Entries tagged with 'food trucks'
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"Everyone likes Mexican food and everyone likes Chinese food, so why not combine forces?" [Flickr: R. E. ~] Name: Don Chow Tacos Vendors: Dominic Lau and Lawrence Lie. What do you sell? Chinese-Mexican fusion Twitter: @donchowtacos Location and hours: For now, Thursday through Saturday from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., but we are looking to expand. Tacos. [Flickr: R. E. ~] How long have you been street fooding? About eight months. How has Twitter affected business? Twitter is definitely a great communication tool that's changed the way people communicate—but the food is still the most important part. It's safe to say that Twitter has helped us attract a tech-savvy audience who can know exactly when and where we are at...
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Note: It's time for another edition of Street Food Profiles. This week we meet a banh mi truck. [Photographs: Nom Nom Truck] Name: Nom Nom Truck Vendor: David Stankunas Twitter: @nomnomtruck Location and hours: All over Los Angeles for lunch, evening, and late-night. Primarily we've been heading out to west Los Angeles, but we still get to places like Hollywood, mid-Wilshire, Koreatown, Silver Lake and Torrance. What's on the menu? Banh mi, Vietnamese-inspired tacos (basically a banh mi in a corn tortilla instead of bread), and various other Vietnamese snacks and drinks. How long have you been street fooding? For about 5 weeks. How has Twitter affected business? Twitter is a huge part of our business. Not only is it...
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"If I've got one gripe with Chicago, it's that there aren't enough food carts." [Photographs: Nick Kindelsperger] Iyanzé Truck North Park Drive between East Illinois Street and East North Water Street, Chicago IL 60611 (map); 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday The Short Order: West African truck serving insanely spicy stews. Want Fries with That? No fries, but make sure to get the intense jollof rice. Want Ketchup? Your tongue will be too stunned. If I've got one gripe with Chicago, it's that there aren't enough food carts. We are way behind New York and Los Angeles—and we're not into that tweeting food cart madness either. The ones we do have tend to be hard to find and...
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"A Philly dirty water dog is quite different from its New York cousin." [Original art and photographs: Hawk Krall] You might not think of Philadelphia as much of a hot dog town. Our dog offerings are often overshadowed by the almighty cheesesteak and roast pork sandwich. Although Pat's Steaks, the originator of the cheesesteak, was originally a hot dog stand, and every day thousands of Philadelphians chow down on hot dogs from glimmering lunch carts lined up along the city streets. A Philly dirty water dog is quite different from its New York cousin. More often than not, a hot dog here is a skinless, jumbo (think Chicago-sized) boiled hot dog (Deitz & Watson or Hatfield) on half of a...
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Note: It's time for another edition of Street Food Profiles. This week we scoot to SoCal for architecturally inspired ice cream sandwiches, where even the wrapper is edible! Name: Coolhaus Ice Cream Sandwiches Vendors: Freya Estreller and Natasha Case Twitter: @COOLHAUS Location and hours: It varies. From Tuesday to Sunday, we're usually out between noon and sometimes as late as 2 a.m. [Flickr: JulianBleecker] What do you sell? All-natural, made-to-order ice cream sandwiches in a custom edible wrapper. (Zero waste!) For how long have you been street fooding? Since April of 2009....
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Note: It's time for another edition of Street Food Profiles. This week we scoot to North Carolina, not necessarily known as a street food hotspot but this burger truck is changing that. Name: Only Burger Vendors: Brian Bottger and Tom Ferguson Location and hours? Durham, North Carolina for lunch, dinner, and late night. Twitter: @onlyburger What's on the menu? Hamburgers, cheeseburgers, veggie burgers, turkey burgers and fries of course! (With occasional specials for special events.) How long have you been street fooding? Just one year. How has Twitter affected business? We have recently started tweeting our locations and specials. It has done wonders for our business and we have recently hit our 1,000th follower....
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Note: It's time for another edition of Street Food Profiles. This week we scoot to the West Coast. [Photographs: Green Truck] Name: Green Truck Vendor: Bobby Allen Location and hours? Multiple locations around Los Angeles, typically from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Follow @Green_truck on Twitter for updates. The "Mother Trucker" burger: a homemade vegan patty with heirloom tomatoes, sprouts, and mixed greens, topped with "Trucker sauce." What do you sell? Organic, vegan-friendly food, including burgers, chicken burritos, Niman beef hot dogs, line-caught albacore tuna sandwiches, falafel wraps with tzatziki, fries, and fresh melon frescas. How long have you been street fooding? The company formed in 2006 and we've been rolling around Los Angeles since early 2007....
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Note: It's time for another edition of Street Food Profiles. This week we scoot to Burlington, Vermont, where one woman has been selling dumplings for ten years. [Photographs: Hong's Chinese Dumplings] Name: Hong's Chinese Dumplings Vendor: Hong Yu Location and hours? Church Street in front of the Borders bookstore in Burlington, Vermont. Hours depend on the sunshine. What do you sell? Chicken and pork dumplings, veggie dumplings in pot sticker style, crab ragoons, shrimp egg rolls, veggie egg rolls, chicken cheese egg rolls, sesame cold noodles, and veggie fried rice along with homemade ginger garlic soy sauce, hot chili oil, and sweet cranberry sauce. How long have you been street-fooding? 10 years....
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The Fojol Bros. scoot around the D.C. streets selling "Merlindian" food, a made-up cuisine that crosses whimsy with traditional Indian food. The masala, curries, and palak paneer are all served in biodegradable clamshells with compost-friendly sporks.
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Note: Since this street food trend is blowing up, we're going to spend every week spotlighting a different vendor. This week in Street Food Profiles, we scoot to the West Coast. [Photographs: Let's Be Frank] Name: Let's Be Frank hot dog cart Vendor: Larry Bain Location and hours? San Francisco: Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays at the Crissy Field Warming Hut (near the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge) from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Los Angeles: Wednesdays through Sundays at Helms in Culver City. What do you sell? Frank Dog, Brat Dog, Bird Dog, "Hot" Dog, and "Not" Dog, along with beverages and chips For how many years? Four years in San Francisco and two years in Los Angeles....
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