Miami New Times

1. The Yepes Sisters from Dolci Peccati

This identical-twin duo, whose truck hit the road last November, is known for some of the best gelato in town, and the ladies are “melting to meet you.” Nati — the GM and head ice-cream maker — makes their goods from scratch daily and then hits the pavement to provide the masses with her rotating list of unique flavors. When sis Stefanie joins her on the road, you’ll think you’re seeing double, and saying no to gelato at that point is damn near impossible. Just don’t get them confused — they don’t like that.

​2. The Candygirls

We spotted these lovely ladies last week at the Wynwood art walk meetup and were certainly intrigued by their seclection of old-school sweets. Based out of a kiosk in the Shops at Midtown near Sakaya Kitchen, Candygirl is the creation of Marissa Gould (right), a model-turned-sweets-saleswoman, who was inspired by Dylan’s Candy Bar in NYC. This is your go-to spot for a bubblegum cigar or gummy pizza.

​3. Giselle Pinto from Sugar Yummy Mama

Hidden inside the Sugar Yummy Mama van is the yummy mama herself, slinging cupcakes and cake pops from the safety of her bright-pink van. A former ad exec, Giselle Pinto quit her job to design her truck. Soon after, however, she was offered a job improving the food at several Washington, D.C. schools, which ironically deprived us of her sugar-filled desserts for a bit longer. She finally came to her senses and headed to Miami to seduce us with her sweet treats.

​4. Felicia Hatcher and the girls of Feverish

One of the original mobile food businesses, Feverish has been hawking frozen treats since 2008. Owner Felicia Hatcher (center) went from a marketing job at Nintendo to selling ice cream out of a tricycle, but over time the business grew to include the carts and trademark green Scion you see now. Felicia is surrounded by her crew of attractive popsicle-pushers, hellbent on getting a Fever Pop into the mouth of every sugar-deprived Miamian.

​5. Ms. Cheezious

We couldn’t end a list of food truck females without mentioning the hottest 2-D trucker around. Ms. Cheezious clearly isn’t afraid to get down and dirty with a gooey grilled cheese, which clearly has had no ill effect on her figure. A special shoutout also goes to the truck’s co-owner Fatima, who’s a bona fide female trucker in her own right; we just didn’t want any beef with Mr. Cheezious.

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The Miami-Dade Park and Recreation Department has announced the arrival of gourmet food trucks to Tropical Park and Tamiami Park.

There will be music and food choices galore, with a popular assortment of participating food vendors each week, offering everything from Cuban influenced burgers and Asian-style chicken wings to a crab grilled cheese sandwich and even deep-fried Oreos and cupcakes.

The food truck events will be a permanent feature taking place every Tuesday from 6 to 10 p.m. at Tropical Park, 7900 SW 40 St. (Bird Road and 79th Avenue entrance), and every Friday from 6 to 11 p.m. at Tamiami Park, 10901 SW 24 St. (The Fair’s main entrance, Coral Way and SW 112th Avenue).

Patrons are invited to bring along a picnic blanket or folding tables and chairs to enhance their dining experience. Glass containers and pets will not be permitted at this activity. Event admission and parking is free.

CheeseMe Mobile, Dim Ssäm à gogo, The Fish Box, The Flying Saucer, Grill Master, Café Latin Burger and Taco, Latin House Grill, The MexZican Gourmet, Mr. Good Stuff, Ms. Cheezious, Muscle Truck, The Red Koi, Sir Pizza Mobile, and Sugar Rush, are among 30 food trucks participating in the ongoing events.

This brings the total number of Miami-Dade parks hosting food truck events to three, including Haulover Park, which began hosting food truck events from 11 a.m. to sundown, Saturdays and Sundays, in April.

For more information about Miami-Dade Parks food truck events and its other activities at Tropical Park, call 305-226-8315, and for Tamiami Park, call 786-315-5295, or visit  online at www.miamidade.gov/parks.

http://www.communitynewspapers.com/kendall-gazette/gourmet-food-trucks-coming-to-tropical-tamiami-parks/