New York Street Food

One of the things I miss the most by eating street food every day for lunch (other than a view of my toes) is just a plain old sandwich.  I've always loved cold cuts, which you don't see sold too often on the street.  So I was happy to read about the The Worlds Best Sandwich Truck in the...

It's a beautiful day out today - not too hot.  Perfect for enjoying some great street food from the vendors on the right and the trucks below.  A few trucks will not be on the street today (Frites N Meats, VLAIC, QBA), but plenty of others will. Check the pink Mobile Munchies twitter feed on our homepage before heading out...

It was another day with temperatures over 90 degrees (Sunday) - a perfect day to try the new Kelvin Natural Slush Co truck.  They were in the Meatpacking District on Gansevoort St just off Hudson St, not too far from where I live.  By the time I walked about 15 blocks to the truck, a cold icy slushy was...

Alan Harding, one of the pioneers of the Brooklyn restaurant renaissance (Patois, Schnack, Pacifico, Gowanus Yacht Club, Trout and many others) has opened a food truck called Hot Bird. Mr. Harding's website says "So after three inspections and mucho dinero I, Alan Harding, am a fully licensed mobile food vendor.  The hardest part of the whole process was the waiting,...

Street Sweets will be on CNBC's Wall St. Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo this Sunday (25th).  The topic will be the emergence of high end mobile food operations, and how they are impacting a changing food culture.  Also on board the mobile cafe will be Barbara Fairchild,  Editor-In-Chief of Bon Appetit Magazine. The show airs in New York on WNBC-4...

Friday's Recipe this week comes to us from Ulla of Goldilocks Finds Manhattan.  Ulla was born in Iceland but grew up on a farm in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York.  She now divides her time between the farm and New York City. Ulla is obsessed with food.  She loves reading about, eating, and cooking food, and thinks it...

Since I first reviewed Rafiqi's back in March, there have been many more of their carts seen on the street, and new ones seem to be popping up all over the place.   I can't keep track of them all - there must be at least 10 Rafiqi's at this point, which makes putting them on our map an ever-evolving...

Looks like the rain will hold out until after lunch today.  That means it's a great day for enjoying some New York Street Food from the vendors on the right and the trucks below. As always, check the pink Mobile Munchies twitter feed on our homepage before heading out in case anyone had to move at the last minute. qbacubankitchen...

In Calgary, Canada, David Kunz has a company called Avatara that serves "Healthy Hearthstome Pizza".  He has a wood-fired pizza cart on the Stephen Avenue pedestrian mall in downtown Calgary. David says business is booming.  It's pretty obvious why when you check out the menu below. I'll take a New Yorker, please.

It's Thursday, which means it's time for a downtown street food review - another Wall Street Winner.  Here's the latest installment, eaten and written by FiDi Mama of the Money Grub blog. In this week's edition, FiDi Mama tries a nondescript halal cart on the corner of Gold St and Maiden Lane.  How was it?  Find out after the jump. "Gold...