How sweet is this? The Sweetflow Mobile, that rolling froyo operation from Sweetgreen, will be giving away "FREE small cups of sweetflow with toppings this Saturday," according to its Facebook page. And not just once, but twice. The truck will be parked from noon to 2 p.m. at 25th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW and [...]
The last time I visited Mr. P’s converted school bus in the back of a Safeway parking lot, the aging senior responsible for this mobile barbecue operation was nowhere to be found. Perhaps that’s not unusual for a 74-year-old pitmaster trying to quit the smoke business. But if I know anything about barbecue, it’s this: [...]
Back in May, when I spoke with the Red Hook Lobster Pound owners about why the Brooklynites decided to roll their food truck into D.C., they said they wanted to start selling rolls on District streets by the end of June. Well, it's July, folks. Where are those Maine- and Connecticut-style lobster rolls? "We're currently [...]
People, what are you doing reading this? It's Memorial Day. It's gorgeous outside. Get off the computer and fire up the grill. Or take a walk. Go to the park with your kids and your dog. Eat something good. Who cares what the top five items were last week on the Young & Hungry blog? [...]
We had a lively discussion yesterday on the past, present, and future of D.C. street food (although Kojo did call me out for drinking on the job in NYC!). Nnamdi even had one of the Fojol Bros. call in from the streets. If you missed it, you can hear the whole segment here. Photo courtesy [...]
In preparation for my chat this afternoon with Kojo Nnamdi, I tugged yet again on the ear of Sam Williams, the vending and special events coordinator for D.C.'s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Agency. He's my Deep Throat when it comes to understanding the complex world of D.C. street vending. One of the main stumbling [...]
Fresh out of high school in Naples, Italy, Enzo Algarme came to the United States nearly 12 years ago with the hopes of playing professional soccer. An injury quickly changed his plans. He instead went to culinary school, where he met Anastasiya Laufenberg, and together they opted for a different future, but one equally rooted [...]
Part of the joy and frustration of food trucks is hunting them down. With a hand-held device and a working Twitter account — assuming you don't run into this lazy whale — you can take part in the culinary equivalent of geocaching. Some days, of course, I don't find the food-truck-hunting game very entertaining (particularly [...]
The sizable crowd milling around the new Rebel Heroes truck told me one of several things: The Ballston neighborhood continues to struggle for cheap and decent lunch options, the magnetic pull of street food remains undeniable, or the banh mi sold from this mom-and-daughter operation is something special. Or a combination of all three. I [...]
Tan Nguyen is the 36-year-old co-owner of the new Rebel Heroes food truck, which roams the streets of Arlington, perhaps even as you're reading this. Nguyen and her mother, Ninh, are natives of Vietnam, and together they launched the business with the goal of "revolutionizing the sub." The focal point of the Rebel Heroes truck [...]
