I’ve been wondering what happened to Tasty Kabob’s 5th truck ever since it was spotted operating on January 4th & 5th, 2012. I can only assume that the 5th truck was re-branded as a bright red truck, named Tasty Fried DC. Also demonstrated last year by the Sauca enterprise, it would seem that no one food truck [...]
More brick and mortar restaurants are getting into the food truck game! Today, Amorini Panini launched a food truck at L’Enfant plaza. Their brick and mortar store is located in Penn Quarter at 906 F St NW. No word yet on a truck twitter account. Photo courtesy of Coleman who also notes that paninis are [...]
Mayor Gray promised to release the newly drafted DC food truck regulations on Jan 20th – and he did. The DCFTA generally likes the proposed new vending regulations and is asking the public to join them in support. You can show your support by filling out this online petition. But, all is not 100% rosy, [...]
Some of you may have heard that Borinquen Lunch Box had a less than ideal first day of service. Just as they were to open their window for service, truck issues prevented them from continuing. It is not unusual for brand new trucks to have to work out the kinks of their operation during the first [...]
In Washington DC, few food trucks retire. But when they do, the physical truck is quickly snatched up and developed into another culinary venture. Such is the case of Fry Captain which used to deliver delicious shakes and fries with a variety of seasoning and dipping sauces. I will introduce the new truck owners, Grids [...]
UPDATE #2 (1/30): Borinquen Lunch Box had to cancel today’s service due to some minor difficulties. Stay tuned for more updates! UPDATE (1/30): Borinquen Lunch Box plans on serving at L’Enfant today! After a few unexpected delays, Borinquen Lunch Box has tweeted that it has finally received its DC permits and will be serving on Monday! I can’t wait [...]
The Eater DC website appeared to be the first to reveal that Chef Jose Andres was planning on opening up a food truck, though it was reportedly going to debut in Miami. Well, the Washingtonian spotted today that Andres has a Craigslist ad seeking a cook for that food truck, named Pepe. It looks like [...]
As promised by the Mayor, the proposed DC food truck regulations were released in today’s DC Register. Here is a direct link to the full regulations (DOC format) and a link to the split up web version. The Washington Post has a quick rundown of the most notable provision: establishing vending zones. I’ll give a more [...]
Not to be confused with St. Anthony of Padua, Anthony the Abbot is the patron saint of charcutiers (pork butchers) and also the patron saint of bacon. January 17th was actually the feast day for St. Anthony, but BBQ Bus postponed the unveiling of its new sandwich until today: featuring smoked brisket, crispy bacon, house-made [...]
District Taco’s restaurant in Arlington, VA This news was actually tweeted by District Taco on December 17th when I was out of town, so that is why I’m just calling it a recap. District Taco is opening its first restaurant in the District at 1309 F St NW! It should be ready in the Spring of 2012 [...]
