New York Street Food

Sweetery NYC will be giving away hundreds of FREE cupcakes today courtesy of the Michelin Man. Stop by their truck on 50th St between 6th & 7th Ave at 12:30 for this tasty free giveaway.  

Food isn't the only interesting thing coming out of trucks these days.  How about art, design and fashion, too? The first annual Mobile Meet Up, a group of eleven trucks, each representing a different player in the rapidly growing “mobile culture” of New York City—from gourmet food, to fine art, music, design, and fashion—will convene in Brooklyn to celebrate the...

The banh mi sandwich, a staple of Vietnamese street food vendors, has been getting a makeover recently in the New York area from a couple of creative street vendors. At the 2011 Vendy Awards last weekend, Two Pitas In A Pod, a Best of New Jersey Finalist, had a Mediterranean-inspired banh mi in a pita (above photo) that was amazing! ...

The power of Twitter rears it's beautiful head again.  The Katchkie Truck tweeted about a new menu item that sounded pretty good, so I headed down to West Soho to give it a try. One of the great things about Katchkie Truck is the food they serve comes from their own farm, about 2 hours north of the city. Another advantage...

The weather is getting cooler, perfect for enjoying great New York Street Food from the vendors on the right and the trucks below. There are some new eats popping up around town.  Wafels & Dinges has a new De Pearable Wafel with pears, blueberries and a walnut/brown sugar crumble.  Schnitzel & Things is trying out cheddar or Swiss cheese on...

With the booming popularity of street food, but the police cracking down on food trucks in NYC, what's a vendor to do? How about expanding your empire with food carts, which several vendors have done recently. In July Eddie's Pizza, the 2011 Vendy Award Rookie of the Year Finalist, opened a new cart, which has been parked in Tribeca much of...

A couple of months ago, we saw an item in the NY Times Tasting Table newsletter about a new little storefront near Penn Station called Shachi's that serves authentic Venezuelan arepas and empanadas.   We tried Shachi's back in July, enjoyed it, and added them to our Honorary Street Food category (storefronts with little or no seating serving food considered...

Looks like the weather will hold out through lunch, so get some great New York Street Food from the vendors on the right and the trucks below. There are some good specials out there today. Eat Here Now Now Eat Here, the 2011 Vendy Award Rookie Finalist, has  pork tacos at special prices today and tomorrow under the High Line...

There seems to be a grilled cheese renaissance going on in NYC these days.  At the beginning of 2011, there were no grilled cheese trucks in town - now there are three (Gorilla Cheese, Milk Truck & Morris Truck). In addition to the grilled cheese trucks, many restaurants and stands at food festivals serve great grilled cheese sandwiches.  We have...

I haven't been to the Crepes Truck since March, so it was time to stop by again to check in and make sure everything was still up to snuff. The truck had some new signs and a line of about ten people when I walked up to the truck.  There was plenty of time to decide, because the line moved...