Food Truck Festival to be Held Today in Falmouth
The Carousel of Light Food Truck Festival will be held on today (Saturday May 18) at Falmouth Marina Park from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festival will feature the some of the most popular gourmet food trucks from Boston and Cape Cod.
There is a $10 cover charge, which will go 100 percent to the non-profit carousel toward finding a permanent home for it on the Cape. Children 12 and under are free. There will be face-painting, juggling and live music. Official Carousel of Light T-shirts will be on sale.
Food trucks coming are Kickass Cupcakes, The Pasta Pot, Lobsta Love Truck, Grilled Cheese Nation, Fiddlestix, Cape Cod Cannolis and Boston’s Baddest Burger Sandwich Co.
Event sponsors are Amy Rader Photography, Cavossa Disposal, Cabo Cado, Geoff Way, Image 76, John Beninghof, The Other Band, The Brother’s Rye and Undercurrent Productions.
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admission and parking are free
FOOD TRUCK CRAZE: A long line waits to order at Melissa’s Chicken and Waffles food truck during the a Food Truck Bazaar event at Wickham Park in Melbourne on earlier this year. (Image by Christey Krause)
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ABOVE PHOTO GALLERY: Food Truck Wars is a national phenomenon that is gaining popularity, more recently in the festival type setting where fans can find their favorite trucks all in one place.
BREVARD COUNTY • PALM BAY, FLORIDA – Mayor William Capote will officially open the city’s inaugural hosting of the latest national craze known as “Food Truck Wars” beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18th.
Trenton and Michelle Treadwell and son Trent enjoya meal during a Food Truck Bazaar event at Wickham Park. (Image by Christey Krause)
The event is being held at the fairgrounds of Brevard Community College located at 250 Community College Parkway (Just off of I-95 and Malabar Road at San Filippo Drive).
FEATURING A VARIETY OF FOODS
Food Truck Wars is a national phenomenon that is gaining popularity, more recently in the festival type setting where fans can find their favorite trucks all in one place. Food Truck Wars Palm Bay features 40 gourmet food trucks from all over the state.
The event will feature Mexican, Cuban, Tai, seafood, and a variety of other cultural and ethnic cuisine, desserts, live entertainment, children’s activities and more.
“We are thrilled to be a host city for this great event,” said Mayor William Capote. “There’s nothing like food to bring people together. I am looking forward to seeing a great turnout and making this one of Palm Bay’s marquis events every year.”
William Capote
Mayor Capote is one of several judges in a series of competitions where food truck vendors compete for awards including the Spirit Award, Top Sales, Delectable Desserts, Casual Cuisine and the highly sought after People’s Choice Award.
“Buckethead” of Real Radio 104.1 will be the Master of Ceremonies and “Lookin Back” will provide the entertainment.
Event admission and parking are free, and the cost of food ranges from $3-$18.
FOOD TRUCK WARS SCHEDULE
• 1:30 p.m. Judges and Truck Owners to stage for photos
• 2 pm.: Opening with Mayor William Capote
• 3 p.m.: First round eliminations begin
• 4 p.m.: “Battle of the Belly’s”
• 5 p.m.: 2ND round eliminations
• 6 p.m.: Judging completed
• 7:30 p.m.: Awards
• 8 p.m.: Wrap up
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The soon-to-debut food truck operated by Rudy’s Hideaway, a popular steak and seafood destination in Rancho Cordova since 1972, now has a name: Rudy’s Cruzin’ Crustacean.
John Fehl of Orangevale won the “Name the Food Truck” contest and received a $75 gift card.
Steve Ryan, owner of the restaurant at 12303 Folsom Blvd., chose a Texas-based company to build the vehicle and make it California-compliant. Exterior styling and painting are being done before rolling out the truck.
Ryan said the truck will serve traditional Rudy’s Hideaway favorites, including lobster rolls, fish and chips, lobster bisque, clam chowder and calamari. He said he’s also working on other dishes that will be “specific to the food truck.”
The truck also will be available for private catering functions, Ryan said.
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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.
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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.
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Council to rule on street food continuing downtown
By Susan Frick Carlman
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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.
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The call of the waffle: Waffville food cart offers celebratory street cakes
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Chad Zacharchuck started out with a motorcycle and wound up with a mobile waffle cookery.
He didn’t mean to get into waffles — he was thinking about starting a hot dog cart. But one day, watching TV, he got an idea. “There’s a show called Parks and Recreation,” he says. “There’s been a couple of episodes that I noticed where they would celebrate something that would happen on the show and be in the office eating these waffles in these little to-go containers.”
He started thinking about how to bring those moments of miniature celebration to Asheville. He sold his motorcycle and used the money to buy a hot dog cart. He attached a couple of waffle irons and a stand for the finished cakes, and he was ready to hit the streets.
Zacharchuck launched Waffville last week. He makes the batter from scratch using his own recipe and prepares the waffles to-order. Customers can add an assortment of dried fruits and nuts to the batter, and top the finished product with syrup, maple syrup, whipped cream, a drizzle of peanut butter or powdered sugar.
Waffles are something of a novelty, Zacharchuck explains, and he thinks they will prove popular with pedestrians. “Waffles are unique,” he says. “You can’t really go many places and get a good waffle.”
Zacharchuck sets up his cart on Pack Square outside of the BBT building. He serves the six-inch waffles in to-go containers with a fork and knife, so patrons can eat them on one of the nearby benches or take them back to the office.
His specialty is the pineapple-upside-down-cake waffle, which comes stuffed with dried pineapple and cherries and topped with whipped cream and cherry syrup. At $6, it’s the Cadillac of waffles. The other varieties cost $4 or $5. He also serves iced tea and lemonade.
Look for Waffville food cart at 1 W. Pack Square for breakfast and lunch. The cart accepts cash and credit. Waffles are Zacharchuck’s second job, so his schedule will vary. Check waffville.com or search for Waffville on Facebook for more details.
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Tina Firesheets: Bring an appetite to Jamestown’s food truck rodeo
The food truck craze that has spread throughout the country has hit Jamestown.
And I couldn’t be happier.
I guess you could call me a food truckie.
In recent months, I’ve sampled Asian stir-fried noodles with Black Tiger shrimp, steamed green tea buns filled with pork belly and kimchi, pulled chicken over saffron rice and roasted vegetables — all from food trucks parked outside of Potent Potables.
Each meal was absolutely delicious and affordable.
Steve and Abby Kim, owners of the Jamestown watering hole, are hosting the town’s first food-truck festival on Sunday, May 19. The event will feature trucks from the Triad and Triangle.
“The food trucks have been an integral part of our business and give the community of Jamestown more options and also bring a lot of fun and excitement to this small town,” Steve Kim says.
Kim says support for the trucks has grown since they started featuring them at the shop last November. Customers now call him to ask which trucks are there for the evening.
“It’s paid dividends for us, them and the surrounding area,” Kim says.
Kim also says the trucks are a fun, affordable dining option. Food truck rodeos give people a chance to sample a lot of different foods.
I am passionate about food. Especially good food. My husband and I dined out a lot before we had our son. We just can’t afford to do it as frequently anymore. But the regular pit stops at Potent Potables allow us to still “eat out” on the weekends.
Those who know me also know I’m a huge fan of celebrity chef, traveler and author Anthony Bourdain. I like his philosophy about food trucks in particular. This is what he had to say about them in a recent episode of his CNN show, “Parts Unknown”:
“Why should you be excited about food trucks? Because they allow creative chefs … without a lot of money to start creating and selling their stuff, introducing themselves to the world without having to gather up a million dollars or credulous partners. And they are faster, better and infinitely preferable to the fast food like the king and the clown and colonel.”
Some people will camp out overnight for the latest iPhone or Springsteen tickets. I’m a food truckie. And I can’t wait to fill up on some new stuff, as well as some already-established personal favorites.
The Camel City Grill from neighboring Winston-Salem will make its first visit to Jamestown. It specializes in artisan burgers and sandwiches. Online reviews of the grill are favorable, especially for its signature PBBJ burger — a burger topped with all-natural peanut butter, red pepper jelly and thick cut bacon.
A couple of trucks will travel from the Triangle. Owners of the Durham-based Foster’s Market decided to expand their business by taking it on the road. They wanted to tap into the Triad market and beyond, so they created Foster’s on the Fly, which showcases the local, seasonal fare offered at the market. Their food truck menu features breakfast items as well as sandwiches filled with Piedmont beef, roasted local chicken and Foster’s house roasted turkey breast.
MaMa Dukes, another Durham-based truck featuring Mediterranean American fare, will attend the festival. It has visited Potent Potables before, and I highly recommend the falafel tots.
Regulars to Potent Potables also will recognize these trucks:
l The Great Escape Catering Co.: Noodles and crepes, both savory and sweet incorporate contemporary Asian flavors. I haven’t ordered anything I haven’t devoured as if it were my last supper.
l King Creole: Crawfish etouffee, jambalaya and red beans and rice are often on the menu. The food is consistent and the service excellent.
l Urban Street Grill: Korean barbecue truck, which gives traditional Mexican fare a Korean twist with marinated short ribs, pork belly, eel and kimchi fried rice. I highly recommend the bulgogi cheesesteak. It’s addictive. Think cheesesteak but spicy. The food truckowners are pursuing a business venture in Raleigh, so their presence in the Triad ends soon.
There will be dessert from the mobile ice-cream parlor The Ice Queen.
The event also will feature live music by Andy Squint, Nic Croucher and other local musicians. Kim encourages people to bring lawn chairs and blankets.I’ll do that, as well as my hearty appetite.
Tina Firesheets is a community columnist and freelance writer living in Jamestown. Contact her at tinafiresheets@yahoo.com.
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