New York Street Food

One of the best ways to immerse yourself in local culture when traveling is to eat from street vendors with the locals.  That's fine with dumplings, noodle soups, banh mi, tamales and other street food that has found its way into our culture. But what do you do in places like China where they serve spiders, snakes, scorpions, lizards and...

I was near Union Square around lunch, and I haven't been to Num Pang in quite a while.  Num Pang is a small storefront located at 21 East 12th st between University Place & 5th Ave, with a few seats at counters upstairs.  They are one of the main reasons we started an Honorary Street Food category. For new readers...

It's a nice sunny winter day in the city.  Perfect for enjoying great New York Street Food from the vendors on the right and the trucks below. Congratulations to the Red Hook Lobster Pound truck for their rave review in today's Huffington Post. As always, check the Mobile Munchies twitter feed before heading out, in case anyone had to move at...

This week only, Rickshaw Dumplings is selling their  popular dumplings inside the Goldman Sachs cafeteria. As reported in the NY Times DealBook yesterday, Rickshaw used to park near the former Goldman headquarters on Broad Street.  When they moved to 200 West St, a lot of Goldman people emailed them to come to the new building, but Rickshaw could not find...

I had dinner a few days ago with a fellow food and travel writer who I was introduced to through his brother, who I know from my other job.  The writer, Brian, writes for a major travel publication you have all heard of, but he asked that I not name it. What I think you will like is Brian's personal...

One of the new food trucks I've been looking forward to is Phil's Steaks.  When I spoke with the guys from Phil's a while back, they were amazed there was not already a Philly cheesesteak truck in New York.  Lot's of places in New York serve cheesesteak, but most are lacking.  Time to see if these guys are the...

Hope everyone enjoyed a long weekend.  Looks like the weather isn't so great, but hopefully the rain will hold off. If you want to take off some of the chill, Coolhaus has hot chocolate at 38th & 6th, and today you can get a FREE scoop of sea salt caramel ice cream in your hot cocoa. As always, check the Mobile...

A few weeks ago, we told you there might be a new food truck lot opening in Battery Park City.  Now it looks like the rumors were true, and there will be a new food truck lot downtown starting on Monday. We heard from one of the vendors who will be serving on the new lot.  They told us it...

As you can see below, a lot of trucks are taking off for MLK Day. Good to see. He deserves it.  Next year we will take the day off too. In fact, we might take the rest of today off. Make sure to check the Mobile Munchies twitter feed for the latest info. DesiFoodTruck is on the UWS by broadway and...

To paraphrase Hank Williams Jr - "Are you ready for some Philly's!"  Cheesesteaks that is. Phil's Steaks passed their inspection last week, had the truck wrapped beautifully, and test drove their new grill.  Now they are ready for a soft launch tomorrow. We don't have an exact location yet, so make sure to check Phil's Steaks on twitter here or on...