Category archives for: California

Pasadena, CA: 4th Annual L.A. Street Food Fest Coming in June

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2012 L.A. Street Food Fest at the Rose Bowl

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.

San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Restaurant ‘Bacon Bacon’ Closed Over Neighbor Complaints of Bacon Smell, Owner Jim Angelus Starts Petition

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Bacon Bacon, a food truck restaurant, was forced to close recently after neighbor complaints of a strong pork odor led to the discovery of the business's lack of permits.

A San Francisco restaurant was forced to close this week after complaints that the area surrounding the Bacon-centric food truck smelled too strongly of the popular breakfast food.

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.

Los Angeles, CA: NYSF In LA – Miami, New York & New Orleans Sliders from Slider City

(credit: Yelp)

They have 14(!) different types of sliders to choose from on the menu, each named after an American city. You get 3 sliders of your choice and a side of fries for $10. There are 5 different types of fries to choose from too.

Los Angeles, CA: Street Food Cinema Festival

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The idea—a joint effort with CommCinema and a team of other contributors—was to blend an outdoor movie-watching experience with live music and food from participating food trucks leading up to the screening.

Los Angeles, CA: NYSF In LA – Churro Grande from Churros Calientes

(credit: NYSF)

The churro was about 10″ long, was coated with sugar, had dulce de leche on top, and chocolate sauce oozing out the sides. We cut the churro in half to share with my friend, which made it ooze out even more.

San Francisco, CA: Pacific Puffs – The Sweet Side of Food Trucks

It's your loss if you don't consider cream puffs proper food truck cuisine.
(Lou Bustamante)

The crackling chocolate coating on top had just the right amount of give without shattering, and concentrated chocolate flavor that contrasted with the fluffy peanut butter filling. The cream stuffing was simultaneously velvety, gooey, and just peanut-buttery enough, without that eating-straight-from-the-jar intensity.

Simi Valley, CA: Over A Dozen Food Trucks Gather To Support Local Students

THE MAIN EVENT: A DOZEN FOOD TRUCKS PARTICIPATE IN MAY 18TH COMMUNITY EVENT AT GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH FEATURING 27 KIDS ACTIVITIES FROM ADRENALINE RUSHES TO THE PRINCESS PALACE AND MICKY’S LAND.

Five-thousand plus local residents are expected to attend the First Annual “The Main Event” A Dozen gourmet food trucks have committed to the event.

Turlock, CA: Food Truck Shows Off Saucy side in Turlock

Modesto Bee - Elias Funez/efunez@modbee.com Jackie Taha serves a saucy meal to hungry customers from her daughter’s mobile food truck called Saucy Girls during opening day of the Turlock Farmers Market on May 3.

Saucy Girls debuted their food at the Turlock Farmers Market last season, where they had a booth and smaller menu. Now they have a bright-purple truck with the slogan “Prepare to be saucified” that parks near South Broadway and A Street each Friday morning to feed hungry marketgoers.

Los Angeles, CA: NYSF In LA – Brazilian Deliciousness from Ta Bom

(credit: NYSF)

One thing we don’t have in NYC is a Brazilian food truck (or cart). That’s an awfully big country not to have representation on the NYC streets. Sure, there’s Little Brazil, a block of West 46th St, but we need something like Ta Bom.