http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm Food journalism out of Austin, Texas. en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 20:18:06 -0700 Tue, 07 May 2013 11:30:00 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss russell@scrumptiouschef.com russell@scrumptiouschef.com russell@scrumptiouschef.com no http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/5/7/Austin-Daily-Photo-Tawny-Villain-And-Sweet-Heat-Meat With breastaurant acolytes Andrea Grimes, Matthew Odam, and Virginia B Wood sitting in judgement, local cook Tawny Villain emerged victorious as the winner of ATX Brands Trailer Truck Off. Ms. Villain walked away with the victory via a concoction dubbed Sweet Heat Meat. She now has a 6 month contract vending food at the Zorro Food Truck parked at East Austin's Scoot Inn. photo credit http://johansonphotography.wordpress.com/tag/tawny-villain/ all Austin Daily Photos http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/Austin-Daily-Photo Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Tue, 07 May 2013 11:30:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/5/7/Austin-Daily-Photo-Tawny-Villain-And-Sweet-Heat-Meat http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/5/4/Breastaurant-Experts-Andrea-Grimes-Virginia-B-Wood-And-Matthew-Odam-Judge-Trailer-Truck-Off Free lunch? Can't Be Categorized Food Trucks Sat, 04 May 2013 10:56:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/5/4/Breastaurant-Experts-Andrea-Grimes-Virginia-B-Wood-And-Matthew-Odam-Judge-Trailer-Truck-Off http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/4/18/Moto-GP-Party-In-Austin-Texas-The-One-Show-From-Portland Big motorbike party set to go off at Pine Street Station in East Austin. I ride 365 days a year and have since 1997. Wore out 11 bikes during that era and currently power an absolute beast of a Kawasaki. The One Show is an annual Portland motorbike party that is branching out for the first time this year and coming to Austin. Expect food trucks, dozens of gorgeous custom machines, and live music from Leo Rondeau, The Texas Tycoons, Possessed by Paul James, Mockingbird Loyals and Joshua Bain. Date and Time Friday, April 19 6 p.m. – Midnight Saturday, April 20 Noon – Midnight Free & open to the public. dozens of Austin food truck articles http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/Food-Trucks Food Trucks Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:30:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/4/18/Moto-GP-Party-In-Austin-Texas-The-One-Show-From-Portland http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/3/28/Snappy-Snacks-Tom-Ramsey-Has-A-Contest-For-Potential-Austin-Texas-Food-Truck-Entrepreneurs Tom Ramsey's back in the news. We've been covering the Snappy Snacks food truck magnate's maneuverings for years and now he's back in the headlines with his attempt to launch a new food truck court in Pflugerville. Tom Ramsey we hardly knew ye....but we did; all too well. Food Trucks Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:25:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/3/28/Snappy-Snacks-Tom-Ramsey-Has-A-Contest-For-Potential-Austin-Texas-Food-Truck-Entrepreneurs http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/3/22/Tiffany-Hareliks-Trailer-Food-Tuesday-Returns-To-The-Long-Center-March-26-2013 Dogs and children and their acolytes take note. Trailer Food Tuesdays is back! Tiffany Harelik's uber-successful gathering of food trucks and trailers will be held this Tuesday at the Long Center on Barton Springs Road. Food Trucks Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:15:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/3/22/Tiffany-Hareliks-Trailer-Food-Tuesday-Returns-To-The-Long-Center-March-26-2013 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/2/3/I-Cover-The-War-Food-Blogs-Worthy-of-Your-Time-11-Austin-Food-Carts-Food-TrailersFood-Trucks Austin Food Carts is a great resource for people trying, most likely in vain, to keep up with Austin's food truck, food trailer and food cart scene. Good luck y'all. With just under 1300 mobile restaurants in town you could eat at almost 4 per day for a year without repeating a single visit. I Cover The War Food Trucks Sun, 03 Feb 2013 14:58:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/2/3/I-Cover-The-War-Food-Blogs-Worthy-of-Your-Time-11-Austin-Food-Carts-Food-TrailersFood-Trucks http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/30/Raymond-Tatums-3-Little-Pigs-Anniversary-Party-Get-Down-At-East-End-Wines-With-Austins-Top-Chef We were first in line. When word got around town back in Winter of 2011, that former Jeffrey's chef Ray Tatum was back in the game, and about to open his own pig-based food truck, we started foaming at the mouth at the chance to sit down once again at the table of the legend. Game changer. Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:44:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/30/Raymond-Tatums-3-Little-Pigs-Anniversary-Party-Get-Down-At-East-End-Wines-With-Austins-Top-Chef http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/24/Death-Of-A-Rural-Texas-Taco-Truck Sad day in unincorporated Travis County, Texas. We made a run down fm 812 yesterday to reconnoiter the rural taco truck scene and see if some of our old favorites had stood the test of time. El Asadero has gone silent. Years back, I did a lengthy series on the food carts of unincorporated Travis County. I'd been on some long bike runs down fm 812 and fm 973 and noted that there was a mysterious abundance of taco trucks littering the side of the highways. RIP: Rest In Peace Food Trucks Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:47:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2013/1/24/Death-Of-A-Rural-Texas-Taco-Truck http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/10/25/Austin-Daily-PhotoOdd-Duck-Brick--MortarBryce-and-Dylan-GilmoreSam-MassJason-JamesMark-Buley Odd Duck Farm To Trailer's rebirth is upon us. We're coming up on a full year without the little trailer that helped spark the modern food truck renaissance in Austin and it's been a tough row to hoe. Yes, Barley Swine from Chef Bryce Gilmore is fine, but there was a certain magic to Odd Duck that did not make the trip down south Lamar when Gilmore opened up in the old Pie Slice location. Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:14:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/10/25/Austin-Daily-PhotoOdd-Duck-Brick--MortarBryce-and-Dylan-GilmoreSam-MassJason-JamesMark-Buley http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/9/24/Austin-Daily-Photo-Thai-Thani Brand new food trailer on Manor Road directly across from Hoover's Home Cooking. As is my custom, I visited when they were closed. A man had crawled up underneath the trailer and was repairing something so I stuck my head underneath to badger a few details out of him. Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:42:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/9/24/Austin-Daily-Photo-Thai-Thani http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/9/18/Great-Food-Truck-Race-Competitor-Austin-Daily-Press-To-Open-Behind-Wet-Whistle-In-East-Austin We're not sure what the open date will be as Austin Daily Press website domain has expired, but signage is up on the building directly behind The Wet Whistle at the intersection of E. MLK and Chicon. With Adam Bryan's tiny cocktail bar Motel slated to open on the same block, East Austin is getting more interesting by the minute. More on Adam Bryan http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/8/28/TexasAdam-Bryans-Cocktail-Bar-Motel-Behind-Wet-Whistle-In-East-Austin-Gains-Crucial-Permit More on Wet Whistle http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/31/Birth-Notice-Wet-Whistle-Is-Open-For-Business Vast, sprawling, comprehensive Austin food truck coverage right this way http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/Food-Trucks https://twitter.com/RLReevesJr Birth Notice Food Trucks Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:42:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/9/18/Great-Food-Truck-Race-Competitor-Austin-Daily-Press-To-Open-Behind-Wet-Whistle-In-East-Austin http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/8/31/Danielle-Bennett-Dimovski-Jack-Daniels-World-Barbecue-Champion-Visits-Austins-John-Mueller-Barbecue Danielle Bennett Dimovski aka Diva Q is down in Austin's Bouldin Creek neighborhood hanging out at John Mueller Barbecue and losing her mind over the Taylor, Texas native's smoked meat. Choice quotes: Barbecue Food Trucks Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:43:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/8/31/Danielle-Bennett-Dimovski-Jack-Daniels-World-Barbecue-Champion-Visits-Austins-John-Mueller-Barbecue http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/8/29/Video-Anthony-Bourdain-Freaking-The-Fuck-Out-Over-John-Mueller-Barbecue Here's a sneak peek of Tony Bourdain, hanging out with Daniel Vaughn at John Mueller Barbecue in South Austin. Premium beef chuck rib porn alert: http://www.travelchannel.com/video/austins-jmueller-bbq Vaughn's Texas bbq site http://fcg-bbq.blogspot.com/ and even more Texas barbecue http://chowpapi.com/wordpress/wordpress-2.8.6/wordpress It's pronounced Meller, by the way y'all. Barbecue Food Trucks Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:11:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/8/29/Video-Anthony-Bourdain-Freaking-The-Fuck-Out-Over-John-Mueller-Barbecue http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/8/26/Top-10-Austin-Texas-Food-Trucks Sifting through the mammoth back files on the Scrumptious Chef site it became obvious that we've written quite a bit about Austin Texas food trucks, but much of the coverage is buried and/or spread across numerous categories. Your prayers have been answered. Brand new category is up now. http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/Food-Trucks In the coming months we'll be visiting a raft of our town's finest food trucks and documenting the results in the above category. Once the dust settles we'll pen an article detailing: Top 10 Austin Texas food trucks Food Trucks Sun, 26 Aug 2012 10:23:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/8/26/Top-10-Austin-Texas-Food-Trucks http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/8/3/Update-The-Inner-Workings-Of-Scrumptious-Chef-Pop-Up-20-Soul-Food-Party-At-Three-Little-Pigs Brand new pop up this Sunday October 21st 2012 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/10/18/Scrumptious-Chef-Pop-Up-4-The-Foods-Of-Acadiana-Sun-Oct-21st-At-Three-Little-Pigs-East-End-Wines It's unbelievable how much work goes into throwing a pop up restaurant. Grocery stores visited: Central Market Fiesta Mart Wheatsville HEB La Michoacana To source the finest groceries in Austin, there is no one-stop market where you can lay your hands on everything at one time. I've got 3 kettles rolling right now. A smoked turkey wing stock for the wilted greens, a chicken stock for the chicken gravy and a pork stock for the hoppin john/black eyed peas. If you want your food to be the best you have to make your stock from scratch. Period. We knocked out fifteen pounds of pork belly, roasted hatch chile sausage last night. It was batch number 7 of our Central Texas Hot Guts project and it's dynamite. We dropped over fifty pounds of chicken and pork ribs in an icy brine yesterday. There are naysayers to the brining method but we've always utilized the technique to good effect. Tomorrow night will be an all-nighter as we cook the greens, bake the cornbread, make the banana pudding and simmer the black eyes all night long. Sunday morning it'll be fire up the smoker to roast the meats-time. Hopefully the timing will be right and we'll wrestle the kettle of grits off the range right as we go to service. Pictured is the team that made the first Scrumptious Chef Pop Up such a success. Robyn's an Austin restaurant veteran who just started her career in graphic design. Harrington worked in the best kitchens in New Orleans, Paris, New York, Vermont and San Francisco before finally attaining a 3rd Michelin star at Meadowood, one of the greatest kitchens in the USA. The party could not happen without their labor. I spent the last week poring over my Edna Lewis and Sylvia Wood's cookbooks to make sure the Adrian Miller {soul food scholar} menu would be honored properly. Details on the party: Place: 3 Little Pigs and East End Wines Date: Sunday August 5th 2012 Time: Noon Event: Scrumptious Chef Pop Up Restaurant 1209 Rosewood Avenue Austin Texas 78702 cash follow this party on Twitter with the hashtag #soulfoodpopup https://twitter.com/RLReevesJr previous http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/8/1/Scrumptious-Chef-Pop-Up-20-Soul-Food-Edition-Three-Little-Pigs-Sunday-August-5th-At-Noon Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:01:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/8/3/Update-The-Inner-Workings-Of-Scrumptious-Chef-Pop-Up-20-Soul-Food-Party-At-Three-Little-Pigs http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/8/3/Austins-First-Voluntarily-Not-For-Profit-Food-Truck-Hits-The-Streets While there are plenty non-profit food trucks in Austin, they haven't reached that status voluntarily. They're trying as hard as they can to be for-profit, they're just not making any money. One of our most "popular" ones shuttered at the beginning of summer to move away from Texas. The owner told me the decision was easy. He worked 12 hours a day, 6 days a week and never netted more than 20k in his 3 years of work. Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:44:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/8/3/Austins-First-Voluntarily-Not-For-Profit-Food-Truck-Hits-The-Streets http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/26/Austin-Daily-Photo-East-Side-King-At-The-Grackle Austin is awash in fine foods coming out of food trucks these days. We've got the first wave loncheras like La Flor down on South First Street, the bad ass old school Austin fine dining guys like Three Little Pigs and the glorious melange of Asian cuisine that is East Side King. We are rich. Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:38:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/26/Austin-Daily-Photo-East-Side-King-At-The-Grackle http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/24/Saigon-Street-Food-Truck-On-Extended-Hiatus September 22nd 2012 is a long ways off. That's when Saigon Street announced they will re-open for business. But after seeing numerous other food trailers "go on hiatus" we've noticed one common factor: they never manage to re-open. It's a tough game to begin with. Competition is fierce with well over a thousand trucks vying for your dollar. Weather holds you hostage on a daily basis, the food trucks are cramped and you're relying on the notoriously fickle public to earn your living. It's tough. We've enjoyed our meals at Saigon Street. The folks running the joint are friendly and the banh mi are good. It seems like they chose a good location as there are few other food trailers in their zone to compete with. Summer comes to a grinding halt the third week of September this year. We'll head up to Airport Blvd and report back on whether Saigon Street managed to re-open or not. https://twitter.com/RLReevesJr Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:28:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/24/Saigon-Street-Food-Truck-On-Extended-Hiatus http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/22/Austin-Daily-Photo-Buche-Taco-At-Tacos-Selene Buche is pig stomach. If that sounds appealing to you then continue reading. If you're a less aggressive eater of offal and "the nasty bits" then turn the page to something less earthy. Buche is not a particularly common ingredient at taco stands in Austin. When you do find it you often have to coax the taquera into selling you one {if you're a gabacho}as they generally figure you're not going to like it and they want your repeat visits-not easy to pull off if they sell you a taco that's not to your liking. Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Sun, 22 Jul 2012 22:34:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/22/Austin-Daily-Photo-Buche-Taco-At-Tacos-Selene http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/16/Hearts-Are-Heavy-In-East-Austin-Rest-In-Peace-Pachamamas-Peruvian-Creole-Cuisine-Food-Trailer While Chef Victor Polanco will continue to do catering functions, his star chef caliber food trailer; Pachamama's Peruvian Creole Cuisine operation has ceased. This is a loss on par with the closure of Odd Duck Farm To Trailer and hits with the same magnitude as when Arancini shuttered down in Bouldin Creek. It's unfathomable that such a delicious, beast of a food trailer could close in a town as hungry for good food as Austin, Texas. Unfathomable. Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:22:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/16/Hearts-Are-Heavy-In-East-Austin-Rest-In-Peace-Pachamamas-Peruvian-Creole-Cuisine-Food-Trailer http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/13/Austin-Daily-Photo-Lard-Have-Mercy I like the gimmick. Fill up a couple fryolators {hopefully with leaf lard} then wrap all sorts of things in bacon and submerge everything you can get your hands on in boiling oil. Lard Have Mercy cooks deep fried Oreos, Twinkies, Pickle chips, Chili Balls and banana flavored corn dogs among other items. Prudery is not the forte of the folks behind this business. Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:20:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/13/Austin-Daily-Photo-Lard-Have-Mercy http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/12/Austin-Daily-Photo-Brisket-Party-Barbecue-Pop-Up-At-Three-Little-Pigs--East-End-Wines-Sun-July-15 Brand new pop up restaurant Sunday August 5th 2012. details http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/8/1/Scrumptious-Chef-Pop-Up-20-Soul-Food-Edition-Three-Little-Pigs-Sunday-August-5th-At-Noon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We received some stunning news yesterday. We'd planned on using the ancient brick pit at Three Little Pigs to smoke the briskets for the party on Sunday, but we got a better offer. Back when Home Grown Catering had the touring contracts with ZZ Top and Willie Nelson, they had to be able to cook large amounts of brisket, sausage and ribs for the hungry musicians. They carted along a giant mobile pit so they could cook Texas-style barbecue for Willie, Billy Gibbons and the rest of the crew{s}. Barbecue Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:02:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/12/Austin-Daily-Photo-Brisket-Party-Barbecue-Pop-Up-At-Three-Little-Pigs--East-End-Wines-Sun-July-15 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/10/Scrumptious-Chef-Barbecue-PopUp-At-Three-Little-Pigs-In-The-Parking-Lot-of-East-End-Wines Brand new pop up restaurant. Sun Aug 5th 2012 details http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/8/1/Scrumptious-Chef-Pop-Up-20-Soul-Food-Edition-Three-Little-Pigs-Sunday-August-5th-At-Noon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More details to come, but this Sunday July 15th 2012 the scrumptious chef crew will be hosting a barbecue pop-up at Three Little Pigs in the parking lot of East End Wines. While Chef Raymond Tatum is resting and relaxing, we'll have our team in the trailer vending brisket plates and peach cobbler. Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Tue, 10 Jul 2012 12:42:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/10/Scrumptious-Chef-Barbecue-PopUp-At-Three-Little-Pigs-In-The-Parking-Lot-of-East-End-Wines http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/8/Austin-Daily-Photo-Bananarchys-Revolutionary-Dessert-Cart-In-Bouldin-Creek The tale of Bananarchy has been narrated ably in such national publications as Huffington Post, The Onion and Serious Eats. The tie-in to Arrested Development, the long gone TV show, garnered the business some heavy publicity after local bloggers gave the business its first exposure. In an Austin that's steadily losing its quirky appeal, it's good to see Bananarchy thriving. Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:49:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/7/8/Austin-Daily-Photo-Bananarchys-Revolutionary-Dessert-Cart-In-Bouldin-Creek http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/6/28/Smithsonian-Magazine-Noted-Chronicler-Of-Food-Truck-CultureRecognizes-Paul-Quis-East-Side-King How did this escape our scrutiny? Smithsonian, the magazine, website, art museum and now-documenter of food trucks, hailed Paul Qui's East Side King as one of USA's twenty best way back in February of this year. We're a mite late but it still bears mentioning. The long form piece is authored by 2 {!} writers and at 3+ paragraphs it's easy to see why. Neither Megan Gambino nor Aviva Shen could have carried such a heavy load. Best to divide the responsibilities so neither scribe would get knuckled under by the effort. Of course they pass most of the heavy lifting off to a writer for Serious Eats who gushes quite profoundly about the beet fries {creamy....soft!}. We love East Side King. Here's an old piece we unearthed via the wayback machine http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/11/12/Austin-Daily-Photo-Paul-Qui-Is-The-Eastside-King-And-Very-Well-Could-Win-Top-Chef-Texas and the Smithsonian piece http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/The-20-Best-Food-Trucks-in-the-United-States.html?c=y&page=11&navigation=next#IMAGES Food Trucks Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:34:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/6/28/Smithsonian-Magazine-Noted-Chronicler-Of-Food-Truck-CultureRecognizes-Paul-Quis-East-Side-King http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/6/27/Austin-Daily-Photo-El-Guero Rifling through the backfiles tonight. El Guero is a taco school bus on Cameron Road near Nomad Bar. They specialize in tortas estillo distrito federal. In other words: sandwiches done in the style of the taqueras in Mexico City. An interesting aside is that this bus will also add some chopped up hot dogs as garnishes on anything on the menu. No, this is not the much celebrated "Sonoran hot dog" that's gotten so much acclaim in the past year. These hot dogs are just the good old fashioned, non-descript wieners that you grew up eating at swimming pools and baseball parks. We've never had our minds blown by the food at this truck, but the taquero is as nice as he can be, he's open late at night and you're eating from a public school bus rigged out with flat tops and fryolators. We take our pleasures where we find them. previous Austin Daily Photos http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/Austin-Daily-Photo Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Wed, 27 Jun 2012 23:38:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/6/27/Austin-Daily-Photo-El-Guero http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/6/26/Austin-Daily-Photo-Gonzo-Juice It must be humbling to be a food trailer parked this close to John Mueller Barbecue. I've noticed the workers across the street at the taco trailer sitting on folding chairs on a patch of dirt reading the newspaper while a hundred or so people queued up for a plate of brisket-praying that the meat wouldn't run out before they made it to the window. Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:44:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/6/26/Austin-Daily-Photo-Gonzo-Juice http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/6/26/Hot-And-Bored-Want-To-Buy-A-Food-Truck-Book-John-T-Edge-Is-Coming-To-BookPeople-In-Austin Well known eater John T. Edge is slowly making his way to Austin on an eating, book-selling tour of the United States. His new volume: The Truck Food Cookbook is out, on shelves and hopefully raking in some serious money for the Mississippi author. Mr. Edge had this to say about Austin food trucks { in an interview conducted by Andrea Weigl in the Raleigh New and Observer} Food Trucks Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:14:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/6/26/Hot-And-Bored-Want-To-Buy-A-Food-Truck-Book-John-T-Edge-Is-Coming-To-BookPeople-In-Austin http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/6/21/Austin-Texas-Trailer-Food-TuesdaysLong-CenterTiffany-HarelikPeached-Tortilla--Royal-Fig-Teamup An idea whose time has come. On the final Tuesday of each month, starting in July, the Long Center for the Performing Arts will host an Austin Texas food truck party on their grounds. It'll be interesting to see which food trucks will be selected for this affair. Obviously, Peached Tortilla and the Seedling truck will be at the events, since they're members of the team throwing the affair but who else will be vending? Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:23:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/6/21/Austin-Texas-Trailer-Food-TuesdaysLong-CenterTiffany-HarelikPeached-Tortilla--Royal-Fig-Teamup http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/9/Field-Report-Pachamamas-Peruvian-Creole-Cuisine-Food-Trailer-Is-Killing-It-In-East-Austin There's some serious culinary witchcraft happening down on Cesar Chavez in the little, secluded courtyard of East Side Food Park. For the past few weeks, we've been working our way through the menu at Pachamama's Peruvian Creole Cuisine, probing for a weak link, drinking lots of wine smuggled in [http://www.eastendwinesatx.com/] and celebrating the potato-the shoulders of which the menu rests upon. Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Wed, 09 May 2012 18:00:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/5/9/Field-Report-Pachamamas-Peruvian-Creole-Cuisine-Food-Trailer-Is-Killing-It-In-East-Austin http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/4/27/Austin-Daily-Photo-Three-Little-Pigs-Nose-To-Tail-Pork-Trailer-In-East-Austin-Texas Right as SXSW was grinding to a halt, one moment before the wheels would've come off and Austin would've imploded into a cloud of Texas-shaped stardust, we wandered by Raymond Tatum's Three Little Pigs food trailer and lo and behold; he was open. It being a Sunday this made for a very happy and surprised group of eaters [he's normally closed on the Lord's Day]. Despite SXSW having officially ended the evening before the streets of East Austin were teeming with people and we were quickly joined by 20 or so other happy eaters, all celebrating this stroke of good fortune. Then it got weird. Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:20:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/4/27/Austin-Daily-Photo-Three-Little-Pigs-Nose-To-Tail-Pork-Trailer-In-East-Austin-Texas http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/4/18/Austin-Daily-Photo-Mysterious-Pink-Barbecue-Food-Trailer-In-Parking-Lot-Of-Jax We've been rolling into Jax, the little neighborhood bar at the corner of 29th and Rio Grande, regularly for the past week to see if Art Blondin of Artz Rib House has gotten his newest iteration of his old barbecue operation up and running yet. We figured that the little pink food trailer in the parking lot was his but we were wrong. The staff, bless their heart, have no idea who the owner operator of the pink food trailer is but they reckon it's a bbq outfit with a theme of North Carolina style smoked meat. One patron said he thought the name of the new business was 3 Little Pigs which will come as a surprise to Austin icon Raymond Tatum who already has a 3 Little Pigs food trailer running on the East Side. We'll report back with more info as warranted. more Texas barbecue coverage http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/Barbecue and more Texas barbecue http://chowpapi.com/wordpress/wordpress-2.8.6/wordpress/?cat=84 Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:56:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/4/18/Austin-Daily-Photo-Mysterious-Pink-Barbecue-Food-Trailer-In-Parking-Lot-Of-Jax http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/4/9/Death-Of-A-Texas-Food-Trailer-Court-Rest-In-Peace-East-Side-Drive-In I ran by El Milagro to stock up on fresh spices and noticed the East Side Drive In food trailer park is starting to shut down. A couple of the food trucks are already missing and apparently the rest are set to follow. Word has it that the lot on which the food trailers were parked has been sold and an apartment or condo tower will be constructed there. RIP: Rest In Peace Food Trucks Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:14:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/4/9/Death-Of-A-Texas-Food-Trailer-Court-Rest-In-Peace-East-Side-Drive-In http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/3/29/Is-Pachamamas-Peruvian-Creole-Cuisine-The-Best-Food-Trailer-In-Austin-Texas There are thousands of them. They range from lousy commercial taco kitchens with owners who couldn't make a tortilla from scratch if their life hung in the balance, all the way to exotic operations selling foods from southeast Asia, Iowa or even Louisiana. They are Austin, Texas food trailers and we've been eating their food for well over a decade. Back in the 90s you had one option: Loncheras serving Mexican food, primarily to working class Mexican cats and in the know regular folks who dug deep for their daily chow. Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:47:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/3/29/Is-Pachamamas-Peruvian-Creole-Cuisine-The-Best-Food-Trailer-In-Austin-Texas http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/3/23/Austin-Daily-Photo-Raymond-Tatums-Three-Little-Pigs-Food-Trailer-In-East-Austin The old master continues to improve. A recent visit to Three Little Pigs found subtle improvements across the board as we ran roughshod over the menu. A porchetta was luscious and rich, tasting of local hog. The classic pork belly slider had our crew buzzing and reminiscing about the good old days of Odd Duck, while Chef Tatum's homage to the Deep South; collards, grits and meatloaf stole honors as dish of the night. Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:45:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/3/23/Austin-Daily-Photo-Raymond-Tatums-Three-Little-Pigs-Food-Trailer-In-East-Austin http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/3/12/Austin-Daily-Photo-Tacos-Don-Gabriel-New-Food-Trailer-On-South-Congress Returning from another Once Over Coffee Bar run I noticed Tacos Don Gabriel in the quick mart parking lot next to Fulmore Middle School on South Congress. Nobody home. Walked inside the gas station to see if anybody had at least an anecdotal review of the food but, inspite of the gal working the register being a big beefy hoss cat who looked like she'd definitely know her way around a taco, I rolled snake eyes. Who's been to Tacos Don Gabriel? How were the tacos? Here's why El Taco Rico, a tiny food cart in the Montopolis neighborhood, is the best Mexican restaurant in Austin Texas http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/1/1/Austin-Daily-Photo-Yolanda-Sanchez-Cornejo-of-El-Taco-Rico-In-Montopolis-Neighborhood?adminview=true all Austin Daily Photos here http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/Austin-Daily-Photo Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:28:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/3/12/Austin-Daily-Photo-Tacos-Don-Gabriel-New-Food-Trailer-On-South-Congress http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/2/29/At-Last-Austin-Texas-Prepares-For-Rollout-Of-Nations-First-Crme-Brle-Food-Cart Hot off the tipster button on this site, we're pleased to announce Austin Texas newest food cart: Brulee Brulee, devoted to Crème brûlée and nothing else. We'll have more later but for now here's a link to their budding website http://bruleebrulee.com/ Word on the street has it that a certain local veteran restaurant owner is considering opening a Hamburger Helper food cart as well. Thoughts? Opinions? Can't Be Categorized Food Trucks Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:09:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/2/29/At-Last-Austin-Texas-Prepares-For-Rollout-Of-Nations-First-Crme-Brle-Food-Cart http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/1/27/Austin-Daily-Photo-Chicken-Al-Carbon-Taco-From-El-Pollo-Rey-In-East-Side-Food-Park Taquero Frankie is putting out some very fine charcoal grilled chicken tacos from the El Pollo Rey food trailer located in the East Side Food Park on Cesar Chavez. Walking up to the tiny trailer the smell of sizzling chicken flesh is intoxicating. These birds have not died in vain. We inquire as to whether the tortillas are homemade and receive the dread answer of "no". Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:33:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/1/27/Austin-Daily-Photo-Chicken-Al-Carbon-Taco-From-El-Pollo-Rey-In-East-Side-Food-Park http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/1/20/Birth-Notice-Pachamamas-Peruvian-Creole-Cuisine-New-East-Austin-Food-Trailer We were starving and decided to give Dirty Bird's Barbecue, the new food trailer, ostensibly selling barbecue in East Austin, another chance at feeding us. Surprise! Not open. Birth Notice Food Trucks Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:53:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/1/20/Birth-Notice-Pachamamas-Peruvian-Creole-Cuisine-New-East-Austin-Food-Trailer http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/1/17/Austin-Daily-PhotoNomad-Dosa-Prepares-To-Open-On-The-Hallowed-Grounds-Of-Former-Franklin-Barbecue We strive to bring our readers the best coverage of Austin's exploding food scene. We spent a couple hours this morning prowling Travis County looking for interesting photos as we continue to build our vast Austin Daily Photo archive. Score. Mere blocks from the scrumptious house we spotted a shiny new food trailer anchored down on the former Franklin Barbecue lot at the corner of Concordia and I-35. Birth Notice Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:07:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/1/17/Austin-Daily-PhotoNomad-Dosa-Prepares-To-Open-On-The-Hallowed-Grounds-Of-Former-Franklin-Barbecue http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/1/13/Birth-Notice-The-Soup-Coup-New-East-Austin-Food-Cart Husband wife team Luke and Sarah Johanson are vending soup out of a diminutive food cart over on east 7th street near El Azteca. We haven't been able to dig up a menu online but they're all over Twitter posting their daily menu and specials. Everything they're tweeting sounds delicious and apparently if you pull up on a motorcycle and start taking pictures you're invited to join a secret society of free soup eaters [the nice lady in the cart hollered at me to see if I wanted a free sample but I had to beg off]. Follow them here https://twitter.com/#!/TheSoupCoup We'll be popping in in the next few days to see what all the fuss is about. http://www.facebook.com/TheSoupCoup all birth notices here http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/Birth-Notice Birth Notice Food Trucks Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:09:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/1/13/Birth-Notice-The-Soup-Coup-New-East-Austin-Food-Cart http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/1/9/A-Neophyte-Gringo-Enters-Taco-Nirvana-By-Jake-Camozzi "Grrumphhh." I believe that was the sound that came out of my mouth and made its way past the barbacoa taco that was halfway inside it, as I was sitting on a tiny folding chair outside El Taco Rico. That's how damn fine the tacos at El Taco Rico are--they're audible grunt worthy. I found El Taco Rico through this blog and their staff's extremely high praise of the street grub it turns out of its tiny East Austin trailer. Honestly, I don't think I would have found it otherwise. It's located in the parking lot of a worn-in washateria, in the middle of an extremely unassuming neighborhood, off a part of East Riverside that specializes in providing smokes and gas on the way to the airport and little else. Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:38:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/1/9/A-Neophyte-Gringo-Enters-Taco-Nirvana-By-Jake-Camozzi http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/1/8/Austin-Daily-Photo-Yoko-Ono-Miyaki-East-Austin-Japanese-Food-Trailer We got word that there was an itinerant Hungarian Goulash cook hawking bowls out of a trailer over here on the east side of Austin so we moseyed down towards Cesar Chavez to see if we could spot him. The idea of man serving the soups of middle Europe out of a trailer was intriguing but alas he was not to be found. Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:09:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/1/8/Austin-Daily-Photo-Yoko-Ono-Miyaki-East-Austin-Japanese-Food-Trailer http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/1/7/Austin-Daily-Photo-El-Pollo-Rey-New-East-Austin-Mexican-Food-Trailer We're getting a kick out of our "tipster" button site feature. We wanted to build in an easy contact method for folks to get ahold of us to let us know about restaurant openings, closing, dustups and anything else Austin eaters had on their mind that they wanted to share. We received the following press release last month but are just now getting a chance to publish. Enjoy. Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:10:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2012/1/7/Austin-Daily-Photo-El-Pollo-Rey-New-East-Austin-Mexican-Food-Trailer http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/12/12/Austin-Daily-Photo-Gonzalez-Tacos-Food-Trailer-On-Rundberg-Lane-In-North-Austin If you put "the best tacos in town" on a giant sign on top of your taco truck then all reasonable care should be taken to assure your diners that good tacos will be forthcoming from your kitchen. Not so at Gonzalez Tacos, a little cart up on Rundberg lane barely on the west side of I-35. We've been drinking good and hard at Mickey's for the last few hours when it dawns on us that sustenance is required. We pile into the Econoline and gas on it southward passing several, shuttered for the night, taco wagons. Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:53:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/12/12/Austin-Daily-Photo-Gonzalez-Tacos-Food-Trailer-On-Rundberg-Lane-In-North-Austin http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/12/10/Austin-Daily-Photo-Hillary-At-Odd-Duck-Farm-To-Trailer-In-Austin-Texas Splendid meal at Odd Duck Farm To Trailer last evening. Word's out; the little food cart that put Austin on the map for local sourcing is shuttering. Rumor has it that a brick and mortar may be in the works in 2012. We wait with bated breath. The importance of what Odd Duck accomplished can not be overstated. Bryce Gilmore introduced an ethos to modern Austin that had been here in fits and starts but had not been done to such extremes. RIP: Rest In Peace Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:43:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/12/10/Austin-Daily-Photo-Hillary-At-Odd-Duck-Farm-To-Trailer-In-Austin-Texas http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/12/9/RIP-Rest-In-Peace-Sushi-A-Go-Go Sad news off the Twitter wire. Sushi A Go Go's last day is tomorrow December 10th 2011. The owners recently opened Kome http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/25/Birth-Notice-Kome on Airport Blvd and we reckon the day to day grind of having two operations became too much. RIP: Rest In Peace Food Trucks Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:12:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/12/9/RIP-Rest-In-Peace-Sushi-A-Go-Go http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/11/28/Austin-Daily-Photo-Tariqs-Barbecue-In-East-Austin-Texas Rolling through the east side of Austin on the way to pick up some barbecue from Sam's, Tariq's Barbecue food trailer is spotted parked alongside San Saba st. between 8th and 9th. It's quite mysterious. The area is pure residential with no other business within a couple blocks. A ferocious dog goes completely bonkers from a nearby yard and there is no one to offer a query to. It's a good looking little cart, nice and homely and rustic. Lord knows it might be some good barbecue too. Update coming as events warrant. all barbecue coverage http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/Barbecue all Austin Daily Photos http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/Austin-Daily-Photo Barbecue Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:42:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/11/28/Austin-Daily-Photo-Tariqs-Barbecue-In-East-Austin-Texas http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/11/22/Austin-Daily-PhotoBudares-Venezuelan-Food-Trailer--Tour-Of-6-New-Rainey-Street-Hotspots Venezuelan food has returned to Austin. Back in the early double aughts there was a wonderful Venezuelan cafe on 1626 along the southern fringe of Travis county but it has long since shuttered. We used to love to ride down there and get Patacones, a Venezuelan sandwich that is absolutely diabolical in its construction as it eschews bread, instead using fried plantains [!]. The name of the little restaurant escapes us. Readers? Birth Notice Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:59:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/11/22/Austin-Daily-PhotoBudares-Venezuelan-Food-Trailer--Tour-Of-6-New-Rainey-Street-Hotspots http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/11/18/RIP-Arancini-Food-Trailer-In-South-Austin Sometimes this job hits hard. This is one of the last obits in Austin we ever wanted to pen as we believed this food trailer to be on par with the finest Austin has to offer. Right up there with Odd Duck, Three Little Pigs, El Taco Rico and East Side King. Upper atmosphere cuisine. RIP: Rest In Peace Food Trucks Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:07:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/11/18/RIP-Arancini-Food-Trailer-In-South-Austin http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/11/17/Austin-Daily-Photo-Arlos-East-Austins-New-Vegan-Food-Trailer Ran by Arlo's food trailer earlier this week to check out the menu, maybe eat a side dish or two and see what all the fuss is about. In spite of Austin's starving, burgeoning vegetarian community our food trailer scene recently lost Iggi's which catered to the herbivore community. Arlo's was closed at lunch time. We walked around for a bit taking pictures watching people stroll up, realize the trailer is closed, then leave. One group decided to utilize Arlo's patio to have an impromptu picnic with foods they requisitioned from their auto. Arlo's is located on Onion Street just south of Takoba in spite of their 6th st. official address previous coverage http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/28/Birth-Notice-Austin-Texas-Vegans-Unite-Arlos-Food-Truck-Prepares-To-Open Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:23:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/11/17/Austin-Daily-Photo-Arlos-East-Austins-New-Vegan-Food-Trailer http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/11/15/Austin-Daily-Photo-Taqueria-La-Caprichosa-East-Austin-Food-Trailer A very ambitious menu from Taqueria La Caprichosa. Buche, desebrada, barbacoa, carnitas, pierna, tinga, oreja, bistec, pastor, guisada. If you love meat on your tacos this might be your spot. Unfortunately when we visited we'd just eaten three trays of food from Paul Qui's East Side King and did not have room for a single taco. Not even the buche which is one of our very favorites. We're always out on the town prowling around looking for new taco sources so we'll run back by there soon and score a brace so we can report back. all Austin Daily Photos http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/Austin-Daily-Photo Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:31:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/11/15/Austin-Daily-Photo-Taqueria-La-Caprichosa-East-Austin-Food-Trailer http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/11/14/Nobody-HomeEast-Austin-Food-Trailer-Court-Soular-Garden-Open-For-Business-But-You-Wouldnt-Know-It Growing pains. Hoover Alexander's Soular Food Garden is an earnest endeavor from a legend in the Austin food scene. We hope it proves to be a huge success but two recent visits were problematic. Not one food trailer was open in the middle of the day. It's hard to line coffers with green backs when the tills are on lockdown, the flat tops are cold and the shutters are closed. Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:28:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/11/14/Nobody-HomeEast-Austin-Food-Trailer-Court-Soular-Garden-Open-For-Business-But-You-Wouldnt-Know-It http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/11/11/RIP-Hard-Day-In-South-Austin-Odd-Duck-Farm-To-Trailer-Prepares-To-Shutter Details are still coming in but Odd Duck Farm To Trailer is reportedly closing their doors in December of 2011. We'll dig deeper on this story as events warrant but Austin will be a lesser city without this ground breaking restaurant on wheels. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- More news coming in. The closure could possibly be temporary. The lot that the food trailer sits on has been sold. Condo towers are going to be constructed on the site. Odd Duck may experience a rebirth at a new location. Whew. Hope to have more on this breaking story before the end of the day. Austin's food scene may have dodged a bullet. --------------------------------------------------------------------- we did not dodge the bullet RIP: Odd Duck Farm To Trailer http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/12/10/Austin-Daily-Photo-Hillary-At-Odd-Duck-Farm-To-Trailer-In-Austin-Texas? RIP: Rest In Peace Food Trucks Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:54:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/11/11/RIP-Hard-Day-In-South-Austin-Odd-Duck-Farm-To-Trailer-Prepares-To-Shutter http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/11/2/Fun-Fun-Fun-Fest-And-Pitchfork-Media-Blow-Up-Auditorium-Shores-In-Austin-Texas-November-46-2011 When it was announced that Neurosis were to perform at Fun Fun Fun Fest a few years back we knew we were all in. The Bay Area band has long been one of our favorites especially when we were still in our cider chugging/train hopping Mohican era. It's certainly true that Fun Fun has hosted countless other significant bands over the years and we've seen many of them but this is the show we'll reflect over when we inevitably slip into our dotage. Austin Texas is set to host the now huge music festival at Auditorium Shores this weekend November 4,5 and 6th and rock fans who are also eating fans will be served, sometimes well and sometimes poorly, at the event. Here's the food trailer line-up Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:27:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/11/2/Fun-Fun-Fun-Fest-And-Pitchfork-Media-Blow-Up-Auditorium-Shores-In-Austin-Texas-November-46-2011 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/31/Cooking-Channels-Eat-Street-In-Austin-Texas-This-Week-Monday-October-31stSaturday-Nov-5th-2011 Tony Yamanaka over on the food trailers Austin website is reporting that James Cunningham is bringing his Eat St. tv show to Austin Texas this week for a full schedule of shooting our town's trailer community. Here's the location list. Call the trailers or keep abreast of filming if you'd like to be there when the cameras are rolling. Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:34:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/31/Cooking-Channels-Eat-Street-In-Austin-Texas-This-Week-Monday-October-31stSaturday-Nov-5th-2011 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/26/The-Grand-Old-Man-Of-Austin-Food-Hoover-Alexanders-Getting-In-The-Food-Trailer-Business Hoover Alexander's bona fides are fully in order. He trained under Austin icon Harry Akin at the Nighthawk back when that really meant something in this old town. This was early 70s Austin not too long after Akin had proven instrumental in putting an end to the Jim Crow laws that had plagued the South and Texas. After nearly a decade with The Nighthawk, Alexander embarked on a journeyman style career in Austin food, working for a handful of organizations most notably Chez Fred, the predecessor to what would later become Chez Zee. Birth Notice Food Trucks Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:15:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/26/The-Grand-Old-Man-Of-Austin-Food-Hoover-Alexanders-Getting-In-The-Food-Trailer-Business http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/23/Redemption-Song-Tiffany-Harelik-Takes-Center-Stage-With-Successful-Reprise-Of-Gypsy-Picnic-Party Austin Texas gave Tiffany Harelik, the Sara Jessica Parker of Austin's trailer food scene, a second chance and like a young Walter Payton she hurdled the scrum for a game winning touchdown of a party. Way to go Ms. Harelik. Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:48:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/23/Redemption-Song-Tiffany-Harelik-Takes-Center-Stage-With-Successful-Reprise-Of-Gypsy-Picnic-Party http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/20/Details-Emerge-On-Gypsy-Picnic-Trailer-Food-Festivals-Plans-To-Prevent-Disastrous-Repeat-Of-2010 We like that the Gypsy Picnic team, headed up by Tiffany Harelik, the Sara Jessica Parker of Austin's food trailer scene, has come up with a plan of attack to prevent the disaster that was last year's party from recurring. We discussed the lynch mob mentality that attendees felt during the festival here http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/17/Can-The-Comedy-Of-Errors-That-Was-Gypsy-Picnic-Trailer-Food-Festival-2010-Redeem-Itself-In-2011 and we're glad to see the organizers are taking the problems they experienced last year seriously. Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:01:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/20/Details-Emerge-On-Gypsy-Picnic-Trailer-Food-Festivals-Plans-To-Prevent-Disastrous-Repeat-Of-2010 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/17/Can-The-Comedy-Of-Errors-That-Was-Gypsy-Picnic-Trailer-Food-Festival-2010-Redeem-Itself-In-2011 Tiffany Harelik is the "Sarah Jessica Parker of the Underground Trailer Food Scene" in Austin, Texas according to interviews we've read in local media. We have no idea what that means but we had much love for Ms. Parker in her star turn in the old tv series Square Pegs. Unfortunately Ms. Harelik's star turn at last year's disastrous Gypsy Picnic didn't turn out so well. Jamie Gertz please report to Austin. If attendance is the sole metric of success then the first edition of the Picnic was a marvel with twenty thousand attendees by some estimates. Unfortunately, the crowd that showed up found a poorly planned, poorly executed festival with little to offer other than long lines, disgusted patrons and a general mood of ill will towards the event. Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:24:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/17/Can-The-Comedy-Of-Errors-That-Was-Gypsy-Picnic-Trailer-Food-Festival-2010-Redeem-Itself-In-2011 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/16/Americas-Favorite-Food-Truck-Is-From-Texas-Town-But-It-Aint-Austin-Congratulations-Chef-Tai-Lee College Station one upped Austin in securing victory for resident food trailer Mobile Gourmet in the Food Network's contest to determine America's Favorite Food Truck. Chef Tai Lee won ten thousand dollars as well as the right to compete in next year's Great American Food Truck race challenge on the channel. Over four million people voted and nearly six hundred trucks were entered in the fray. A humanitarian as well as a mobile cook, Chef Lee will be donating a portion of the winnings to the Texas Wildfire Relief Charity. Recipe from Lee? Can't Be Categorized Food Trucks Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:25:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/16/Americas-Favorite-Food-Truck-Is-From-Texas-Town-But-It-Aint-Austin-Congratulations-Chef-Tai-Lee http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/10/RIP-Rest-In-Piece-Wheats-True-Texas-Cuisine Hopefully we'll be penning a birth notice on this food trailer sooner than later. We rolled up Burnet Road three times to try this carts food but never managed to find them open. Our scouts in Allandale had made mention of the little business as putting out some very fine barbecue so naturally our noses were opened up over the prospect. RIP: Rest In Peace Food Trucks Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:30:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/10/RIP-Rest-In-Piece-Wheats-True-Texas-Cuisine http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/9/Austin-Daily-Photo-El-Asadero-Sunday-October-9th-2011 Fifteen minutes from downtown Austin sits a paragon of the taco truck form. Far from ordinary, within this humble metal box beats the heart of some very fine Mexican cuisine. Way back when, when we were authoring a series of articles on the foods of unincorporated Travis County Texas, we stumbled upon this tiny gem. Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:59:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/10/9/Austin-Daily-Photo-El-Asadero-Sunday-October-9th-2011 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/8/29/Austin-Daily-Photo-Purple-Bean-Cafe-Sunday-August-28th-2011 There's a good buzz surrounding this little food trailer situated between Franklin Barbecue and Three Little Pigs on East 11th street. We haven't been but it's on our path and there's always a good crowd of folks out on the patio relaxing under the impromptu shelter the owners have put up. all Austin Daily Photos here:http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/Austin-Daily-Photo (512) 820-9707 www.thepurplebeancafe.com Mon-Fri 7 am - 3 pm Sat 8 am - 3 pm Sun 9 am - 3 pm Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:37:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/8/29/Austin-Daily-Photo-Purple-Bean-Cafe-Sunday-August-28th-2011 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/8/24/Austin-Daily-Photo-Odd-Duck-Farm-To-Trailer-Wednesday-August-24th-2011 We can't think of a chef that's done more for bringing local foods into eater's consciousness than Bryce Gilmore. When he started Odd Duck, the tiny food trailer on South Lamar, we doubt he considered that he could also be starting a movement. He has. Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:22:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/8/24/Austin-Daily-Photo-Odd-Duck-Farm-To-Trailer-Wednesday-August-24th-2011 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/8/11/Too-Many-Bad-Food-Trucks-In-Austin-Texas-Scene-Reaches-Breaking-Point Preamble: In the header picture is Taqueria El Chanclas which is one of the best taco carts in Travis county. We go here for menudo and carne desebrada. Their corn tortillas will make you say que rico. And now onto the article: Austin, Texas leads the nation in a lot of important categories. We're easily the biggest haven for bad tattoos in North America. If you need proof roll into Lovejoys on a Friday night and sit at the bar for an hour or two. We spotted the newest tattoo trend on several girls on a recent visit. Cursive passages scrolled onto various body parts from the works of authors whom these young ladies had, at best, passing familiarity with. Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:31:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/8/11/Too-Many-Bad-Food-Trucks-In-Austin-Texas-Scene-Reaches-Breaking-Point http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/8/8/Austin-Daily-Photo-Taqueria-El-Chanclas-Monday-August-8th-2011 We've been eating at Taqueria El Chanclas for years but until this past Saturday had neglected sampling their menudo. Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:53:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/8/8/Austin-Daily-Photo-Taqueria-El-Chanclas-Monday-August-8th-2011 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/8/6/Best-Hamburger-in-Austin-Part-Twelve-Gs-183-Pit-Stop-Saturday-August-6th-2011 It's rare that we visit a restaurant on the first day they've opened. We much prefer to give the staff and management a few months to sort things out, shed the inevitable kinks and get the machine running smoothly. But we have no way of knowing today is the first day of business for Gary Figueroa's little food cart; G's 183 Pit Stop on the side of US 183 just south of the Hwy 71 Interchange. Best Hamburger In Austin Food Trucks Sat, 06 Aug 2011 18:36:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/8/6/Best-Hamburger-in-Austin-Part-Twelve-Gs-183-Pit-Stop-Saturday-August-6th-2011 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/7/26/RIP-Iggis-Texatarian-Tuesday-July-26th-2011 We love vegan food. When we're planning meals at the house or shopping at Fiesta for groceries we always figure a vegan side dish or two to go with our brisket, pork loin, wild boar hog or country style gator ribs. A balanced plate is what we seek. But the thought of sitting down to eat only side dishes and then calling it a meal? Unthinkable. We are saddened however by the loss of one of Austin's few vegan restaurants. Iggi's Texatarian has announced that they are shuttering. This is to be their final week of business. Anyplace that has vegan buffalo on their menu will always have a bit of allure to us. Almost, but not quite cancelled out by their use of the word "sammich" or "sammie". While we always enjoy reflecting back on our vocabulary circa age 3, we quit using these words a good while ago. We imagine Iggi's food cart won't be vacant for long. The mobile food business is still totally heated up here in Austin with zero signs of abating. 1104 E 6th St Austin, TX 78702 (512) 971-4606 RIP: Rest In Peace Food Trucks Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:03:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/7/26/RIP-Iggis-Texatarian-Tuesday-July-26th-2011 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/6/27/Gourmet-trucks-are-hip-and-all-the-rage-but-all-of-you-are-idiots-Ask-A-Mexican-On-Food-Carts The old sway backed nag that is the Chow website can still put out an interesting article once in a blue moon. In a piece titled "Food Truck Frenzy Leaves Loncheras In The Dust" Gustavo Arrelano, syndicated writer of the "Ask A Mexican" newspaper column, posits that Mexican taco cart owners are being left out of the frenzy of media accorded their hip new peers in the mobile food culture that's currently gripping the United States. "If you only saw these shows like Eat Street or most of the coverage on the Food Network, you'd think this is a brand-new phenomenon that has never existed before in the United States," Speaking at a food cart festival in Oakland that drew thousands of people in two and a half days, Mr. Arellano said the following: "Let us now praise famous loncheras." His point being that perhaps an old school lonchera could be invited to a huge, food cart festival. In a piece in Westword, a Denver alt-weekly, Arellano continues on the topic. "Gourmet trucks are hip and all the rage, but all of you are idiots. You're not doing anything new, you're not celebrating anything new, you're just riding the coattails of people who went to court and fought for this." Let's view his hypothesis through the lens of Austin Texas. Last fall, C3, an Austin-based entertainment company, threw a big food cart party called the Gypsy Picnic on the banks of Lady Bird Lake with thirty local carts providing the chow. Not one lonchera amongst them. Hundreds of lonchera carts in Austin have been running for decades prior to the current trend of gourmet food trucks and not one was invited to the celebration of the mobile food culture. But let's examine Arellano's argument more closely. Since Yelp is a highly regimented food forum where each review is strictly filed under the respective restaurant which it applies to, we'll use the site as a base metric. Let's look at two food carts: The modern, chef driven cart utilizing farm to market ingredients [which Arellano calls "luxe lonchera] vs the old school lonchera cart putting out tacos for a primarily Latino crowd. Chef Bryce Gilmore [regarded as one of Austin's best chefs] opened up his Odd Duck Farm To Trailer cart in December of 2009. Since that opening his cart has been reviewed 316 times. Chef Yolanda Sanchez Cornejo [regarded as one of Austin's best taqueras] opened up her cart El Taco Rico early in 2007. Since that opening her business has been reviewed 4 times. That's pretty stark and it definitely gives me pause. I'd never thought about Arellano's theory til I read the Chow article. I got turned onto loncheras back in the 1990's and have had a thing for food carts ever since. The reason being that they are often open extremely early and extremely late, they are cheap, they typically make their food from scratch and I like to sit outside when I eat. I praised the heavens when the lonchera scene started to diversify. All of a sudden I could get a lamb hot dog covered with feta cheese and tzatziki sauce, a plate of Yom Nua or a basket of Korean fried chicken. I never slowed down to think about the effect the rampant popularity of the new carts with their Twitter accounts and sous vide cooking techniques could have on the old fashioned loncheras. I was too busy eating and loving the food at places like East Side King, Arancini and Three Little Pigs. Delicious but a far cry from the lonchera-based carne guisada tacos I'd eaten and loved for years. But Arellano has made me think about the forebears of this movement. Some of these people got their asses beaten for their trailblazing work. They were threatened, robbed at pistol point and had laws passed to limit their ability to do business. Hell, we're still combating these problems in the Austin of 2011, can you imagine how tough it was 20 years ago? Speaking further on the difference between the new gastro-carts and the old taco wagons Arellano continues..."they're really no different -- except the luxe-loncheras will charge you four bucks for the same tacos the regular loncheras gives you for two." Now we're starting to see the bleed over from that unhappy circumstance. The loncheras are visiting their rivals and beginning to emulate them. Our former $1.50 tacos are heading towards $4 and our beloved homemade tortillas are beginning to be replaced by factory issue ones. This is the Torchy's effect, as these are the business practices of the immensely popular Austin based taco chain. I've read Arellano's column Ask A Mexican for years. It is hilarious. He's clearly a well informed writer raising some interesting points about the current food truck trend. Below is a hot link to a great article Arellano wrote for Orange County Weekly about the hard lives of the old school loncheras in Southern California. It's well worth your time. When you're finished pondering this topic I'd love for you to share your thoughts in comments about this subject. http://www.ocweekly.com/2009-07-23/food/taco-trucks/ Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:10:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/6/27/Gourmet-trucks-are-hip-and-all-the-rage-but-all-of-you-are-idiots-Ask-A-Mexican-On-Food-Carts http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/5/31/Do-You-Own-A-Food-Cart-In-Austin-Texas Tony Yamanaka, the marketing coordinator for Austin's Better Business Bureau has founded a non-profit to advance the Austin food cart scene. The Food Trailer Alliance is a coalition of food truck owners and operators teaming up so they may share knowledge and resources in their field of expertise. The first thing that occurs to me is that a group of like minded owners all working in the same field could do some group buying at incredibly discounted rates. 100 briskets versus 5 or 1000 pounds of potatoes versus 50. Sharing critical data on such important facets of the business as lunchtime operating versus evening operating or discussing food cart saturation of certain neighborhoods versus other areas of Austin that are woefully underserved. The variables are endless. Worrisome issues may also present themselves. Imagine corporate honcho Tom Ramsey of the Snappy Snacks empire dolling himself up in full drag to infiltrate a meeting. His attempts to squelch the competition have been well documented [comments below] Of course he got his payback [comments below] Mr. Yamanaka also runs a website devoted to Austin food carts. I'll put a hotlink up to it in comments below. Any questions you may have regarding The Food Trailer Alliance are answered on the site. Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Tue, 31 May 2011 18:43:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/5/31/Do-You-Own-A-Food-Cart-In-Austin-Texas http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/4/25/Austin-Daily-Photo-Spartan-Pizza-Monday-April-25th-2011 I tried Spartan Pizza once when they were in the parking lot of the old Beverly's [ Red Shed ] down on deep south Congress Avenue. Unfortunately the band was so bad [The Leftys] that I'd drunk myself into a torpor so I can't recall how good or bad the pizza was. Which brings us to Mick Vann. One of the few local food scribes whom I unfailingly trust. If this guy says it's good, it's good. He gave Spartan a rave review and included them on his list of best 10 food carts in Austin Texas. I'll put a link up to Mr. Vann's piece in comments below. Spartan Pizza is diagonally across from Bird's Barbershop on E. 6th Street. 1104 E 6th St 512-484-0798 Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:44:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/4/25/Austin-Daily-Photo-Spartan-Pizza-Monday-April-25th-2011 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/4/19/Three-Little-Pigs-Part-4-Raymond-Tatum-Hits-The-Big-Time-The-Statesman-Has-Come-Calling Love it, hate it or be deeply ambiguous about it, our daily newspaper, the Austin American Statesman still swings some weight in this old town. While the Austin Chronicle might drive 3 or 4 people to your business with a favorable review, the Statesman can send dozens. Dozens. Which can be a game changer for a small food operation like Three Little Pigs, the nose to tail food cart from local-legend Raymond Tatum. I've been eating there since the day he opened in the back parking lot of East End Wines at the confluence of E. 11th St and Rosewood Avenue. The comparisons to the more famous Odd Duck are obvious. A talented chef, working primarily with pig and locally sourced ingredients, cooking at a high level at prices that beggar the imagination. Everything is $4-7, it is delicious and it is cooked to order while you wait. I love East Side King but it's easy to sort of scratch at their menu and spend 30 bucks whereas you can totally run the table at Chef Tatum's cart for the same price. Mike Sutter's piece in the daily actually has some merit it to it. Raymond's pig skin graft is duly noted and mention is made of how worthless the Small Business Administration has become. Of particular interest is the cost breakdown of how much dough you'll need if you want to follow in Tatum's footsteps and open your own cart. It ain't cheap. The trials of becoming a small business owner are notated and the story gains traction as the author and chef visit Richardson Farms, a pork operation in Rockdale Texas. Three Little Pigs is one of my top 5 carts in Austin. A little main stream media attention might be just what it takes for it to become wildly successful like Odd Duck or East Side King. A link to the article is in comments below. 512-653-5088 Open 5 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:51:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/4/19/Three-Little-Pigs-Part-4-Raymond-Tatum-Hits-The-Big-Time-The-Statesman-Has-Come-Calling http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/4/14/Austin-Daily-Photo-Taco-Madre-Wednesday-April-13th-2011 I did not have a lot of luck on my Bouldin Creek food cart run. I can now add Taco Madre to the list of places in the little trailer court at Live Oak and South First that wasn't open on my visit. Who's been to Taco Madre? How was it? 603 W Live Oak St 512-550-1746 Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:26:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/4/14/Austin-Daily-Photo-Taco-Madre-Wednesday-April-13th-2011 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/4/12/Austin-Daily-Photo-Grill-Haven-Tuesday-April-12-2011 Starving and ready to branch out from my normal delicious meal I have at La Reyna I venture a bit deeper into Bouldin Creek to try out the new food trailer court catty corner to Once Over Coffee Bar. Every cart is closed although signs of life are here. I can hear people rummaging about inside Grill Haven and am tempted to roust the cook and see if I can get some chow but decide against it. I dug up the operating hours South 601-603 W. Live Oak M: 9am – 3pm TU –TH: 9am – 6pm F: 9am – 8pm SA: 9am – 9pm SU: 9am – 3pm These are probably a rough guide to when they're open as they definitely weren't operating when I visited. I think they serve sandwiches, wraps and tacos. I'd love to hear from someone who's tried this trailer. 601-603 W Live Oak St no phone Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:26:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/4/12/Austin-Daily-Photo-Grill-Haven-Tuesday-April-12-2011 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/4/11/Austin-Daily-Photo-Fried-Green-Tomato-Monday-April-11th-2011 Batted 0.000 on my first effort to try the new food trailer court down in the Bouldin Creek neighborhood. Hopefully the vendors were recuperating from a weekend of heavy sales and they were all at the chiropractor offices getting their backs worked on from lugging giant duffel bags of cash out of their carts at the end of the weekend. How's Fried Green Tomato? I've got a high bar due to growing up a stones throw from a garden where green tomatoes were easy picking and one of the ol country gals in my family regularly filled cast iron with lard and went to frying. 601 W Live Oak St no phone Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:51:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/4/11/Austin-Daily-Photo-Fried-Green-Tomato-Monday-April-11th-2011 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/4/11/Austin-Daily-Photo-Arancini-Sunday-April-10th-2011 One of my favorite posters on the Texas Chowhound board; Lewisvillehounder, recommended this food cart down on South First St. in the Bouldin Creek neighborhood. Unfortunately they weren't open on my visit. Who's been to Arancini? How's their take on Italian in Austin? How does it compare to La Traviata, the best Italian restaurant in town? ed note: this food truck has closed. 601 W Live Oak St 512-284-8865 Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:45:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/4/11/Austin-Daily-Photo-Arancini-Sunday-April-10th-2011 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/2/23/El-Taco-Rico-Hits-The-Big-Time-Chow-Comes-To-Austin-To-Film-Chef-Yolanda I'll never forget the first time I ate at the El Taco Rico food cart in the Montopolis neighborhood. I felt like Austin had made a giant leap forward in the world of Mexican cuisine. How could it be that food this good could be coming from a tiny cart in a laundry mat parking lot? The website Chow has found out about Austin's best kept secret as well. Read comments below for a hotlink to a video featuring Austin's best Mexican restaurant: El Taco Rico. Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:43:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/2/23/El-Taco-Rico-Hits-The-Big-Time-Chow-Comes-To-Austin-To-Film-Chef-Yolanda http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/2/16/Odd-Duck-Hits-The-Big-Time-Chow-Comes-To-Austin-To-Film-Chef-Bryce-Gilmore A while back over on Chowhound, Roxanne Webber of the website Chow posted a request for Austin eaters to list their recommendations of where she should visit when she came to town to shoot a food video. She got a lot of responses. Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:27:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/2/16/Odd-Duck-Hits-The-Big-Time-Chow-Comes-To-Austin-To-Film-Chef-Bryce-Gilmore http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/2/7/Austin-Daily-Photo-Franklin-Barbecue-Monday-February-7th-2011 If one restaurant in Austin has reached fever pitch status it is this humble little food cart on the I-35 frontage road at Concordia Avenue in East Austin. I've never seen this level of excitement for any style of restaurant in town. Yes, we Austinites love our barbecue but the rabid fan base that Aaron Franklin has built in a year or so is absolutely phenomenal. Enjoy it while you can as he's shuttering this location and moving into the old Ben's Longbranch building on e. 11th st in the next few weeks. 512-653-1187 Barbecue Food Trucks Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:18:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/2/7/Austin-Daily-Photo-Franklin-Barbecue-Monday-February-7th-2011 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/1/29/Austin-Daily-Photo-Taqueria-Piedras-Negras-Friday-January-28th-2011 At over ten years of operation, this is one of the oldest, continuously-operating food carts in Austin. Piedras Negras is middle of the road, Mexican chow. Its saving grace is a truly fiery salsa verde that is one of the better and certainly hotter offerings in town. corner of Pleasant Valley & Cesar Chavez Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:07:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2011/1/29/Austin-Daily-Photo-Taqueria-Piedras-Negras-Friday-January-28th-2011 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2010/12/26/Austin-Daily-Photo-Tenderland--East-Austin-Food-Cart--Saturday-December-25th-2010 Over on Manor Road near Magic Taco Box sits one of the new entrants in Austin's burgeoning food cart scene: Tenderland. Rumor has it that a couple Iowa transplants have brought one of their state's signature dishes to Texas. A breaded and fried pork tenderloin sandwich. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out deep in brisket country. I've been by a few times to sample their goods but my timing is off as they've never been open. Their stated hours are Tuesday-Saturday 11-7 pm Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:06:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2010/12/26/Austin-Daily-Photo-Tenderland--East-Austin-Food-Cart--Saturday-December-25th-2010 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2010/12/21/Austin-Daily-Photo-El-Taco-Rico-Tuesday-December-21st-2010 El Taco Rico has long been regarded as the finest food cart in Austin. I posit that it's the best Mexican restaurant in town. Period. Yes, the dining is 100% al fresco, with 4 chairs under the overhang of a laundry mat but that matters little to me as I let flavor be the guide. Here's a shot of a tostada done divorceado style with half getting the red and half getting the green. closed Monday Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Tue, 21 Dec 2010 03:51:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2010/12/21/Austin-Daily-Photo-El-Taco-Rico-Tuesday-December-21st-2010 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2010/11/20/Austin-Daily-Photo-Bus--19-Saturday-November-20th-2010 Another entry in the eastside food cart scene. In this instance, a bus. A bus selling Philly Cheesesteaks, burgers and hot dogs. Bus #19 is diagonally across the street from El Milagro on E. 6th St. Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:15:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2010/11/20/Austin-Daily-Photo-Bus--19-Saturday-November-20th-2010 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2010/11/17/Food-Carts-and-Prostitution "In traditional culture, selling food on the street is one degree above prostitution," KOK FYE SEETOH http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/03/dining/03malay.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all NYTIMES ARTICLE Food Trucks Austin Food Scene Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:07:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2010/11/17/Food-Carts-and-Prostitution http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2010/11/10/Austin-Daily-Photo-Liberty-Bar---Wednesday-November-10th-2010 About the photo Food Trucks Austin Daily Photo Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:00:00 -0700 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/index.cfm/2010/11/10/Austin-Daily-Photo-Liberty-Bar---Wednesday-November-10th-2010