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Dining With Dara: Street Food

Posted at 10:40 AM on June 9, 2010 by Steve Seel (3 Comments)
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This morning Dara Moskowitz-Grumdahl talked with Steve about some of the many mobile eateries that have sprung up around the Twin Cities in the past year or so. Here are the ones they discussed, plus an extra or two.

Chef Shack:
Helmed by Lisa Carlson, a chef with serious international credentials, she once cooked at the London 2 Michelin-star restaurant L'Escargot. Where? Mill City Farmer's Market on Saturdays; Kingfield Farmer's Market (Nicollet & 43rd) on Sundays. Other locations now and then, follow on Twitter & Facebook to figure out where.

Magic Bus Café:
Former chef from D'Amico Cucina, chef de cuisine of their catering, also worked at Lucias, Bobino, and more. A big purple bus; you can't miss it. Where: Many scheduled events, at magicbuscafe.com, esp. Midtown Farmer's Market. Menu items: Mainly super-gourmet hot-dogs, and some awesome organic sauerkraut.

LocoVores BBQ:
Jim Kyndberg (ex Bayport Cookery) with a big flame-painted (as in Harley-Davidson) bakery truck, drives around and makes dishes like roast pork on navajo flatbread.
Where: Follow it on Facebook.

Barrio Truck:
Also follow it on Facebook & Twitter, it's got tacos, crab empanadas, chicken wings, potato spes, corn chowder, all the things you love from the restaurants - on a truck!

She Royal Coffee:
Mobile Ethiopian restaurant, with fair trade coffee!, brand new. Attached to an Ethiopian restaurant of the same name in SE mpls, near the U.

Foxy Falafel:
Falafel & pedal powered smoothies! At NE, Kingfield, and Uptown Farmers' markets.
Follow it on: Facebook.

And the one that literally drove off into the sunset ...
Curbside:
Really cute airstream trailer ... but they're gone! Moved to San Francisco. The perils of a mobile restaurant.


Comments (3)

Uptown Market will feature Chef Shack, Magic Bus Cafe, and Foxy Falafel this summer! Sundays starting June 20, 11-5. Visit uptownmarket.org for more info!

Posted by Uptown Market | June 9, 2010 12:17 PM

I love this movement, but you all need to use these web tools to help your business better:

Tip for these vendors:

- Use Check.in free App to post to all location sharing apps like FourSquare, Giowalla, etc to check in when you arrive. These apps will pop up on my phone when it detects you nearby, but ONLY if you check in when you arrive.

Twitter - use this to notify us where you are, and USE TwitPics to show us the food you have that day. Don't overuse twitter - just 1-2 updates a day- or we'll unfollow you. Check.IN can also auto-tweet when you share your location.

For longer info - Use Facebook for your albums and other longer posts.

Good luck!

Posted by Robert Stephens | June 9, 2010 3:11 PM

Ate at the Chef Shack at Mears Park in St Paul last Friday. Best lunch I have had in a while! Hope they come back.......

Posted by Dan | June 9, 2010 3:13 PM

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