THE CHARGE: ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY CUPCAKE

In the heat of a domestic dispute, a Chicago woman pelted her husband with cupcakes before police arrived to arrest her Saturday night, according to the Chicago Tribune.   The fight started with a verbal quarrel about 7:45 p.m., according to a police report, but escalated until the woman started hitting her husband over the head. After that, she reached for the...

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CHEESESTEAKS…BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK

The cheesesteak melt we had from Gorilla Cheese NYC for Today's Lunch got us looking around the web for stuff about cheesesteaks.  What we found was pretty interesting. The people behind Endless Simmer put together an article about some of the ways you can enjoy cheesesteaks in non-cheesesteak forms. Besides the not-much-of-a-stretch cheesesteak pizza, there are cheesesteak egg rolls, cheesesteak fries,...

TODAY’S LUNCH: CHEESESTEAK MELT AND MAC & CHEESE FROM GORILLA CHEESE NYC

I had to talk to James from Gorilla Cheese NYC about the Amazing New York Food Trucks 2012 Calendar, and he had a new special this week - a cheesesteak melt - which gave me a perfect excuse to head over there. While I was waiting for the sandwich to be cooked, James asked me to try a new version...

MOBILE MUNCHIES FOR TUES, OCT 18TH

Should be a nice day, with some freebies and other goodies to enjoy from the vendors on the right and the trucks below. Sweetery has free lunches and other treats in a branded United HealthCare truck today through Saturday, and Red Hook Lobster has free Robicelli's cupcakes for the 1st 50 customers to Big Red today only. It's also the last...

FREE BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DESSERT FROM SWEETERY & UNITED HEALTHCARE

Sweetery NYC will be giving away FREE breakfast, lunch and evening snacks today through Saturday in a branded United Healthcare food truck - and you can win some great prizes too. United Healthcare will be promotong healthy living and a healthy lifestyle, and there will also be opportunities to win a 5-day spa getaway, an iPad, and other choice prizes....

TREATS TRUCK GOING BRICK-AND-MORTAR

Big news from Kim Ima of the Treats Truck.  As reported by Zagat , Treats Truck will be opening a shop in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.  Not only will they have Kim's amazing baked goodies, but they will reportedly serve breakfast and lunch as well. And if you want to try making some of these treats at home, Kim has a...

TODAY’S LUNCH: SPICY BURRITO FROM THE SUPER TRUCK

One of the old school Mexican trucks working Park Ave in the 20's is called The Super Truck.  They should not be confused with Super Tacos, who are on West 96th St on weekends for dinner and late-night Mexican food. I've seen The Super Truck on Park Ave in the low 20's a few times, but the recent police crackdown...

A REAL PUNK ROCK FOOD TRUCK

We know all about a heavy metal food truck, Grill 'Em All, and even got to try them on our last trip to L.A.  Now there's a punk rock food truck, with a real punk rocker behind it. We got a tip from NYSF reader @CarlyFrankel, who saw the above food truck on East 23rd St, and asked us if...

AMAZING NEW YORK FOOD TRUCKS 2012 CALENDAR HAS ARRIVED

We just got the Amazing New York Food Trucks 2012 Calendar delivered from the printer, and it came out fantastic! There's nothing better than eating at these great New York Food Trucks, and now you can enjoy them every day of 2012 too. You'll start seeing the calendars for sale over the next week or so at the food trucks...

SPONSOR SHOUT-OUT: FOOD TO EAT

New York Street Food would like to give a great big shout-out to Food To Eat, one of our main advertising partners. If you are not familiar with Food To Eat, it's an online ordering service where you put in your address, and they tell you who is nearby that you can order from. You then place your order...