The “artisinal” food truck phenomenon, from ice cream to burritos, has definitely reached its tipping point. These roving kitchens are everywhere, and definitely over-hyped. All the buzz eventually resulted in the annual food truck festival, this year at the South Street Seaport. Now a month later, the Lower East Side is set to welcome its own such event.
Truck Yeah, an obvious play-on-naughty words, is a “mobile meetup” to debut in the municipal parking lot at the corner of Broome and Ludlow on October 2. The endeavor is a joint venture between the Lower East Side BID, Gawker Artists, Art Cart, and Etta Place, which aims to bring a melting pot of sanctioned food and arts to the streets of the Lower East Side. A group of ten trucks will reportedly “convene to celebrate the increased mobility and changing landscape of New York City.”
Below is a list of the participants:
Art Cart NYC Bang Bang NYC BangOn! NYC Coolhaus Ice Cream Sandwiches El Camino ARTRV Etta Place Gawker Artists Green Pirate Juice Truck Lonely Goat Dance Company Rickshaw Dumpling Truck Tiffany Nicole’s Mobile Vintage Shop The Mud Truck Truck Farm
Meanwhile, a week-old Kickstarter campaign for Truck Yeah is in full effect to help raise $8,000. Half the goal has been collected.
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Food trucks have infested Stuy Town all summer long and I do not get the appeal. The truck I passed last night in our park was offering a “special” which consisted of a grilled cheese sandwich, some type of potato/fries side and a water, all for a mere $10. Don’t get me wrong, I love a grilled cheese sandwich as much as the average toddler, but the idea of paying ten bucks to eat from a greasy paper plate on my lap third-world-style really turns me off. Why is this trend appealing?
Claricepg
wish i was in NY for this event.. sounds like fun.. what a great idea!! love those trucks..interactive trucking waiting for LA
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Truck Yeah Mobile Meetup Coming to Lower East Side in October
The “artisinal” food truck phenomenon, from ice cream to burritos, has definitely reached its tipping point. These roving kitchens are everywhere, and definitely over-hyped. All the buzz eventually resulted in the annual food truck festival, this year at the South Street Seaport. Now a month later, the Lower East Side is set to welcome its own such event.
Truck Yeah, an obvious play-on-naughty words, is a “mobile meetup” to debut in the municipal parking lot at the corner of Broome and Ludlow on October 2. The endeavor is a joint venture between the Lower East Side BID, Gawker Artists, Art Cart, and Etta Place, which aims to bring a melting pot of sanctioned food and arts to the streets of the Lower East Side. A group of ten trucks will reportedly “convene to celebrate the increased mobility and changing landscape of New York City.”
Below is a list of the participants:
Art Cart NYC
Bang Bang NYC
BangOn! NYC
Coolhaus Ice Cream Sandwiches
El Camino ARTRV
Etta Place
Gawker Artists
Green Pirate Juice Truck
Lonely Goat Dance Company
Rickshaw Dumpling Truck
Tiffany Nicole’s Mobile Vintage Shop
The Mud Truck
Truck Farm
Meanwhile, a week-old Kickstarter campaign for Truck Yeah is in full effect to help raise $8,000. Half the goal has been collected.