New York Street Food

History is full of vendors who went on to open successful brick-and-mortar establishments. Come toast SVP (Street Vendor Project) member Cheikh Fall on the grand opening of his new store, as we recognize all street vendors for their role in incubating the NYC economy. Break the Ramadan fast at sunset (7:59 pm) with Senegalese food, drinks, and music. Event runs...

It's time for this week's installment of Wall St. Winners - reviews of downtown street food vendors by FiDi Mama of the Money Grub blog.  Unfortunately, this is the last review being done by FiDi Mama because she recently moved out of the Financial District and will be doing other things (like raising her child). If you would like to...

The weather's not so nice today, but the street food vendors are still out there serving great New York Street Food.  Get some lunch from the vendors on the right and the trucks below, and bring it back to your office, apartment or hotel room. 1 new tweet. schnitzeltruck - Mornin midtown. We're back in the hood 2day on 48th...

Eating street food is one of New York's great pleasures - the quality and variety of street food here is unparalleled.  But with over 3,000 street food vendors in New York, how do you know where to find the best street food when you're walking around? The New York Street Food Android app includes only the best street food ...

Every year the Vendy Award nominees have videos recorded so we can meet the vendors up close and personal.  This year's videos were produced by Food Curated and are shown below for your enjoyment.  Just make sure you've eaten first! 1. King of Falafel & Shawarma http://blip.tv/play/AYH0uDQC 2. Bistro Truck http://blip.tv/play/AYH0uXkC 3. El Rey del Sabor http://blip.tv/play/AYH0uSQC 4. Patacon Pisao http://blip.tv/play/AYH0tyUC 5. Schnitzel & Things http://blip.tv/play/AYH0tX4C

I haven't been back to Eddie's Pizza Truck since it started roaming the streets of New York in June.  The first lunch I had was a chicken cutlet and hot pepper pizza, which was pretty good.  Today they tweeted the Daily Special was Hawaiian pizza, which is a good way to start an argument in New York - is...

Now that the 2010 Vendy Award finalists have been announced, you have 6 weeks to try the 5 finalists before the actual event on Sept 25th.  If you're going to the Vendy Awards (which we highly recommend, being a Silver Level sponsor), you'll get to eat as much as you can from these exceptional vendors.  Tickets are expected to...

As we told you last week, the Jersey City food trucks are under attack from City Councilman Steve Fulop.  There will be a hearing on Aug 16th, where the vendors are going to present city officials with a signed petition.  Please go here to sign the petition and help support our Jersey brethren such as The Krave, Louisiana Spice...

I recently interviewed Yassir from Bistro Truck for the current NYSF Featured Vendor Profile, so I knew Bistro Truck was celebrating their 1st birthday this week.  When Yassir tweeted this morning they were going to have a birthday cake at 12:30, I had to go down to 5th Ave between 16th & 17th to give them my best birthday...

The 2010 Vendy Award Finalists were announced today.  There were some expected finalists, as well as some surprises.  Last year's Rookie of the Year, Schnitzel & Things, returns this year in the main category. You can never count out Oleg and company's delicious pounded cutlets of veal, pork and chicken.  They are one of the reasons we started New...