MOBILE MUNCHIES FOR FRI, FEB 18TH

Another nice day to enjoy some great New York Street Food from the vendors on the right and the trucks below. As always, check the Mobile Munchies twitter feed before heading out, in case anyone had to move at the last minute. Comme Ci, Comme Ça is on 38th St @ Broadway today! KorillaBBQ Flatiron Fridays @ 24th & Park Ave...

KIDS LOVE FOOD TRUCKS TOO

Everyone knows kids love ice cream trucks, but the Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Miami recently had a visit from the Whistle Stop Food Truck Rodeo.  This gave kids a chance to sample delicious food from 10 different food trucks, and enjoy some vintage trains at the same time. The Miami New Times had the scoop, so to speak. "It was...

STREET FOOD IN PARIS

Sometimes Marcus Samuelsson, world-renowned chef and owner of the red-hot Red Rooster in Harlem, just wants some good street food to enjoy while walking around. On his current Street Food blog post, he talks about street food in Paris.  Although the ubiquitous Paris street food is crepes, he prefers going to open-air markets like "the lively, diverse Place Monge Farmer’s...

TODAY’S LUNCH: 3 EMPANADAS FROM EMPANADAS PARADISE

I was walking up 6th Ave in the twenties and saw a truck on the SE corner of 26th St and 6th Ave that I had not seen before.  After doing a little research, I saw that UltraClay had recently written about this truck on Midtown Lunch. He called it the NYC Mobile Eatery (the old name on the front...

MOBILE MUNCHIES FOR THURS, FEB 17TH

It's a nice day out today.  Perfect for enjoying some great New York Street Food from the vendors on the right and the trucks below. Kelvin Slush, the 2010 Vendy Award winner in the dessert category, popped up today to say they plan to be back on the street in early April. As always, check the Mobile Munchies twitter feed before...

NEW ZEALAND WOMAN DIES FROM STREET FOOD POISONING IN THAILAND

Sarah Carter, a woman from Wellington, New Zealand, died last week in Thailand from food poisoning. According to Newstalk ZB, Sarah Carter died in Chiang Mai on Sunday after eating some toxic seaweed that she bought at a street food market. People in Thailand are being told to keep the death of a Wellington woman from food poisoning in perspective. Harvey World...

NEW YORK STREET FOOD MIGRATES TO ST. LOUIS

Riverfront Times had an interview with Catherine Daake of Mangia Mobile, a new Italian food truck in St. Louis that she runs with her siblings. Before moving back to St. Louis, Catherine worked in sales and marketing at Inc. magazine in New York.  Living in New York, "I was exposed to the new level of quality food trucks. Our grandmother...

TODAY’S LUNCH: GINGER CHICKEN GRINDER & DUMPLINGS FROM BIG D’S GRUB TRUCK

Big D's Grub Truck has only been around for about a month, and until today, I've only had a chance to try a Korean taco set and yucca fries, which were pretty good.  Their menu is basically Korean tacos and grinder with some side dishes.  Time to try a grinder. I expected the grinder to be enough for lunch, but...

MOBILE MUNCHIES FOR WED, FEB 16TH

Mike N Willies
Another sunny winter day, but it should be milder than yesterday, so get out and enjoy some great New York Street Food from the vendors on the right and the trucks below. Mexicue and Cupcake Stop are not out today, but just about everyone else is. As always, check the Mobile Munchies twitter feed before heading out, in case anyone had...

FOOD TRUCKS AND BEER…AND ICE CREAM FOR DESSERT

Mexicue, our current NYSF Featured Vendor, tipped us off to a really cool event next month. The Brooklyn Brewery and Edible are presenting a 5-course dinner featuring their beer and food from the following Vendy Award nominated food trucks - Mexicue, Souvlaki GR, Rickshaw Dumplings and Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream. The event costs $40 per ticket and is being held...