Food Truck fans at Navy Yard are getting a special treat this Wednesday (8/8) as five of Arlington’s food trucks serve up lunch at the Half St Fairgrounds (same location as Truckeroo).  Free admission, 11am – 2pm.  Here’s the flyer!

The 2nd-to-last Truckeroo of 2012 will be held on August 10 at the Half Street Fairgrounds (across from the Navy Yard / Ballpark) metro entrance.  The line-up for the Aug 10th event is as follows.  Free entry, plenty of seating and live music + adult beverages!

• Bada Bing
• BBQ Bus
• Big Cheese
• Bon Mi **NEW!
• Borinquen Lunch Box
• CapMac
• Curbside Cupcakes
• DC Empanadas
• DC Slices
• Doug the Food Dude
• Feelin’ Crabby
• Goodies
• Hula Girl Truck
• Mojo
• Pepe
• Pleasant Pops
• Popped! Republic
• Red Hook Lobster Pound -DC
• Rolls on Rolls
• Sinplicity
• Surfside
• TaKorean
• TOPS

The second annual Phillips After 5 Food Truck Fiesta is tonight (Aug 2nd)!  In addition to dining at 6 food trucks while listening to live jazz and enjoying the cash bar, there are 2 gallery talks and 2 American sign language classes to join + short film viewings and Hillyer after-party!  Phillips Collection members gain free entry, while a guest pass is just $12.  Here is the official Facebook event invite and here is the schedule:

Gallery Talk: Jasper Johns and Popular Imagery
6 & 7 pm
From fragments of text to everyday items such as American flags and paintbrushes, Johns has worked with symbols and iconography from popular imagery for decades.

Introduction to American Sign Language class
6:45 & 7:15 pm

Screening: Silent Film Shorts with DC Shorts Film Festival
7 pm

Music: Live Jazz
5:15–8:15 pm
Mark Merella and Sam Turner on percussion, Jon Ozment on piano, and Larry Melton on bass perform in the Music Room.

Hillyer Art Space and After Party
5-10:30 pm
Your Food Truck Fiesta ticket is an all access pass to Phillips neighbor Hillyer Art Space. Enjoy beer and wine at the cash bar all evening.

OoH DaT ChickeN is DC’s first broiled rotisserie chick truck!  All you really need to know is they use a 42 hour marinade and a low & slow cooking technique.  More info + a pic of their menu is on their page!  They also have a nice line-up of salads.

Thanks for Aaron for pointing out that SUNdeVICH food truck has broken free of its permanent spot at the NY Ave Beach Bar and, as of last week, is serving lunch at various spots in the District!  The menu consists of sandwiches named after international cities.  Today they are at L’Enfant. More info + truck photo and menu details are on their page.

Last week, Peanut Butter Jelly Time truck announced that they were retiring just after a month and a half of service.  The market for gourmet PB&J sandwiches just didn’t seem to be there.  They posted this note on their FB page: “As some of you have suspected, we have closed the door on Peanut Butter Jelly Time. We appreciate all of the high-fives & pictures of your notes from Mom, the rest of the city wasn’t ready for us.”

The PB&J concept seemed to be executed very well by PB&J truck, with a variety of sandwiches and customer service that was full of nostalgia.  They will be missed!

Photo courtesy of PB&J’s Twitter feed

Chef/Owner Stephan Boillon, from the El Floridano food truck, needs your help in Kickstarting his restaurant, located in Columbia Heights!

Stephan is one of the greenest food truck owners in DC, sporting solar panels atop his truck to power operations while parked.  So, it is no surprise that this green attitude is being carried over to his restaurant, where he intends on using reclaimed materials and energy efficient machinery.

Check out the full details on the Kickstarter page.

There are so many things happening today, that I thought I’d write a post about it!  Here they are in no particular order:

• Cirque Cuisine is celebrating “Love Your Lunch Day” by giving the first 100 customer’s a free #Aladdin lunch container + other goodies. They update their menu constantly, and I post new menus to their page frequently.
• The Travel Channel is filming DC Slices in Franklin Park today! According to @dragnchic9, they were at Union Station yesterday.
• Sweetz Cheesecake is now serving in Montgomery County, MD!
• Trucks are now serving at DOES in Northeast on Wednesdays. Red Hook Lobster Pound and Sweetbites are serving there today, as mentioned yesterday.
• $10 general admission tickets are now being offered for the DC Funky Fresh Foodie Fest being held on August 25th. For those that want to skip the all-inclusive features of the event.

It seems like it was just yesterday when I was sampling my first Pi pizza from the Pi on Wheels food truck (prior to the opening of the brick & mortar District of Pi on F St).  Well, it has been announced that Pi on Wheels is officially retiring.  The press release is located on Pi’s website.  Both the Washington DC and St Louis trucks are retiring as of July 31, 2012.

Councilmember Yvette M. Alexander announced the launch of Food Truck Wednesdays at the Department of Employment Services (DOES) in Ward 7.

From July 25 to Sept. 26, a different pair of DCFTA food trucks will be serving during lunchtime outside the Department of Employment Services at 4058 Minnesota Avenue NE (at Benning Road outside the Minnesota Avenue Metro Station).  “This is a great opportunity for those that work, shop and commute in the Downtown Ward 7 area to enjoy the convenience of food trucks that others enjoy throughout the city,” said Councilmember Alexander. “It’s a good balance to the limited access to sit-down restaurants that we currently have.”

The 10-week program was organized in partnership with DOES and the DC Food Trucks Association (DCFTA). Participating trucks include:

• BBQ Bus
• Popped! Republic
• Big Cheese
• Red Hook Lobster Pound
• Curbside Cupcakes
• Stix
• DC Empanadas
• Sweetbites
• DC Slices
• TaKorean
• Goode’s Mobile Kitchen
• Tapas Truck
• Goodies Frozen Custard & Treats
• Tasty Kabob