Brooklyn, NY: Vendy Awards to be Held in Brooklyn Sept. 7

The Vendy Awards are organized by The Street Vendor Project, a group that works for food vendor rights.

The Vendy Awards are organized by The Street Vendor Project, a group that works for food vendor rights.

The third annual Vendy Awards – a competition among local food trucks and a fundraiser for the Food Trust – is set for June 8 from 2 to 6 p.m. at Penn Treaty Park.

The Vancouver street food scene gets better each season and the world is taking notice. Vancouver’s food trucks were recently ranked third in Travel + Escape’s list of “Top 5 North American Cities for Trailer Food.”

The Third Annual Philadelphia Vendy Awards will take place June 8 at Penn Treaty Park on North Delaware Avenue in Fishtown.

The Vendy Awards are back! For the third year, the best of Philadelphia’s food truck scene will converge for a daylong festival of eating and judging that culminates in the naming of the 2013 Vendy Cup winner.

The tiny red and white Valentine diner came to Phoenix by way of Wichita, Kansas, in 1980. Since opening in 2004, the kitchen’s served as a stage for chefs including Payton Curry, MF Tasty’s Eric Gitenstein, and even Matt’s Big Breakfast.

The organizers were pleased by a larger than expected turnout of taco lovers (one even dressed up as a taco), and a solid day of sales for the vendors—some had to restock due to the high demand; Mexicali Taco Co. had to make three trips!

I love the food vendor trucks. If it weren’t for them after Katrina. I probably would have starved in my neighborhood

Wednesday marks the first Vendy Awards street food competition in New Orleans. The event is the local expansion of an annual program started in New York and now held in cities around the country

Who will be crowned king of the street? Since 2005, the Vendy Awards have presented a coveted cup to New York’s top street food vendor.