New York Street Food

Last night was the Kelvin Slush "Prohibition Style" Happy Hour with Don Q Rum.  Four NYSF Contest Winners and their guests got entry into this exclusive event that was only open to Classic Car Club members and guests of Kelvin Slush & Don Q Rum. There were at least a dozen classic cars around the showroom, with Porsches, Ferraris, BMW's,...

  Tomorrow will be the last Midland Beach Food Truck Festival of the season on Staten Island.  The event runs from noon to 8pm, and there are going to be some great vendors there, including 2 past Vendy Award Winners. This festival will highlight the best of the Red Hook Food Vendors doling out favorite dishes from Mexico, Salvador, Colombia and...

Even though food trucks get all the press these days, there are some great food carts in NYC too like Biryani Cart, Bapcha and lots of other ones.  I'm always on the lookout for a food cart that stands out from the pack, and today as I was walking by the NE corner of 7th Ave & 49th St,...

It's a gorgeous day outside today. Perfect for enjoying great New York Street Food from the vendors on the right and the trucks below. Congratulations to Mexicue on the Grand Opening of their new store at 345 7th Ave (29-30).  We're sure it will be a great success!  The truck will be at the store's location today too. Mexicue The truck...

The contestants for Season 2 of The Great Food Truck Race have been announced, and Korilla BBQ is representing the Big Apple this year.  The Season 2 premiere is Sunday, Aug. 14th at 10pm on the Food Network. There are 8 food trucks competing for the $100,000 Grand Prize.  Click through to meet the contestants, and to find out...

As we previously mentioned, Kelvin Natural Slush, Don Q Rum and the Classic Car Club of Manhattan are throwing a “Prohibition Style” Kelvin Slush Happy Hour tomorrow evening, and they were kind enough to provide us with some tickets to this exclusive event for a few lucky New York Street Food readers. All you had to do to win was...

With the police cracking down on food trucks in a number of Manhattan neighborhoods, where can food trucks safely vend their wares in NYC?  How about in dedicated parking lots and at festivals. We previously told you about parking lots in L.A. that hosted events called Din-Din-A-Go-Go's and wondered why there weren't more events like that in NYC.  Well, it...

We checked out Luke's Lobster the first day it was on the street, May 10th, and had one of their delicious lobster rolls for our NYSF First Look. It was time to try something else on  their menu, which begged the eternal question - if not lobster, then shrimp or crab? Since shrimp is more common around here, Today's Lunch is...

Running late today, but here's where you can find the best food trucks in NYC.  As always, check the Mobile Munchies twitter feed before heading out, in case anyone had to move at the last minute. bongobros 24th St and 5th Ave today and don't forget to try out Todays Special " Arroz Con Pollo " bigdsgrub 7/13 (wed) We...

We received the following email from Jonathan of Star Struck Catering that should be of interest to food truck owners in the NYC area: Good morning Perry.  I am reaching out to my food truck friends in the NYC area.  We are Star Struck Catering and work in the film catering business here in NYC.  Our trucks are parked at...