New York Street Food

La Newyorkina has been getting a lot of acclaim in the past few months - at the Highline, the Hester St Fair, the New Amsterdam Market, in the new Big Gay Ice Cream Shop - and now as a 2011 Vendy Award Finalist in the Best Dessert category. We caught up with La Newyorkina last night outside the Ace Hotel...

Last night at Fashions Night Out, I stopped by The Frying Dutchmen, who were in Soho giving away free fries and dipping sauces courtesy of Suit Supply USA. I had only been to The Frying Dutchmen once before, and this was an opportunity to try some new sauces.  They were all new to me, and some were new to the...

Hope everyone enjoyed Fashions Night Out last night.  While many of the trucks were working events last night, they are almost all out on the street this beautiful Friday.  Get out and enjoy some great New York Street Food from the vendors on the right and the trucks below.   As always, make sure to check the Mobile Munchies twitter feed...

Yesterday Wooly's Ice was nominated for a 2011 Vendy Award in the Best Dessert category, and I hadn't had a chance to try them yet.  That was resolved last night at Fashion Night Out, when I stopped by TopShop in Soho, where they were giving away free samples in the store. Danny and Kenneth also showed me how they put...

We had a short post about where some of the food trucks will be tonight for Fashion Night Out, but a lot more information has come to our attention.  Below is a much more comprehensive list of food trucks for Fashions Night Out today and tonight. Enjoy! From 6-10pm, Cupcake Stop will be giving away 1,200 GUESS-branded cupcakes at two...

I was very busy today, so I stayed close to my office for lunch. You hear a lot about all the gourmet food trucks around town, but one of my favorite "old school" street vendors is Carnegie John.  He has been serving delicious New York street food for the past 10 years right behind Carnegie Hall, on 56th St just...

The Vendy Awards excitement is starting to build, with the Dessert Category Finalists announced earlier today.  Congratulations to all! Next up are the Rookie of the Year and the Vendy Cup finalists. We will let you know as soon as they are announced. In the meantime, it looks like the rain has let up, and the sun is peeking out. ...

The finalists have just been announced for the 2011 Vendy Awards in the Best Dessert category by the Daily News.  They are as follows: La Bella Torte, who we trekked out to Hoboken to try over the summer, but you can now sample at the Lot on 30th St.  Joe's cannolis were excellent, and his rosemary olive oil cake was...

An attorney in Washington DC, Bert Gall, has taken a new legal approach in defending the rights of food trucks to operate in hostile environments - the 14th Amendment to the Constitution As detailed in the Washington Post, Gall, a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice in Arlington, VA, launched its new National Street Vending Initiative early this year...

A bunch of your favorite food trucks will be working events tomorrow night for Fashion's Night Out.  A lot of the events are private, but others are open to the public.  If you don't have an invite to one of the private events, you might want to check out one (or all) of the following. From 6-10pm, Cupcake Stop will...