MOBILE MUNCHIES FOR FRI, FEB 10TH

We might be getting some snow over the weekend, so enjoy some great New York Street Food today. Great lineup at the WFC Food Truck court today with Schnitzel & Things, Mexicue, Big D's Grub Truck and Treats Truck for dessert. As always, check the Mobile Munchies twitter feed before heading out, in case anyone had to move at the last...

PORTLAND DOES AN ABOUT FACE ON LIQUOR LICENSES FOR FOOD CARTS

Portland is one of the leaders in the street food movement with 696 (!) food carts licensed - but they recently reversed course on the issue of granting liquor licenses to food carts. After moving forward on this idea, the City Council passed a resolution earlier this week asking the OLCC to postpone granting liquor licenses to food carts.  The...

CHECKING IN WITH PHIL’S STEAKS – 3 WEEKS LATER

A few weeks ago, we had a NYSF First Look at Phil's Steaks on their first day open in Manhattan.  Now it's 3 weeks later - time to check in again, and try something different on the menu.  Luckily they were parked 2 blocks from my office - on Broadway & 55th St - where they hope to be...

MOBILE MUNCHIES FOR THURS, FEB 9TH

Should be a nice day for great New York Street Food from the vendors on the right and the trucks below. Phil's Steaks are finally starting to hit midtown, at 55th & Broadway yesterday and 44th & 5th today.Cheesesteaks baby! If you're in Jersey City, we have added La Sonrisa as a new vendor. It's tough for us to get out...

VALENTINE’S DAY STREET TREATS

Valentine's cookies from Sweetery NYC Are you looking for something sweet and tasty for your loved ones on Valentine's Day?  Most of the dessert trucks have special Valentine's Day goodies created just for the holiday.  Some are pre-order only and some will have these specials on their trucks on Tuesday. Click through for the details. We already told you about the ice...

STREET EATS: ASSORTED TACOS FROM THE TRIBECA TACO TRUCK

As we mentioned yesterday, the Tribeca Taco Truck is back (in Soho, of course) and they are in expansion mode.  They will have 2 trucks and a cart on the street within the next month or two, and Chef Percy has some great menu ideas he told me about for the future (possibly duck, shrimp, lamb, portobello mushrooms, jicama...

MOBILE MUNCHIES FOR WED, FEB 8TH

Ready for some great New York Street Food today?  You can get it from the vendors on the right and the trucks below. Plenty of options at the new World Financial Center Food Truck Court, with Milk Truck, Valducci's, Mike 'N' Willies and Coolhaus for hot chocolate, coffee and dessert. Yum! As always, check the Mobile Munchies twitter feed before heading...

POLICE AREN’T THE ONLY PROBLEM FOR FOOD TRUCKS

Winter is the slow season for street food, although with the mild winter, business is better than last year.  Remember how much snow we had last year? While things have been fairly quiet, there are still some problems with the police chasing food trucks away, but the NYC Food Truck Association told us they are trying to work out a...

PAPA PERRONE CONCENTRATING ON RICE BALL DISTRIBUTION

If you like the rice balls at Papa Perrone's truck, we have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is with the parking and police situation in midtown, JohnPaul has only been coming into Manhattan once a week or so.  The good news is he's spending the rest of the week working on getting his rice balls...

FRIED CHICKEN & FRIES FROM THE FRYING DUTCHMEN

There are a couple of adages about food that we try to live by.  The first is that bacon makes anything taste good.  The second is that everything tastes better fried - which lead us right into today's Street Eats. The Frying Dutchmen was founded by Ben Goldberg, who decided to open a food truck serving Dutch & Belgian-style frites...