Looks all week at lunchtime. Make sure you stop by for the latest and best...

We are on our way to Florida for a funeral for our father-in-law. It was not unexpected, but is still difficult. NYSF will not be open this week. We expect to be back up and running on Monday, Sept 30th.