ZAGAT FOOD TRUCK FRENZY POSTPONED UNTIL MON, MAY 23RD

The Zagat Food Truck Frenzy has been postponed from Wed, May 18th to Mon, May 23rd due to the atrocious weather forecast. It will be at the same place and time, and hopefully, the weather will be cooperative this time. By the way, tickets are still available here.

FRITES ‘N’ MEATS CO-OWNER FACING CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR ACCIDENT

At this point, most NYSF readers are aware of the accident last month on the Frites 'N' Meats truck that put Moody in the hospital  for a couple of weeks with serious burns.  In case you haven't heard, he is expected to make a full recovery. After hearing the news, many of you, and a bunch of the other food...

NYSF FIRST LOOK: GORILLA CHEESE NYC

We've been telling you about the new Gorilla Cheese NYC truck for a while now, and we had a chance to get there on Friday.  They have been doing some soft openings around town to work out the kinks, and have been trying out different spots.  I caught up with them on 5th Ave & 18th St. The menu is...

MOBILE MUNCHIES FOR MON, MAY 16TH

Not a pretty day outside, but there are plenty of reasons to get out for some great New York Street Food. Gorilla Cheese NYC is downtown by Hanover Sq today, Bistro Truck has their new menu and is in a new spot at 27th & Park, and a couple of blocks up Park (around 30th), Feed Your Hole has Nutt...

TODAY’S LUNCH: SLOPPY BAO & A CHICKEN SUMMER ROLL FROM BAOGUETTE/PHO SURE

I had lunch near home today at Baoguette/Pho Sure, which is located at 120 Christopher St in the West Village.  They are listed in our Honorary Street Food category, which are storefronts with little or no seating serving what is generally considered to be street food in their home country. Today's Lunch is a sloppy bao ($7), and since I...

MOBILE MUNCHIES FOR FRIDAY THE 13TH

Mike N Willies
For all of you not suffering from triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13), here are today's Mobile Munchies. The Schnitzel & Things truck is out of the shop and back at 52nd & Lex, Gorilla Cheese is trying the 18th & 5th area, and it's Chrissy's last day on the street as Miss Softee, after training a new crew, The...

NYSF FIRST LOOK: RED HOOK LOBSTER POUND TRUCK

Yesterday was the debut of the Red Hook Lobster Pound Truck (dubbed Big Red), and we were there to check it out. We got there around 12:45 and the line was about 15 people long, but it moved very quickly.  I had a lobster roll in my hand in less than 15 minutes. The toughest part was deciding between a Maine...

MOBILE MUNCHIES FOR THURS, MAY 12TH

As we told you earlier, today is the debut of Big Red, the new Red Hook Lobster Pound truck.  They will be around 26th & Park today and at Hudson & King tomorrow.  Get there early to avoid the sure-to-be long lines. Park Ave is getting some action today with Gorilla Cheese around 23rd St,  Red Hook Lobster Pound around...

GET FREAKY! FOR THE BIG GAY ICE CREAM TRUCK PHOTO SHOOT

In case you haven't heard, Big Gay Ice Cream Truck is writing a book with recipes, anecdotes and other fun stuff. Today they are having a photo shoot at the truck for the book, and Doug's instructions are "Get freaky & get into our book! Requests: big girls in tutus, watermelons as shoes, wigs. Hula hoop til you puke!" Basically, use...

RED HOOK LOBSTER TRUCK OPENING TODAY

Part II of Lobster Roll Week kicks off today with the Red Hook Lobster Truck debuting their new truck, dubbed Big Red by their contest winner, Dan Hosoya. Susan tells us the truck will be around 26th St & Park Ave on Thurs and Hudson & King on Fri.  They hope to be in place and serving by 11am, so...