Entries tagged with 'Street Food Profiles'
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Note: It's time for another edition of Street Food Profiles. This week we scoot to Philly to meet a former Wall Street trader who started serving Stumptown coffee from a truck parked in University City. [Photographs: HubBub Coffee] Name: HubBub Coffee Twitter: @hubbubcoffee Vendor: Drew Crockett What's on the menu? Mostly coffee and espresso drinks using Stumptown as well as pastries (croissants, cinnamon rolls, super big chocolate chip cookies and Rice Krispie Treats). Our truck is really about the coffee. Location and hours? We are located on 38th Street between Locust and Spruce Street in Philadelphia (in University City). We're open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and closed on Sundays....
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Note: It's time for another edition of Street Food Profiles. This week we scoot to Denver to meet Biker Jim and his gourmet tube steak. Biker Jim himself at the cart. [Photographs: Biker Jim's] Name: Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs Twitter: @bikerjimsdogs Vendor: Jim Pittenger Modeling one of the dogs. What's on the menu? Hot dogs made made with reindeer, elk, wild boar, buffalo, pheasant, rattlesnake, veal and a variety of rotating brat specials such as Boudin and Linguisa. Location and hours? The intersection of 16th and Arapahoe Streets in Denver (map) from 11 a.m. to 3 or 4 p.m....
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Note: It's time for another edition of Street Food Profiles. This week we scoot to the street food mecca of Portland to meet a Scottish lad who started a chippy on wheels. [Photographs: The Frying Scotsman Fish and Chips] Name: The Frying Scotsman Fish and Chips Vendor: James King, owner and chef Twitter: @frying_scotsman Location and hours? My trailer is parked in the garage of an established gallery and frame shop in the industrial area of NW Portland on 22nd and Raleigh called Katayama Framing. I am open Monday through Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., sometimes later on Saturdays. What's on the menu? Fried cod and chips (the current bestseller), haddock and chips, halibut and chips. People also like...
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"The Bay Area is a little late to the street food game." [Photographs: LIBA Falafel]Name: LIBA Falafel Truck Twitter: @libasf Vendor: Gail Lillian, who does all of the shopping at a variety of local produce markets, including Berkeley Bowl and Jack London Square's early morning commercial market. What's on the menu? Falafel with over 15 unconventional toppings. All of the recipes are Gail's and tie in with Mediterranean food but draw from regions all over the world. Location and hours? 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday in three different locations in both San Francisco and the East Bay....
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Note: It's time for another edition of Street Food Profiles. This week we scoot to Colorado for Boulder's hippest new food truck—a day-glo green one might we add. Name: The Green Gringo Vendors: Cyrus Stoker and Chris Long Twitter: @TheGreenGringo Location and Hours: Boulder, Colorado. Windows usually open for business around 11 a.m. daily. What's on the menu? Slow-cooked pork tacos, shrimp tacos with avocado, chile-rubbed beef brisket sandwiches, vegan burgers with balsamic onions and pepper greens, rotating soups, fresh-cut sweet potato fries and warm doughnuts. (With plenty of gluten-free options.)...
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Note: It's time for another edition of Street Food Profiles. This week we scoot to Southern California for melty cheese sandwiches on wheels. [Art: Misha Nonyabusiness] Name: The Grilled Cheese Truck Vendors: CEO (Cheese Executive Officer) Michele Grant and chef Dave Danhi Twitter: @grlldcheesetruk What's on the menu? Grilled cheese sandwiches of course! And soup and tater tots. Check out the whole menu here. Location and hours? All over Los Angeles. Right now we're focusing on lunch with some dinner and late-night service thrown in as well. How long have you been street fooding? We're brand new—just a month. How has Twitter affected business? We love Twitter! It's been our main means of getting the word out ever since we...
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Note: It's time for another edition of Street Food Profiles. This week we scoot to rural Virginia where a husband-and-wife team are reinventing street food: this food isn't served on busy streets. All of the ingredients are sourced from local farms or their garden. [Photograph: Local Sixfortyseven] Name: Local Sixfortyseven Vendors: Husband-and-wife team Derek and Amanda Luhowiak Location and hours? We are a mobile kitchen traveling around to many different locations at all different times. This past season we've set up at Virginia farmers' markets including Winchester, Centreville, and Reston, as well as wineries like Barrel Oak Winery and Lost Creek Winery, and other community events. Local Sixfortyseven's cheeseburger. [Flickr: foodietots] What's on the menu? Southern-inspired food that's local, fresh,...
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[Flickr: Gary Soup] Name: Roli Roti Vendor-rotisseur: Thomas Odermatt Twitter: @RoliRoti Location and hours? 27 farmers' markets in Northern California (check out the schedule here) from San Jose to Sausalito to Davis. [Flickr: mercedesfromtheeighties] What's on the menu? Gourmet rotisserie meats such as free-range chickens, heritage pork (made into porchetta sandwiches), and lamb. How long have you been street fooding? RoliRoti started in 2002, but Thomas has been grilling meats for much longer. It all started back in his family's butcher shop in the Swiss Alps where his father Otto taught him the secrets of beautifully grilled rotisserie meats. When he arrived in Berkeley, California, Thomas was taken with the local gourmet food movement but found that the typical...
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Note: It's time for another edition of Street Food Profiles. This week we scoot to Seattle for Hawaiian-Korean curbside cuisine. [Photograph: Andrea J. Walker] Name: Marination Mobile Vendors: Kamala Saxton and Roz Edison Twitter: @curb_cuisine Location and hours: Roaming the streets of Seattle six days a week. Equal opportunity neighborhood dwelling. Typically open 11a.m. to 2 p.m. The changing locations are posted on our website. Kimchi rice bowl. [Food photographs: Marination Mobile] What's on the menu? Tacos (spicy pork, kalbi beef, "sexy" tofu, and miso ginger chicken), Aloha sliders (made with Hawaiian-style braised pork on a sweet bun), kimchi fried rice (served with a sunny-side up egg), and things involving Spam (like Spam sliders and Spam musubi). We regularly throw...
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Note: It's time for another edition of Street Food Profiles. This week we scoot to Santa Barbara where a former school bus becomes a delicious burger-mobile. "CB&J," aka Cheeseburger and Jelly (that would be jalapeno jelly). [Photographs: The Burger Bus] Name: The Burger Bus Vendors: Cheryl and Michael Gardner Twitter: @theburgerbus Location and hours? Tuesday through Fridays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturdays are TBA. Locations vary but are always updated online. What's on the menu? Locally sourced cheeseburgers (including one with jelly), falafel, and sides like yam fries, fried pickle chips, and onion rings. How long have you been street fooding? Five months. How has Twitter affected business? Although Santa Barbara is a small city, Twitter helps remind...
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