Category archives for: Food Product News

New York, NY: Abbeville Restaurant Launches Food Truck

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It’s just a way to keep our name out there, a way to serve the public, and our community,” said co-owner Jenny LeBlanc. “It’s a way to stay alive and a way to keep our employees on payrol

Jamestown, NC: Tina Firesheets – Bring an appetite to Jamestown’s Food Truck Rodeo

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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

Portland, ME: Food Trucks Face Regulatory Speed Bumps

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Portland, a longtime mobile eats conscientious objector, has finally joined the “food truck revolution,” but there are still plenty of regulatory issues that could make it difficult for trucks to succeed in the city, writes Meredith Goad in her Soup to Nuts column in the Press Herald.

Somerville, MA: Pennypackers Food Truck to Open a Brick-and-Mortar Restaurant in Somerville

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Pennypackers, which debuted its truck in the summer of 2011, offers soups, salads, and sandwiches, and the owners now have two trucks–one stationed by the Marine Industrial Park in South Boston, and the other by Boston University.

Colorado Spring, CO: Curbside Cuisine Opens for Diners

Curbside Cuisine had a soft opening Wednesday with only three food trucks ready for business. The grand opening will be next month.

Curbside Cuisine, a gathering place for food trucks downtown at 225 N. Nevada Ave., opened Wednesday with The Local, The Crepe Crusaders and High Grade Catering and Food Truck.

New York, NY: NYSF First Look – Rhong-Tiam Supreme Burger Truck

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Sweet chili sauce tasted great with the big beef patty and melted American cheese. A few broccoli florets fell out as we ate the burger, but the ones that stayed on the roll added a nice crunch. Broccoli on a burger? Hell yeah!

Jewett, CT: Mobile Food Pantry Comes to Jewett City

Ivan Morin, 45, of Jewett City gets some chicken and other foods from volunteer Laurie Steiger of Griswold Wednesday at the Mobile Food Pantry in Jewett City.

A mobile food pantry offering fresh food to supplement food pantry users’ usual selection made its debut in Jewett City

Washington, DC: What to Do This Weekend – May 16 to 19

Check out Truckeroo at the Fairgrounds at Nats Park on Friday. Photograph by Flickr user danspix.

Skip Farragut Friday and get to the Fairgrounds by Nationals Park if you can swing it—Truckeroo is back. As always, there’ll be a couple dozen of your favorite food trucks, beer and margs at the bar, cornhole, and live music. Free. 11 to 11.

Daly City, CA: Dinner is Served – Food Trucks Roll Into Daly City

Off the Grid operates 15 weekly markets in the greater Bay Area, and is now coming to Daly City May 21.

Every Tuesday diners can feast on al fresco grab-and-go grub at a nightly food truck market.

Wichita, KS: Food Truckers Rallying Again on Sunday

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Wichita’s food truckers, headed up by the guys at the Flying Stove, have decided to start putting on monthly food truck rallies, usually on the last Sunday of the month.