The food truck phenomenon is all over the place, not so much in Key West but mainland Florida with splendid night time weather has embraced this way of eating. Monday nights it's Arts Park in Hollywood at the circle in the middle of town called Young Circle.
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B.C. Tacos
Che Grill
Churrasco Grill
Da Burger Shack
Don Mofongo
FOAR
Food Junkies
HipPOPs handcrafted gelato bars
Il Fiorentino
Inspir-Asian
Jerk it Cuisine
Jersey Dawg
King of Racks
The Lobsta Guy
Monster Burgers
Ms. Cheezious
Nacho Bizness
Palate Party
Paradise Cups
Poblano’s Mexican Fusion
Sugar Yummy Mama
Sweet Blenz
Tuto’s Cuisine
Voo La Voo
Wholesome Rollers
B.C. Tacos
Che Grill
Churrasco Grill
Da Burger Shack
Don Mofongo
FOAR
Food Junkies
HipPOPs handcrafted gelato bars
Il Fiorentino
Inspir-Asian
Jerk it Cuisine
Jersey Dawg
King of Racks
The Lobsta Guy
Monster Burgers
Ms. Cheezious
Nacho Bizness
Palate Party
Paradise Cups
Poblano’s Mexican Fusion
Sugar Yummy Mama
Sweet Blenz
Tuto’s Cuisine
Voo La Voo
Wholesome Rollers
I got overwhelmed in short order but my wife and her sister marched off to check out what was on offer.
I have no idea what sort of a living one makes cooking in the back of a van but young people seemed to make a decent date night out of it.
The lines were long and after ordering there wasn't much to do but stand around and wait. Cause for conversation!
I was looking after Rusty whose brain must have been blown by his change of fortune. A few weeks ago he was an unwanted dog on the margins of life and now he was being petted and admired by strangers and welcomed into the middle of crowds. He took it like the stoic he has become.
I left the decisions up to my wife. These guys yielded crab fries and a thick wedge of caramel bread pudding. Food trucks tend to go with substantial fare it seems to me.
Every Monday: Food Trucks at Arts Park
Every Tuesday: Food Truck Invasion in Plantation
Every 1st Friday: Friday Night Food Trucks
Every 2nd Friday: Second Fridays at Abacoa Every 3rd Saturday: Wheelin’ Dealin’ Street Food Festival
My sister-in-law studying the menu:
The crab and fries:
The bread pudding:
The exhausted little trooper:
What an interesting evening.
Every Tuesday: Food Truck Invasion in Plantation
Every 1st Friday: Friday Night Food Trucks
Every 2nd Friday: Second Fridays at Abacoa Every 3rd Saturday: Wheelin’ Dealin’ Street Food Festival
2015 was the year of Chef Robyn Almodovar on Food Network where she won an episode of Chopped and also won Cutthroat Kitchen. My wife noticed her South Florida base, along with her truck "Palate Party" and noted them down in her phone. She was quite pleased to be recognized. Her crab cakes really were very good. We ate them on the spot.
My patient dog, navigating the chaos with the aplomb of an old hand. I hope he enjoyed being in the middle of middle class life as a participant.
The bacon and blue cheese grilled sandwich. Perhaps it was bleu cheese but food trucks bring out the pleb in me:
6 comments:
Before everything happened to Sue we were thinking about buying a little restaurant or a food truck. Sue spent 20+ years in the kitchen and in the front office of several restaurants and is a trained chef herself (although she prefers "cook").
Food trucks cost about 20K to buy and that is a lot cheaper than a building. Generally speaking they are actually cleaner than restaurants as well do to the limited workspace and storage in a truck.
It's been estimated that a food truck can bring in anywhere between 15 to 30 thousand a year after expenses (fuel, food, insurance) however the hours spent promoting the food truck are higher than a regular restaurant do to it's very mobile nature. As such many trucks try to run a regular "loop" or form a relationship with another business.
Events like the one you were at allow the trucks to promote their best items or allow the chefs (many of whom are raising stars in the culinary field) to show off food they would not normally carry on the truck. For example I had a pasta dish made with rattlesnake meat off on one truck. It was good but I can't imagine it selling to Joe six-pack on a street corner.
That's the powerful post. I have Honda 850 CC. Sometimes I cross the meter of 150 in local roads. Anyways I really enjoy it. Thanks
Your photos of the food truck food may lead one to suspect that the same cardiologist who sponsors your food trucks may also sponsor my biscuits and gravy.
Food trucks sound like a lot of work. I need a cardiologist-in-a-box to follow me round.
seasonal foods in super creative dishes. Food Truck Wedding
I showed up around 12:30, there were 3 people in line and probably about 5 or 6 people waitingFood Truck catering
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