New York Street Food

The vodka company, Ketel One, will be giving out free Greek street food, water and rides home to clubgoers in the Meatpacking District this weekend in a promotion meant to impress upon people the importance of drinking responsibly.  The "Ketel One Canteen," will be offering complimentary Greek food by chef Michael Psilakis from midnight to 2 a.m. Thursday-Saturday (12/3-12/5)....

Two very interesting street food news items in Miami. Chef Jeremiah, a Miami native, is opening gastroPod in his hometown.  gastroPod is a vintage 1962 Airstream trailer that has been converted into a mobile kitchen with modern technology.  Chef Jeremiah draws heavily on Caribbean and Latin culinary traditions, and has worked at such innovative and top-notch restaurants as El Bulli...

The Mississippi Marketplace is Portland's latest food cart pod, by the intersection of N Mississippi and Skidmore.  You can get vegetarian sushi, sopapillas, pizza, fried-egg breakfast sandwiches, desserts, and soups there, but the rapid increase in the number of food cart vendors makes some people wonder if there are too many to survive the winter.  There has been a...

Local SixForty Seven (Wash DC) The recent explosion of food trucks and food carts across the country has led to a myriad of different permits that are needed, regulations that need to be followed, and general uncertainties about what laws and statutes local governments and police departments are going to follow (or choose to ignore). The Washington Post spoke with street...

War of the Wursts hits Berlin as Grillwalkers, with 4 pounds of propane on their back, portable grills, and wursts galore, traverse the city selling one of my favorite street foods. As reported by the NY Times, the Grillwalker was invented by Bertram Rohloff in 1997 after being laid off from his job in hotel management.   Mr. Rohloff now has...

Lonely Planet surveyed travel experts from all over the world and asked them: "What is your favourite city to gorge yourself with food?"  In joint first place were New York and Singapore, reflecting the diversity of food offerings in each city.  The fact that visitors can try everything from excellent street food to world-class fine dining resulted in the...

Little Fluff Stuff makes soft, fluffy toys that look pretty tasty.  They also make cute toys that don't look like food.  Fork in the Road found them on Etsy.  Check them out for the perfect gift for your foodie friend or their kids.

Thai Fusion in Seattle Thai Fusion, a restaurant in Seattle, has paired Thai street food such as satays and skewers with PBR (16 oz) tall boys.  During happy hours every Mon-Wed from 3-6, satays, skewers and PBR tall boys are just $1 each.  Sounds like a marriage made in heaven. If you know of any place in NYC with a...

The  Cupcake Stop truck is the subject of our latest New York Street Food Featured Vendor Profile.  Cupcake Stop was founded by Lev Ekster, a Brooklyn native and recent New York Law School graduate who put his law career on hold to start Cupcake Stop after spending many long nights in the law library fueled by cupcakes.  We recently...

Rafael Soler, a Vendy Award finalist in 2008 for Soler Dominican, was on a recent Martha Stewart TV show and shared some "inside information" with her, his recipe for pupusas.  Click through for the video from the show and Rafael's great recipe.