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Dallas/Ft. Worth Food Truck News and Schedule for May 21

Tuesday’s “Food Truck Rally” at The Village Apartments come back, with Rockstar Bakeshop, Gepetto’s Pizza, Rock & Roll Tacos, Easy Slider, Nammi, Ssahm, Cajun Tailgators, Little Vessel Grill, Three Lions, and Four Seasons from 6pm to 9pm.

Wednesday continues to have dueling truck popup parks.  One at Sigel’s/Greenville and another at the Knox Henderson Crate &Barrel.  From my point of view, these two popup food truck parks are so much better than a massive all day food truck rally.  You’ll never be more than 2nd or 3rd in line or wait more than 5 minutes for your food.  And between these two options, you’ve got all of the best food trucks that Dallas has to offer.

Thursday brings another popup event at The Savoye in Addison from 6pm to 9pm.

Truck Stock at 1818 Sylvan comes back again on Saturday from 3pm to 10pm.

Jumping a little ahead to next Monday, the Memorial Day holiday, you’ll find a food truck event at Lone Star Park with Crazy Fish, Easy Slider, Gandolfo’s, Jack’s Chowhound, Nammi, Ruthie’s, Ssahm, So-Cal Tacos, The Butcher’s Son, Trailercakes, Coolhaus, and Rockstar Bakeshop.

Besides the previously announced Crazy Sisters, now Rollin’ Diner (Fort Worth) has announced the sale of their food truck.

Jump for your weekly schedule.  Remember, trucks break down and they change schedule as the weather changes or a better opportunity presents itself.  We don’t always get the updates.

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Coolhaus and the TX Food Truck Fest

Carrot cake cookies with sea-salt caramel ice cream (photo by Carol Shih)

Remember how I was really looking forward to Coolhaus Ice Cream Truck coming to Dallas? Well, I trekked all the way to the Valley View Center in Plano Dallas on Saturday to check out the TX Food Truck Fest, because I knew Coolhaus – with its glorious selection of cookies and ice cream – would be parked right there.

Surprisingly, there was a terribly good showing despite the crummy weather. A few Austin food trucks (Yumé Burger, Coreano’s, The Belgium Waffle Company, Chi’lantro BBQ) and one loner San Antonio truck (Sabor Columbiano) traveled across miles and miles of Texas terrain to be at the Food Fest, and all that driving must’ve paid off. There were old people, young people, families with toddlers, and the largest gathering of Asians I have seen at a food truck rally. Maybe food truck organizers should hold rallies in Plano more often. Hundreds of people waited patiently in long lines that stretched out across the parking lot, and most people went straight for the famous Austin trucks. The line leading up to Coolhaus was short, so I was able to order a carrot cake cookie with sea-salt caramel ice cream from people wearing Nammi t-shirts (since Coolhaus is partnered with the banh mi truck) in a jiffy.

[Ed. Note: We apologize to the people of Plano for inferring that Valley View Center is located in your city. What is left of Valley View Center is currently in North Dallas which we hope at some future time morph into Midtown Dallas.]

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Your Weekly Dallas/Fort Worth Food Truck Schedule for May 14

Time is running short and I want to get you the schedule before the day is up.  Before you jump though, note that CoolHaus DFW is now out and about on a regular schedule.  Watch for it at Thanksgiving Square or Crate & Barrel parking lot on Wednesday evening.

Tuesday Update: City Street Grille added Wednesday lunch in the Arts District and a Friday lunch at Robbins Jewelers on the North Dallas Tollway.  Also, added Zombie’s Food Truck.

Friday Update: Added Enticed and TX Delizioso stops for Saturday.

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Free Ticket Giveaway: Two Passes to Rock and Roll Tacos/La Grange Soft Opening

from Facebook

My taco buddy José Ralat-Maldonado (aka Taco Trail) is crazy about Rock and Roll Tacos, and he reports that owner James Quiñonez is taking over LaGrange’s kitchen and revamping the restaurant to become more serious about its tacos. José writes:

For one, he’s installing the bed of a 1954 Chevy pickup truck converted into a salsa bar with 15 varieties of the America’s leading condiment, working taillights and an exhaust pipe connected to a smoke machine, two-inch white walls and red pin-striping. A wall will be lined with vinyl LPs.

Menus additions will include elote shooters, shrimp cocktails, house-made mole poblano, mac n cheese with shaved habanero, serrano and Anaheim chilies, chocoflan, what James Quiñonez calls, “the works, man.”

And then there is the expanded taco program, now with fajitas, chicken chipotle, steak and Mexican gravy tacos, a fried-to-order hard shell job brisket, Baja-style beer batter-fried fish and shrimp tacos, as well as something James Quiñonez says he ate when he visited Mexico: bacon-wrapped shrimp with bell peppers, onions and jack cheese.

They’ll be joined by two vegetarian options. One with black bean, rice, avocado and queso fresco in a hard shell another with purple potatoes, mushrooms, caramelized onions and cotija cheese.

You are probably wondering how this has anything to do with you. Well, José is feeling mighty generous today. On Wednesday, May 16, from 5-8 p.m. there will be a soft opening for family and friends at LaGrange. (The official opening goes down on May 31.) He has one pass (I lied in the headline) that is good for two people.

If you’d like to go to this exclusive event, tell me in the comments section where you get your tacos in Dallas. I’ll enter all the names in one pot and pick a random winner tomorrow (Tuesday, May 15) at 3:00 p.m. Whoever wins will receive an email from me with instructions on how to claim your pass.

Dallas/Fort Worth Food Truck Schedule and News for May 7

Tonight, Monday, May 7 is an unusual night for a food truck event.  But some crazies are going to try at the Double Wide Bar, 3510 Commerce, beginning at 7pm.  They will have some of the best of Dallas’ food trucks, including Easy Slider, TX Delizioso, Enticed, Rock ‘n’ Roll Taco, Little Vessel Grill, and 3 Lions.  Recommendation for your after-dinner dessert: Take your Enticed Shaved Ice (large) into your favorite bar and make it an “adult” shaved ice.

Everyone who knows anything about the food truck activity in DFW remembers over 2000 people visiting 9 trucks on the Sigel’s Greenville asphalt parking lot last blistering hot summer.  That was 2011.  2012 brings you the TX Food Truck Fest, an event this Friday evening and all day Saturday at Valley View Mall.  The organizers are promising nearly 30 trucks, with most from DFW and several from Austin and San Antonio.  This will either be a terrific opportunity to taste test lots of different culinary ideas.  Or a logistical nightmare.   Quoting the press release:

Current trucks include: From DFW – TX Delizioso, Enticed, 3 Lions, Nammi, Coolhaus, Tin Star Taco Taxi, The Butcher’s Son, Gandolfo’s, The Weiner Man, Cajun Tailgators, Rock N Roll Tacos, Little Vessel Grill, Ssahm BBQ, Doughboys Pizza, Eat Jo Dawgs, Crazy Fish Sushi, The Fat Truck, Jack’s Chowhound, Rockstar Bakeshop, Easy Slider, Ruthie’s Rollin’ Diner, Semplice Cibo Italiano, and Short ‘n Sweet . Then from Austin – Yumé Burger, Coreano’s, The Belgium Waffle Company, Chi’lantro BBQ and from San Antonio – Sabor Columbiano. We’ll also have Durty Laundry spinning beats all day. It will be held in the South lot of Valley View Center (13331 Preston Rd, Dallas, TX 75240) in North Dallas.

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Dallas/Fort Worth Food Truck Schedule and News for April 30

Food Trucks on the Winspear grounds

If you want to try one of the food trucks, any lunch period in the Arts District or any Wednesday evening at Sigel’s/Greenville or behind Crate & Barrel on Knox Ave are perfect times.  Lunch in the Arts District has now moved from the Flora St. parking lot to the grounds of the Winspear.  While causing some downtown workers to walk a couple of extra blocks, this location creates a lively street atmosphere.  In a few weeks, everyone will appreciate the shade as well.

The new pop-up truck park behind Crate & Barrel on Wednesdays gives you some of our best Dallas food trucks.  It’s not on asphalt, so it’s not quite as hot, plus the building throws off a nice evening shade.

The Sunflower Market “Parking Lot” event is back for Thursday evening.

In other news, CoolHaus DFW made it’s appearance at the Frisco StrEATS event, but is not yet licensed for Dallas itself, so it will be a bit more time yet for those ice cream sandwiches.

Those Crazy Sisters have decided that running a food truck is a tough business and decided to sell the truck and all assets.  They are still out serving and doing Private Events though.

Crazy Fish, DFW’s first sushi truck, is getting ready to roll.  “Big Fish” Tenielle Powers says that sushi will be made daily on the truck, using only high quality Nori and Nishiki rice.  Their menu includes quite a few options for the entire family.  Crazy Fish is slated for an appearance at the Sunflower Market Parking Lot event on Thursday.

The Bacon Wagon NOT serving food on the side of I-30. Not playing Frogger either.

Jump for your weekly schedule.  Remember, always check Facebook and Twitter feeds as trucks do change schedule, and occasionally, have mechanical problems.

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New Home For Dallas Arts District Food Trucks

Come and get it!

The food trucks that usually parked along Flora and were temporarily relocated last week now have a permanent home. Veletta Forsythe Lill, Executive Director of Dallas Arts District,  sends word. (Sorry for the copy and paste. Deadline looms.)

The highly popular food trucks have found a new home at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in the Dallas Arts District. Five trucks began operating in the Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons Park on Monday after getting clarification from the City that these operations are allowed on property controlled by the Center. More trucks joined the lineup on Tuesday, and the crowds followed.

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What Food Truck Fare Do We Need In Dallas/Fort Worth?

This time last year, there were only 2 food trucks in Dallas and a smattering of food trucks or trailers in Fort Worth.  The ramp-up of rolling cuisine started in May 2011 when several new food trucks hit the streets in Dallas.  Let’s look at how the market has progressed and what food items we are missing.

I’ll include Dallas, Fort Worth, and the Mid-Cities because the food trucks constantly shift through the whole area.  Dallas-based food trucks venture into Fort Worth’s area and, usually  for  special events, the Mid-Cities and Fort Worth food trucks roll into Dallas.  Currently I am tracking around 83 food trucks/trailers/mobile ovens. That includes 59 that are definitively rolling and serving, 7 that are coming soon, 7 that I’ve classified as “unknown” (they say they are coming soon, but the background does not check out or, they were once active, but now seem to have stopped serving), and 10 that are pretty much dead.  You never know when they might restart or sell the business.

I’ve also classified them loosely by cuisine. I’ve included what we have now and what is launching in the very near future.

NY Deli Sandwiches ● English ● Seafood ● Sushi ● Shaved Ice ● Sliders (2) ● Tacos (2) ● Vegetarian ● Cupcakes (3) ● American (2) ● Everything Bacon ● Korean Fusion ● Pizza (5) * ● Ice Cream (2) ● Upscale Gourmet (3) ● Burgers (5) ● Vietnamese banh mi ● Bakery (3) ● Hot Dogs (4) ● Fried Pies ● MoGa ** ● Comfort Bistro Food ● Baked Potato ● Baja Tacos ● Grilled Cheese (2) ● Cajun ● Salvadoran ● Philly Cheesesteaks ● Gluten-Free/Vegetarian ● Italian (2) ● Whoopie Pies ● Nachos ● Cuban

And what I count as “dead”:

BBQ ● Burgers  ●  Cupcakes (2) ● Frozen Yogurt ●  Grilled Cheese ● South African ● Tacos (2) ● Upscale Gourmet ● Vegetarian ●  Brats ● Burritos ● Comfort Food ● Nachos

* includes Cavalli and il cane rosso’s mobile ovens
** MoGa = molecular gastronomy

So I ask you: What are we missing in DFW?  Have you been to Austin, LA, or Portland and found street fare that you’d love to see rolling on our streets?

Dallas/Fort Worth Food Truck News and Schedule for Week of April 23

Coolhaus DFW debuts this week at the Frisco StrEATS event on Saturday.  Coolhaus DFW will be run through a partnership from the founders of Coolhaus and the founders of Dallas’ Nammi Vietnamese food truck.

Joining Coolhaus at the Frisco StrEATS event will be Nammi, The Butcher’s Son, Cajun Tailgators, Easy Slider, EatJoDawgs, RockStar Bakeshop, SoCal Tacos, Zombie’s, and Ssahm.

Continuing the desserts theme, both Good Karma and The Munch Box (currently at the Fort Worth Food Truck Park) both sent email raving about Hip Pop Popsicles.  Owner Ben Bates is juicing fresh fruit and making flavors like cucumber jalapeno lime and tangerine basil.

Truckin’ Tuesdays at The Village Apartments with Gepetto’s Pizza, Cajun Tailgators, Nammi, Four Seasons, Rockstar Bakeshop, Three Lions, Little Vessel Grill, and Rock ‘n’ Roll Tacos.

The Food Truck Experience continues at Sigel’s Greenville on Wednesday evenings.

Street Food Wednesday is a new weekly event, also on Wednesday evenings at Crate & Barrel Uptown with Gandolfo’s, Nammi, The Butcher’s Son, Easy Slider, and The Cup Cakin’ Machine.

The Arts District Patio Sessions are back on Thursday evenings, with Easy Slider, Four Seasons, Little Vessel Grill, and The Cup Cakin’ Machine.

Next Sunday, Easy Slider is at The Dram for a benefit in support of Andrew Lostetter.

Jump for your schedule.  Remember, food trucks move, weather causes changes, and engines break down.

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Coolhaus Ice Cream Truck is Heading to Dallas

photo from Coolhaus

My favorite ice cream truck that-I-have-never-actually-eaten-at is making its way to Dallas, just in time for the heat wave. I spent most of last summer in Austin staring at the elusive Coolhaus‘ website, cursing the Ice Cream Gods for never allowing my schedule to make room for a gourmet ice cream sandwich. Now it’s finally going to happen. I’m finally going to pair ginger molasses cookies (available in vegan) with fried chicken and waffles ice cream! (Don’t ask me why this appeals, but it does.)

Coolhaus also offers other funky flavors. There’s the ever-popular double chocolate chip with sea salt, oatmeal, red velvet, and potato chip & butterscotch cookies. Signature flavors like dirty mint chip and brown buttered candied bacon ice cream fill the middle between two soft cookies that have already made people in LA, Miami, NYC, and Austin swoon. Thank goodness Natasha Case and Freya Estreller, the young entrepreneurs behind this ice cream truck sensation, have decided on DFW as the fifth location for their expansion. I need something to help me survive the impending sweatfest that is summer.

Coolhaus’ debut party will be at Frisco StrEATS on April 28 from 3-7 PM. See the rest of you ice cream fanatics there??

[George's update: The local CoolHaus Dallas Truck is being run through a partnership with CoolHaus and our favorite banh mi truck, Nammi Vietnamese. That brings the Nammi Empire of owners Teena Nguyen and Gary Torres up to 3 trucks: Nammi 1, Nammi 2, and Coolhaus.]

Your April 16 Food Truck Schedule for Dallas/Fort Worth

I know, I’m a day late.  Tough start to the week.

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Your April 9th Food Truck Schedule in Dallas and Fort Worth

Several events coming up this week.  Let’s start with the most cause-worthy: a noon event on Thursday benefiting Hope Cottage (4209 McKinney).  Food trucks in attendance include Easy Slider, Jack’s Chowhound, Trailercakes, and Three Lions.

The Arts District “Patio Sessions” continues this Thursday evening with Cajun Tailgators, Dos Paisanos, Four Seasons, and Enticed.

On Friday the 13th, from 5pm to 10pm, you’ll have lots of choices at the “Deep Ellum Food Truck Rally.” The Deep Ellum Community Association has joined forces with the Deep Ellum Outdoor Market to coordinate shutting down Main St. from Malcolm X Blvd to Crowdus in order to try to bring more street life back to that area.  Planned food trucks include Easy Slider, Munch Box, Little Vessel, Rock & Roll Taco, Zombies Food Truck, Rockstar Baskeshop, Cajun Tail Gators, Three Lions, and the Bacon Wagon.

So-Cal Tacos and Nammi will be out at Texas Motor Speedway both Friday and Saturday.

Ciclovia de Dallas 2012 will take place on April 14 from 9am to 3pm.  Ride your bike or skate from downtown to Oak Cliff and back again via the Houston Street Viaduct Bridge.  Food trucks include The Butcher’s Son and RockStar BakeShop.

Update: TX Delizioso will be at The Food Truck Experience at Sigel’s/Greenville on Wednesday.

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Dallas and Fort Worth Area Food Trucks Want to Help With Disaster Relief

Rock 'n' Roll Taco's Former Support Vehicle (from RnR Twitter link)

Several of the local food trucks are already out helping with disaster relief.  So-Cal Tacos is in the Arlington/Kennedale area helping out.  The Butcher’s Son is sending one of their trucks out to help.  Many of our local food trucks are donating their tips to disaster relief. If you are an organization in need of assistance with feeding crews or families during clean-up, put your contact information in the comments section, and hopefully, you will hear from one of the food trucks to help.

Rock ‘n’ Roll Tacos won’t be one of those helping out as they themselves are recovering from tornado damage. I’m sure many of you saw this car on the news yesterday. It was the car of Mary Ann Quiñonez, the owner and operator of Rock ‘n’ Roll Tacos. She was picking up her daughter at Crosby Elementary School in the Diamond Creek subdivision of Forney, and just missed being in the car that was tossed 100 yards into the next field. Luckily, Mary Ann and her daughter escaped the car and ran for safety to the school before it was hurled away.

Update: Enticed Shaved Ice is donating 100% of sales tonight to the Red Cross.  They’ll be located at the Walgreens at Midway and Frankford.

Update: Bud Kennedy reports via Twitter:  “Food truck @SoCalTacos and others being turned away from feeding Arlington relief workers, per FB; it’s a secured area.”

Your April 2 Food Truck Schedule

The Food Truck Experience is back on Wednesdays at Sigel’s/Greenville and adding Cajun Tailgators to the lineup.  This Saturday is First Saturday in the Arts District, with food trucks from 11am to 2pm.

Thursday evening starts “Patio Sessions” in the Arts District with a free outdoor concert at the AT&T Performing Arts Center’s Winspear Opera House from 5:30 – 7:30 on Thursday nights (April – May).   Food Trucks will include Cajun Tailgators, Jack’s Chowhound, and Tin Star Taco Taxi.  until 8pm.

Tuesday Update: Some cancellations due to weather.

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“Roll Up and Chow Down” Food Truck Field Day


Kacey Ferguson, Jeanne's daughter, standing in front of the gardens (photo by Becca)

Normally, we don’t post up every food truck event that’s happening (too many to keep track of), but this one’s a sweet one. D Magazine intern Becca Brooks went to Stonewall Jackson and had a grand time hanging out at the school.

Stonewall Jackson Elementary is unlike any school I’ve ever seen. It’s the regional school for the deaf. There’s a Koi pond outside a classroom entrance and a bustling chicken coop between buildings. Oh yeah, there’s also a student-grown garden out back.

Actually, “Stonewall Garden” is a weekly science lab where the kids learn about the life cycle of plants, insects, and how to grow produce. My elementary alma mater has nothing on this place.

Tomorrow afternoon, ten of your favorite food trucks will be in the school parking lot to benefit this unique curriculum.

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Your March 26 Food Truck Schedule

Three major events going on for the food trucks this week, in addition to what we told you about last week.  First is Savor Dallas in the Arts District Friday evening, followed by City Solve Urban Race Saturday from 11am to 3pm in the Arts District.  Several of the food trucks will be at Stonewall Jackson Elementary School (5828 E. Mockingbird) on Saturday from 11am to 3pm to support the schools garden program.  Stonewall Gardens is an outdoor science lab that all the kids visit each week. Planned food trucks include: Nammi, Ruthie’s, 3 Lions, Easy Slider, Enticed, Gennarino’s, Cajun Tailgators, Ssahm, The Butcher’s Son, and TrailerCakes.  There is a $5 entry fee for adults to raise money.

Wednesday Update: This week’s “Food Truck Experience” on Wednesday evening at Sigel’s Greenville has been cancelled.  The food trucks are looking for new locations.

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Food Truck Events Sprouting Up All Over

Last Summer, Dallas’ first legitimate food truck event brought well over 2000 people out in sweltering 108 degree temperature.  They’re now pretty much old hat, with every event  roping in 5+ food trucks to feed the expected masses.  There are the charitable events as well, with the food truck owners often contributing in some form.

In general, the gatherings of 5+ food trucks works terrifically well when you have lots of people in your group.  For example, last Wednesday, my family of 5 stopped at the “Food Truck Experience” at Sigel’s/Greenville.  For 5 different people, we were easily able to get sliders, grilled cheese sandwich, and nachos for the kids from 3 different food trucks, and more upscale food from yet a different truck for the adults.  We fed our family of five for under $40 for multiple options and much higher quality than we would ever find from fast food or “fast casual”.

There are lots of special events coming up soon, as well as weekly events where you can try out this new food segment in Dallas and Fort Worth.  We don’t want to inundate you with an announcement of every single event coming up.  We will include them in our Monday weekly “food truck schedule” as well as independently highlight those that serve an important cause in the Metroplex.

For now though, there are a couple of recurring events and some special events coming up to tell you about.  Jump for more. (more…)

Is Driving to the Fort Worth Food Park Worth Your Gas Money?

Fort Worth food truck park on a nice day

Most definitely, yes.

George Lewis, our food truck guy, sent me on a mission to try out Good Karma Kitchen and The Munch Box, and I did my best to eat as much as I could. Here are my conquests.

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Your March 19 Food Truck Schedule in Dallas and Fort Worth

Pay close attention to weather reports and potential cancellations.

The “Food Truck Experience” is back on at Sigel’s Greenville on Wednesday evenings.  You’ll find Easy Slider, Ruthie’s, Rock ‘n’ Roll Tacos, Four Seasons, and others.  This is a great easy parking and low crowd count way to check out some of the food trucks.

Jack’s Chowhound and So-Cal Tacos will be at Panavision at 8000 Jetstar Drive in Irving on Thursday afternoons in support of Leukemia and Lymphoma Research.  Go.Eat.Give.

Almost every food truck is participating in “Truck Stock,” an event this coming Saturday from 2pm to 7pm at Sylan | Thirty.

Here is your schedule for the week.  Watch the weather and Facebook and Twitter feeds.

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Your Weekly Food Truck Schedule for March 12 in Dallas/Fort Worth

This last week saw the birth of Nammi #2, the morphing of 3 Men and a Taco into Three Lions, and the demise of Antojitos Cali-Mex in Fort Worth.

Many of the Dallas food trucks will be out in full force around the St. Patrick’s Day parade on Greenville Ave. Look for Ruthie’s and Cajun Tailgators to begin with. Others are still nailing down their strategic locations.

Enticed will continue to poke their nose out as the weather warms up.

Wednesday Update: Added Nammi 1, Nammi 2, Enticed, TX Delizioso, and Eat Jo Dawgs (in Ft. Worth).

Here is your schedule for the week. Trucks move and break. Rain and cold weather can change a planned outing very quickly. Always check Facebook and Twitter feeds.

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