May 20, 2013

Tim Lester

4th Annual L.A. Street Food Fest Coming in June

Elisa Figueroa2012 L.A. Street Food Fest at the Rose BowlSix days post-Tacolandia is, maybe, more than enough rest to prep for the return of the largest gathering of street food purveyors in the Southland on Saturday, June 29. Returning to the Rose Bowl, this year’s fest has been pushed a month up, meant to avoid the sweltering heat of July as experienced in events past. (Although there’s no telling with the weather these days.)

Over 75 vendors — from food trucks to pop-ups to restaurants — are expected to show up. There will be appearances from the familiar, such as Grilled Cheese Truck, Wicked Kitchen, Bigmista’s BBQ, Starry Kitchen, Ceviche Project and Plant Food for People. There will also be quite a few new faces to the event as well, including Badmaash and D’elish at Tiara Cafe.

The Ice Cream Social is making a return, with sweets from The Donut Snob, Peddler’s Creamery, Churros Calientes, The Cream’wich and Z Confections.

For those interested in beer and spirits, there will be a Singha Beer Garden — complete with kegs, four cocktail bar stations and wine tasting at the Cupcake Winery’s mobile lounge. Those in search of non-alcoholic refreshments can head to stands like Pressed Juicery, Honest Tea, Jarritos and ONE Coconut Water. Handsome Roasters and The Coffee Bean will provide caffeinated pick-me-ups.

Live bands will be performing while attendees partake in all the food and drink that comes with a ticket purchase. The band will be announced as the event draws closer.

There are a limited number of all-inclusive presale tickets available, capping at 5,000. General admission is $50 and VIP early admission costs $75. Tickets can be purchased at the event’s website and Eventbrite. Among the swag and perks included with a ticket, free parking and Uber ride discounts might be the best one of all.

More details will be released in the next few days — we’ll keep you posted.

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Top 10 Reasons to Attend Food Lion Speed Street Presented by Coca-Cola

HARRISBURG, NC–(Marketwired – May 20, 2013) – The 19th annual Food Lion Speed Street presented by Coca-Cola kicks off in three days in uptown Charlotte, complete with a variety of fun, interactive consumer displays. The free festival will entertain an estimated 400,000 fans by means of live entertainment, access to racing’s brightest stars and displays from sponsors including Food Lion, Coca-Cola, Chevrolet and many more.

Fans will be entertained May 23-25 from noon to 11 p.m. with a multitude of activities including these top 10 things to do:

1. Fun For Kids of All Ages at the Food Lion Kids’ Zone

Throughout the weekend, families will have the opportunity to enjoy activities for all ages, interact with family-friendly sponsors and be able to visit the local cultural museums on the Food Lion Kids’ Zone block, including the Mint Museum and Bechtler Museum of Modern Art.

Within the Food Lion Kids’ Zone, there will be supplying an array of kid-friendly fun including bounce houses, a rock climbing wall, a pitching booth provided by the Kannapolis Intimidators, and face painters, Tony the Tiger and Keebler the Elf courtesy of Kellogg’s. The Carolina Panthers cheerleaders and Sir Purr will be on-hand to take photos with the kids and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will stop by for an autograph session. A scavenger hunt within the Food Lion Kids’ Zone will give kids another opportunity for prizes.

2. Live Entertainment on the Coca-Cola Stage

The Coca-Cola stage is home to all the musical entertainment for this year’s festival. In addition, the stage will play host to a variety of driver appearances including Joey Logano, and Chevrolet drivers Tony Stewart and Danica Patrick. The Coca-Cola stage will be located on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between Brevard Street and Caldwell Street at the NASCAR Hall of Fame entrance.

Coca-Cola Stage

Date

Thursday, May 23
Pradigy GT at 6 p.m.Sol Fusion at 7:30 p.m.Coca-Cola Presents: Jon B at 8:45 p.m.Coca-Cola Presents: SWV at 9:45 p.m.

Friday, May 24
“Race to Stardom” Country Winner: Landon Parker Band at 6 p.m.Chevrolet Presents: Randy Houser at 7:45 p.m.Chevrolet Presents: Jamey Johnson at 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 25
Hair Nation at 4 p.m.”Race to Stardom” Rock Winner: Blu Avenue at 5:30 p.m.Coca-Cola Presents: Chelsea Bain at 6:30 p.m.Coca-Cola Presents: Sister Hazel at 8:15 p.m.Coca-Cola Presents: Survivor at 9:45 p.m.

In addition to nationally-renowned musical stars, two local bands, Landon Parker Band and Blu Avenue, earned a spot on the Coca-Cola stage through the Food Lion Speed Street presented by Coca-Cola’s “Race to Stardom” competition.

3. Food Lion Interactive Area

Meet some of your favorite drivers and interact with the best Food Lion has to offer in the Food Lion interactive area, located on Tryon Street at Fourth Street. Throughout the three days, attendees will have the chance to win prizes by playing a variety of games based on “The Price is Right,” “Family Feud” and “Supermarket Sweep.” Food Lion will also host racing celebrities including Richard Petty, Dale Inman and Aric Almirola. Almirola will host a question-and-answer session with Petty and Inman Friday, May 24 at 1:15 p.m.

4. Test Drive A Chevy

Food Lion Speed Street presented by Coca-Cola is proud to be home to the annual Chevy Ride-and-Drive program. A partner since 1995, Carolina Chevy Dealers offer fans the opportunity to test drive several of the newest models including the 2014 Silverado and Impala. In addition, attendees will have the chance to interact with Team Chevy racing displays and test drive other current models including the 2013 Cruze, Volt, Traverse, Equinox, Spark and Camaro. Test drives will be given on Brevard Street next to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

5. North Carolina Cash

A little known fact: one in eight people have unclaimed money. North Carolina Cash will be promoting its missing money program for the second time at Food Lion Speed Street presented by Coca-Cola. In 2012, a total of $47,646.08 was returned to its rightful owner during the three day festival. Stop by for a chance to collect your unclaimed money.

6. NASCAR Hall of Fame

NASCAR Hall of Fame is “where the race lives on.” Throughout Food Lion Speed Street presented by Coca-Cola, the 150,000-square-foot destination will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and is a must-see for all attendees. The interactive, entertainment attraction tells the story of NASCAR’s history while honoring the sport’s memorable moments. The high-tech venue, designed to educate and entertain race fans and non-fans alike includes artifacts, hands-on exhibits, a 278-person state-of-the-art theater, a Hall of Honor and more.

7. Flying in Style

Southwest Airlines added three straight flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Houston, Orlando and Chicago in April 2013. The airline, committed to delivering a sense of warmth, friendliness, individual pride and company spirit, will be spreading the word about the new flights and giving away two round-trip tickets at Food Lion Speed Street presented by Coca-Cola. But that’s not all. The airline also will give away 10,000 Fare Savers providing guests the opportunity to receive a discount on their next Southwest Airlines flight purchase. Stop by the display on Tryon Street between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Levine Avenue for a chance to win.

8. Great American BBQ Tour Comes to Charlotte

For the past five years, the Kansas City Barbeque Society has brought its Great American BBQ Tour to the country’s biggest festivals and fairs preaching the “Gospel of Q,” and this year, Food Lion Speed Street presented by Coca-Cola will be one of its premier stops. True to its name, the Great American BBQ Tour is dedicated to sharing barbeque and outdoor cooking techniques with fans across the nation. Join tour hosts, Mike and Christine Peters, as they cook up a storm on the Big Green EGG with featured recipes from Castle Wood Reserve, Reser’s Fine Foods, Smithfield and Farmland. Of course, there will be plenty of hot-off-the-grill samples to go around so grab a front-row seat at the display located in the Third Street parking lot.

9. Food on the Run

The hottest trend in the cooking industry, food trucks, will make a debut at the 19th annual festival. Wingazza, The Herban Legend, Gourmet Goombahs and Queen City BBQ will serve a variety of cuisines throughout the three day festival including wings and pizza, American street food, Italian-American specialties and BBQ. Visit Tryon Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd for a taste of the cult-favorite Charlotte food trucks.

10. NASCAR Appearances Galore

A part of the “10 greatest days in racing,” Food Lion Speed Street presented by Coca-Cola offers unprecedented access to racing’s biggest stars. NASCAR stars including Richard Petty, Danica Patrick, Tony Stewart, Chad Knaus and Dale Inman will be making appearances throughout the festival on the Coca-Cola stage, Food Lion Interactive Area, Creative Loafing display, Net 10 Wireless display, Kellogg’s display and more.

As a precursor to the Coca-Cola 600 held at Charlotte Motor Speedway Food Lion Speed Street presented by Coca-Cola provides multi-day entertainment for fans.

The event is free to the public. The festival opens each day at noon ET. For more information please visit the newly redesigned, more user-friendly website at http://www.600festival.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter @flspeedstreet.

About Food Lion

Food Lion, based in Salisbury, N.C., is a subsidiary of Delhaize America, the U.S. division of Brussels-based Delhaize Group (NYSE: DEG) and operates more than 1,100 supermarkets. The company employs approximately 57,000 associates delivering quality products, low prices and service to customers in 10 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. For more information, visit www.foodlion.com.

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Mexican Street Food Arrives Downtown

There’s a new choice in downtown Beverly for a quick lunch or dinner – Mexican street food.

The owners of Cielito Lindo have opened a more casual restaurant practically around the corner on Wallis Street. La Victoria Taqueria opened last week. It is in the Odd Fellows Building, less that a block off Cabot Street and across the street from the Larcom Theater.

It is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The menu includes burritos, quesadillas and tacos – all Mexican food that’s well-known on the North Shore.

But La Victoria also introduces tortas, popular Mexican street food that is lesser known. Essentially, it is a Mexican sandwich.

See owner Alex Barrientos make a torta in the attached video.

Can Singapore’s hawker food heritage survive?

Singapore’s food courts, known as hawker centres, are one of the country’s most-loved institutions, providing meals and local delights for as little as S$3 ($2.4; £1.5).

Outside the most famous hawker stalls, you can find long queues of customers willing to wait for up to 30 minutes to be served – even though it’s relatively inexpensive street food that they’re waiting for.

But now there are fears that this aspect of Singapore’s culinary heritage is on the wane.

The government has warned that there is a “real chance” that there will not be enough new people joining the industry to maintain Singapore’s hawker centres.

Helier Cheung reports from Singapore.

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The LA Street Food Fest Returns to the Rose Bowl in June

If we’re not going to have football at the Rose Bowl, the least someone can do is fill the field with a bunch of delicious food, booze, ice cream and music. The LA Street Food Fest makes its return on Saturday, June 29, a full month earlier than usual in an effort to skirt the scorching Pasadena heat. Here’s the full line-up of food trucks, old-school carts and stands, celeb chefs and restaurants and what they’re all serving. Highlights include The Grilled Cheese Truck, Bigmista’s BBQ, Short Order, Starry Kitchen, Ceviche Project and Mariscos Jaliscos, plus a dozen Mexican restaurants including MexiKosher, Corazon y Miel and Yuca’s. There will be cocktails from Steve Livigni and Pablo Moix, a beer garden, the Ice Cream Social corner with all sorts of incredible frozen treats and much more.

All-inclusive tickets for all you can eat and drink, free non-alcoholic and boozy beverages, photo booths, free parking and uber ride discounts are $50 per person or $75 for VIP; the latter gets you early entry, swag and access to the very shaded and well-cocktailed VIP lounge. Tickets are on sale now.

Council to rule on street food continuing downtown

By Susan Frick Carlman
scarlman@stmedianetwork.com

May 17, 2013 4:46PM

Naperville resident Joe Hornbaker sells a bratwurst to a customer in downtown Naperville. | Sun-Times Media file

Up for a vote

Here are some of the issues set to come before the Naperville City Council when the members meet in open session at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the council chambers at the Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle St.

Action: Adding two full-time officers to the fiscal 2014 Police Department head count.

Background: Although next year’s department budget will include two additional positions, there is no funding in the current fiscal year for the nighttime beat officers the department wants to add to the roster. If the Council approves, Community Oriented Policing Services grant funds will be sought to cover most of the cost. An alternative revenue source is $75,000 available in special service area funds for downtown police services.

What it means: Once they have completed training, the officers would be ready for solo patrol by the middle of March 2014.

Action: First reading of a proposal for modifying the provisions of the Class P liquor license.

Background: Currently squeezed into 1,200 square feet of retail space, Solemn Oath Brewery wants to expand into adjacent space that has been vacated to add more patron seating, additional service staff and larger bathrooms.

What it means: Customers still would be limited to three servings per day, but they would have up to twice as much square footage in which to do their sipping.

Action: Adding more late night liquor permits, downtown and beyond.

Background: City liquor codes allow 19 specialized licenses for the downtown that enable restaurants to continue serving alcohol after their kitchens have closed, and 35 of the licenses for non-downtown establishments. New applicants for outlying permits include Aurelio’s Pizza, Shinto Japanese Steak House Sushi Bar, and Jimmy B’s Bar Grille. In the downtown, Boxer Enterprise Ventures, currently making plans to assume management of BlackFinn American Saloon, is seeking a late-night permit as well.

What it means: Planners of the transformed BlackFinn, which will be renamed, say its focus will be more on food and less on alcohol, and that they intend to increase security. The changes proposed would bring an increase in food and beverage sales tax income and $1,100 in new revenue from permit fees.

Updated: May 17, 2013 8:18PM

The menu may be limited, but mobile noshing is on track to stay in downtown Naperville this summer.

City Council members Tuesday evening are scheduled to give the go-ahead for two mobile vendors to continue serving up grub to go from specified locations, during specified hours. City staff members have recommended approval of the pared-down policy.

The downsized program drew mixed support from members of the Downtown Advisory Commission when that group last month formulated its recommendation to modify the parameters and continue allowing food carts through the end of the year.

Most commissioners representing business interests in the retail/restaurant district wanted to suspend the provision of permits to mobile vendors, but residents and City Council members who serve on the panel said it should be allowed to stay, at least for the current season.

The council will be asked to extend the permits, now set to expire mid-summer, held by John’s Rib House and Joey’s Red Hots through the end of 2013. Two other permits granted early in 2012 that have gone unused for the past year, held by Wrappers Delight and Gia Via Sweets, will expire July 31 as scheduled, if the council approves.

The recommendation also calls for suspending the bid process for the 2013-14 season while city officials review the policy and consider restructuring or eliminating it.

The Downtown Naperville Alliance, an arm of the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce, is willing to drop its opposition to the program this year, but its basic objections remain. In addition to maintaining that the street carts divert revenue from establishments with permanent physical locations, the DNA asserts that the amenity hasn’t brought more patrons into the shopping district, and that the work involved in administering the program has taken undue amounts of staff time.

Support among the commissioners for continuing the program included nonvoting member Austin Hansen, a Naperville North High School student, who said his study of the issue suggested the program — which operates from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily and from 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. nightly, and until 2:30 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights — is very popular among those who patronize the two vendors.

“There’s a market for it,” he said.

Guerrilla Eats one day food market on King Street

Guerilla

Guerrilla Eats, Manchester’s mobile street food festival, will host a one-day street food market on Saturday 25 May on King Street in Manchester city centre.

In total ten stalls will be selling a variety of hot and cold food from 12 noon – 9pm including the Fire Salt BBQ Co., Tea Crumpet Emporium and Pancake Corner. There will be hotdogs from Dirty Dogs, gourmet burgers courtesy of Barnhouse Bistro, Chaat Cart selling Indian street food, wood fired pizzas from Streatza and Chorlton’s Free Shake Co. who will be selling innovative, dairy-free milkshakes. To wash the food down with, Guerrilla Eats will be offering a craft beer tent and there will be live music and entertainment throughout the day.

All the local traders involved in Guerrilla Eats use high quality, mostly locally sourced produce, all prepared from scratch and cooked to order and at affordable prices.

Simon Binns, BID manager for CityCo, Manchester’s city centre management company said:
“This is the biggest Guerrilla Eats event so far and in the most high profile location. This initiative is supported by the city’s retailers as part of our on-going work to animate King Street, which is at the centre of the city’s shopping district. By hosting events like this, we can make King Street an even more attractive and vibrant place to shop.”

Sarah Tarmaster from Guerrilla Eats says: “Bringing Guerrilla Eats to the city centre means we can share our passion for high quality street food. We’re changing the idea of street food from sweaty kebabs to honest, vibrant, high quality, affordable food. This is our biggest event to date and the first time we’ve included live music so it’s certainly going to be the best. We have nine local trader taking part plus a super special guest. Guerilla Eats is about incubating the best new talent and making street food accessible to everyone, not just the ‘foodies’. Come greedy, leave full.”

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We’re great fans of the burger renaissance that has swept over the capital of late, but every now and then you want more than just beef in a bun. So we were pleased to sample the Juicy Lucy at the opening of The Diner’s outpost in London’s Gloucester Road.

Although from the outside it might look a little like a veggie burger, it is in fact a pulled pork patty filled with cheese sauce and spicy coleslaw with a tangy, smoky St Louis barbecue sauce held together in a glazed bun. It’s big, indulgent and full of flavour and one burger you won’t feel any compunction about eating with a knife and fork.

In short, it is like cramming the entire southern BBQ experience into a bun – appropriate for a north London chain heading south (literally rather than metaphorically). Put even more simply, it is delicious and tasted particularly good while exploring the extensive beer menu. goodlifediner.com

Appy meals

Want to know how that pie van in Hull ranks when pitched against the hipster pizza truck you visited in east London? Well, the people behind the British Street Food awards have created an app to showcase the best street and market food around. It will detail the “specials” each place offers and also allow users to spread the word about their favourites and offer their own ratings on the food and the owner. britishstreetfood.co.uk

Blooming marvellous

Flowers and champagne – a happy pairing if ever there’s been one. Even happier, though, when the champagne in question is Ruinart’s creamy blanc de blancs and the flowers are opalescent white roses. Head down to the Langham Hotel in London for a glass and a stem at the pop-up Ruinart flower stall currently installed in the Palm Court. The bouquet’s mix of roses, white bouvardia, jasmine and green trachelium have been chosen to evoke the crisp and fragrant flavours of the champagne. ruinart.com

Water vision

Smoked water might sound like the most bonkers idea you’ve heard since no-reservation restaurants. But on a visit to Anglesey last week, it was being touted as the Next Big Thing.

The water can be used as a sort of stock (apparently a supermarket is soon to make use of it in ready meals) or frozen into ice and used in drinks. It’s fun as the former, but really comes into its own in the latter where, as it melts, it imparts a smoky character to drinks. Coming to a cocktail bar near you – soon, hopefully. halenmon.com

More Yotam

Not content with being a cook-book writer, TV star and restaurateur, Yotam Ottolenghi has for some months now had an online shop. In addition to lots of desirable bits and bobs from the Middle East, he is now selling a range of organic, biodynamic and raw wines with punchy Middle-Eastern flavour and a strong Mediterranean showing. ottolenghi.co.uk

Guerrilla Eats one day food market on King Street

Guerilla

Guerrilla Eats, Manchester’s mobile street food festival, will host a one-day street food market on Saturday 25 May on King Street in Manchester city centre.

In total ten stalls will be selling a variety of hot and cold food from 12 noon – 9pm including the Fire Salt BBQ Co., Tea Crumpet Emporium and Pancake Corner. There will be hotdogs from Dirty Dogs, gourmet burgers courtesy of Barnhouse Bistro, Chaat Cart selling Indian street food, wood fired pizzas from Streatza and Chorlton’s Free Shake Co. who will be selling innovative, dairy-free milkshakes. To wash the food down with, Guerrilla Eats will be offering a craft beer tent and there will be live music and entertainment throughout the day.

All the local traders involved in Guerrilla Eats use high quality, mostly locally sourced produce, all prepared from scratch and cooked to order and at affordable prices.

Simon Binns, BID manager for CityCo, Manchester’s city centre management company said:
“This is the biggest Guerrilla Eats event so far and in the most high profile location. This initiative is supported by the city’s retailers as part of our on-going work to animate King Street, which is at the centre of the city’s shopping district. By hosting events like this, we can make King Street an even more attractive and vibrant place to shop.”

Sarah Tarmaster from Guerrilla Eats says: “Bringing Guerrilla Eats to the city centre means we can share our passion for high quality street food. We’re changing the idea of street food from sweaty kebabs to honest, vibrant, high quality, affordable food. This is our biggest event to date and the first time we’ve included live music so it’s certainly going to be the best. We have nine local trader taking part plus a super special guest. Guerilla Eats is about incubating the best new talent and making street food accessible to everyone, not just the ‘foodies’. Come greedy, leave full.”

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