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March 24th: New Food Truck Radar
Each week New Food Truck Radar will show some of the new food trucks hitting the streets or on the streets that you may not recognize.
March 17th: New Food Truck Radar
Each week New Food Truck Radar will show some of the new food trucks hitting the streets or on the streets that you may not recognize.
2015 NCAA Tournament and RDU Food Trucks
Living in the Tobacco Road, we enjoy March Madness. While the games in the themselves are enough to entertain, I thought why not add a little extra to the other 65 teams outside of the Triangle. Continue reading “2015 NCAA Tournament and RDU Food Trucks”
Wednesday Update: March 11th
Here are some can’t miss things from now and for the weekend and a reminder on a few topics
MaMa Duke’s food trailer destroyed
Yesterday, MaMa Duke’s posted that their food trailer was destroyed and service suspended until further notice. The best details I heard is the owners were shaken up, but not seriously injured. The bad news, this all happened because of a drunk driver.
Street Foodie Diaries recorded their story back in Season 1 for their series. They have taken the reins to help produce a crowd funding site to help raise funds for their loss. One thing they are in need is perks for donor levels. These make raising funds easier. If you have things to donate, please contact Street Foodie Diaries.
United Way Rodeo
Halal Haven, Chick-N-Que, Phat Wrapz, Captain Poncho’s Tacos, and Sweet Traditions by LeAne will be at 2000 Perimeter Park Drive in Morrisville for lunch today (Wednesday, March 11th) from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm.
RTP Rodeo
Chirba Chirba, Food Stans, Locopops, Humble Pig, and the Only Burger will be at 800 Park Office Drive for the Fidelity Food Truck Rodeo (Friday, March 13th) from 11:30am to 1:30 pm.
Food Truck Dinners this week
Bull City Ciderworks and Bull City Street Food
Bull City Street Food & Bull City Ciderworks: March 11th at 7pm (5 courses for $35)
●Course 1 – Taco with Chicken Braised in Rhiz Up! Cider with Red Quinoa, Apple Slaw, Pickled Onions and Cilantro Cream
●Course 2 – Wild Rice Stuffed Pork Loin with a Cardinal Cin Cider Infused Apple Chutney
●Course 3 – Spruce Bringsteen Cider Stir Fry with Black Tiger Prawn and Asian Vegetables
●Course 4 – Hearty Beef Tenderloin Stew with Root Vegetables and a Steep South Cider Gravy over a Bed of Garlic Mashed Potatoes
●Course 5 – Sweet Carolina Cider Glazed Bananas with Candied Pecans
Contact the Cider Bar to confirm reservations are still available.
Olio and Aceto will have a Wine Pairing at their Chapel Hill Cafe tomorrow (Thursday). If you interested, check out the details here.
Town of Knightdale rolls out Food Truck Thursdays
Do you live or work in Northeast Wake County? If you are looking for a lunch option on Thursdays, check out Food Truck Thursdays starting April. Every Thursday starting April 2nd will have a food truck parked at Knightdale Station Park (810 North First Avenue) from 11 am to 2 pm.
The trucks listed for the first three months are: Amigosan, Bam Bow Chow, Chirba Chirba, CockADoodleMoo, D’Burritos, Stuft and Virgil’s Jamaica
KoKyu is back open in Downtown Durham!
KoKyu posted they are now opening back in Downtown Durham. KoKyu is famous for its fusion options and really cool video game graffiti art on its trailer. You can find them at 408 W. Geer Street (Geer and Rigsbee), which is not far from Fullsteam Brewery. Right now the schedule is Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. On Saturday they will be will Chez Moi at Cackalacky’s Where House in Pittsboro for the unveiling of their overhead G scale railroad traveling through their tasting room and factory. They will also collect food for the CORA Food Pantry. More details on this Saturday event can be found here.
Go out and Vote!
Speaking of Chez Moi is competing with other small businesses for one of ten small business grants from FedEx, including a $25,000 grand prize. To vote via Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook (once per platform in a 24-hour timeframe) and check out their profile, click here.
Also, Indy Week’s Best of the Triangle polls are now open. Local food trucks are looking for your votes now. You have to vote for at least 25 categories for your vote to count, so be sure to select at least 25 local options.
March 10th: New Food Truck Radar
Each week New Food Truck Radar will show some of the new food trucks hitting the streets or on the streets that you may not recognize.
Wednesday Update: March 4th
Here are some can’t miss things from now and for the weekend and a reminder on a few topics
Durham Central Park Rodeo – March 8th
From 12 to 4 pm, be sure to catch the Durham Central Park Rodeo (501 Foster Street, Durham) over 50 trucks in attendance with live music from Pitchblak Brass Band. One of NC’s wineries, Grove Winery will also be at the rodeo.
Be sure to be on the lookout for Will & Pops new truck (dubbed Will & Pops 2.0) at the Durham Rodeo.
Raleigh Brewing celebrates two years
On March 7th, Raleigh Brewing will celebrate two years with music and food trucks. Both Dump Pho King Truck and Philly’s Cheesesteaks will be there from 2 to 8pm and Iced Cupcakes will have complimentary cupcakes from 4pm-8pm. In addition to three special beers and three food trucks, there will also be live music Music Line- Up is as follows: *2pm – 4pm: The Hey Brothers *5pm – 7pm: Cosmic Superheroes *8pm – 10pm: Gary Mitchell: Music with a Message Lastly, Raleigh Brewing is giving away a Kegerator with $1 raffle tickets. 100% of the ticket sales will go to the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Tickets will stop at the close of business on March 7th and the winner will be announced on Monday, March 9th.
First Friday Raleigh
Catch American Meltdown at Brushstroke Gallery (520 N. West Street, Raleigh) from 6-9pm with Raleigh Brewing on tap. On display will be work from Felicia Perry Photography.
Catch Porchetta and CJ’s Street Food at CAM Raleigh (409 W. Martin Street, Raleigh) from 6-10pm. Also, a friend, Dana Flynt, has some work up at the Darkroom exhibition (Visual Arts Exchange at 309 W. Martin Street, Raleigh). Check out her work and others there during their First Friday exhibition. Odds & Ends
- Lennar of Raleigh organizing a rodeo for their new development in RTP. The development, Page Park (5311 Jessip Street, Durham), will have Bam Pow Chow and Humble Pig with Carolina Brewing.
- Bull City Street Food (Saturday) Big C Waffles (Sunday) will be a Bull City Ciderworks. Be sure to support Bull City Ciderworks’ kickstarter project. Check out more from Triangle Explorer.
- The Cookery (1101 West Chapel Hill Street,Durham) will have the Duke/UNC game on the big screen with Sympathy For The Deli and The Parlour ice cream serving. (H/T Triangle Explorer)
- Also this Sunday, Downtown Cary Food & Flea with Ty’s All Natural & Jam Ice Cream in Ashworth Village (200 S. Academy Street, Cary)
- For those look for an event in the Triad, check out the Human Race and Asheboro’s first rodeo. Contact Shari Kumiega.
Go out and Vote!
Bam Pow Chow is up against 1o other trucks worldwide (one is from Ontario!) for best food truck taco at Mobile Cuisine. They have changed their voting platform to allow one vote in a 24-hour timeframe. So set your watch and vote. Chez Moi is competing with other small businesses for one of ten small business grants from FedEx, including a $25,000 grand prize. To vote via Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook (once per platform in a 24-hour timeframe) and check out their profile, click here.
March 3rd: New Food Truck Radar
Each week New Food Truck Radar will show some of the new food trucks hitting the streets or on the streets that you may not recognize.
Wednesday Update: February 25th
Here are things to add on to Monday’s news (or reminders of some things you have to do).
The Wandering Sheppard 