The Washington City Paper interviewed many food truck operators, the spokesperson for the Mayor (Pedro Ribeiro), and the Restaurant Association in this article posted yesterday and asked how they all felt about the new version of the proposed food truck regulations. The summary is that many of our favorite food trucks are contemplating shutting down, while […]
DC’s Mayor Gray dissed DC’s food trucks twice in the past few days, first by insinuating that food trucks don’t obey the law, and second, by praising a recent crowd funding success by a Union Market business, failing to mention that 3 of DC’s food trucks graduated to become tenants of Union Market: Curbside Cupcakes, DC Empanadas and […]
The Washington City Paper broke the news yesterday that Basil Thyme will soon be retiring their two trucks after almost two years in service. So, be sure to visit one of the trucks over the next couple of weeks for your last meal. They will be missed!!
Bangkok PD Licious is coming to Loudoun County, VA, with their first service in Leesburg on Tuesday (3/19)! Their Thai menu is listed right on the front page of their website. Here is more info + pictures! They will be coming to Fairfax County as soon as the county ends its permitting freeze on food […]
Tim Carman, from the Washington Post, broke news that the Fojol Bros have purchased two old General Motors buses to rehab into stationary, off-street vending machines! The concept of the bustaurant has come to DC. 🙂 Rather than serving from the curbside like food trucks, it sounds like these buses would be parked in private lots […]
Yesterday, DCRA posted the latest (4th) version of proposed food truck regulations. Tim Carman, from the Washington Post, has a summary of this version of the rules which seems to loosen up the sidewalk free-of-obstructions rule, but still kept the requirement of 10ft of sidewalk in front of the truck. Inserted into the rules is […]
With the weather due to warm up, I thought I’d post a quick list and status of all of DC’s gourmet ice cream trucks. So far, Street Cream has been the only one to announce a firm reopening date. But, Scoops2u deserves a special mention as they have been continuing to serve throughout the winter […]
With, perhaps, our last snow of the season out of the way, DC’s gourmet ice cream trucks are coming out of hibernation! Street Cream got in touch to let everyone know that they will be back in action on March 13 (next Wednesday) and this message: Hey DMV! Street Cream is so excited about their […]
Looking at the streets of DC right now, I think it is safe to say that many DC food trucks will be out serving tomorrow. 🙂
Mama’s Donut Bites has been serving at various farmer’s markets in Virginia for well over a year, but they just started food truck service in Arlington a few days ago! They specialize in delicious, hot mini donuts made fresh right before your eyes. 🙂 It looks like they sell the mini donuts in orders of 8 […]
