KRAVE-ING KOREAN BBQ

The smell that hits you as soon as you go up the stairs of the Grove Street PATH station in Jersey City: The Krave Truck.  (Thankfully, it's not the usual smell one associates with NJ.)  One of the owners, Nhon Ma, combines  Korean and Mexican food, such as galbi (Korean-style short ribs), spicy pork and sesame chicken served in...

FANCY FAST FOOD WITH VENDRTV

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In Dan Delaney's latest episode of VendrTV, he works with Erik Trinidad of Fancy Fast Food, who turns run-of-the-mill fast food into (relatively) fine dining.  They went to the 53rd and 6th Halal Guy’s cart for lots of street meat, then went to Erik's kitchen to get to work.  View the entire episode above, and below is what they...

PUTTING THE METAL TO THE PEDAL

A new food truck coming to L.A is updating the long-standing Hollywood tradition of naming dishes after famous people, albeit with a rock 'n roll twist.  The new Grill "Em All Truck (an homage to Metallica's logo and their album Kill 'Em All, for the non-metal heads among us) is opening Dec 15th.  Their menu will change regularly, but...

STUFFED LOTUS LEAVES IN CHINATOWN

Sarah DiGregorio at Fork in the Road tells us about a woman at the northeast corner of Mott Street and Hester Street in Chinatown who presides over a small stack of boxes containing joong, bamboo-leaf-wrapped parcels of sticky rice with goodies inside such as pork belly, mung bean, and peanut.  I have enjoyed these for many years, and have...

MILE-HIGH STREET FOOD

Denver has been getting some street food love lately, with the Thai Cart, the Gastro Cart and Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs.  In the coming months, they hope to have Steuben's mobile food truck (green chile cheeseburgers and fries, hot dogs from Continental Sausage Company, Cuban sandwiches, veggie sandwiches and daily specials like lobster rolls).  They also say that Frank...

THE GREEN TRUCK

I have  recently seen the Green Truck driving around NYC and was intrigued.  It is a truck dedicated to the idea of  serving healthy, gourmet organic food, and that "a healthy environment is tantamount to living a healthy life".  The Green Truck started in LA and now has a truck in NYC. Thankfully, the Green Truck doesn't look like this: I...

DUELING DOSAS, 3000 MILES APART

New York Street Food aficionados already know about the Dosa Cart on the south end of Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village.  Thiru "Dosa Man" Kumar won the top Vendy Award in 2007, and still has a very loyal following. On the Left Coast, Leena Deneroff started operating the Dosa Truck only a few months ago, but it seems...

WHO SAYS YOU CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN

Brownie from Blondie & Brownie went home to New Haven for a family event and finally had a chance to try the New Haven Cupcake Truck. At the Cupcake Truck you choose your cupcake and frosting for $2 and then add toppings like rainbow and chocolate sprinkles for .25 or premium toppings like cocoa nibs for .50 or more. ...

FREE GREEK STREET FOOD AND A DESIGNATED DRIVER FOR NYC CLUBGOERS THIS WEEKEND

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)....

GASTROPODS AND LATINS BURGERS IN MIAMI

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...