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Food Truck Season 2012

6 Apr

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Food truck season has well and truly kicked off in Columbus, with new truck openings picking up pace and lots of food truck events scheduled. Street Thyme, Sweet Carrot and Per Zoot have already debuted recently, and we’re expecting a few more trucks to open yet in April (including Blu Olive, Soph’s gastrogi and Ajumama)

We will do our best to keep you updated of food truck news and events during the season via the website and on twitter and facebook. Feel free to add other food truck events in the comments. You can also check our twitter list for individual trucks updates.

Monthly/Weekly Events:

Food truck and cart hop. Parsons Ave, last Sunday of the month from 12pm-6pm is the Food Truck and Cart Hop located at the Southwest Corner of Parsons and Gates in Merion Village.

Mobile Monday’s at the St James Tavern (weekly schedule) Usually 6.30pm onwards. A different truck to try each week and $1 beer specials at the St. James. April line up.

Food Truck Friday Night at the Hudson St Market 6-10pm (starting April 13th)

Dinin’ Hall opens April 30th. Food truck pod in Franklinton offering lunch daily.

Surf and Trucks Tuesdays at The Hills Market (starting May 1st)

Columbus Food Adventures taco truck tours. Every Sunday 4pm. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

Here are some other dates for your calendars:

OHS 35th Annual Spring Arts Festival will be held April 15, 2012, 12pm-4pm at Olentangy High School –
Lewis Center, Ohio 43035. Food carts/trucks include, Batch, Mojo TaGo, Pitabilities, Short North Bagel, Street Thyme, The Cheesy Truck, and Yellow Boy’s Polish Boy’s.

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Earth Day Celebration (Columbus Commons) April 21st 11am-10pm

Columbus Underground Meet up at Dinin’ Hall featuring Pitabilities, Street Thyme and Ajumama. May 5th 5.30-8.30pm

Spring Flea, the annual open-air benefit for the Mid-Ohio Foodbank, is
Sunday May 6, 2012 in the Short North at 1024 N. High St. (at E. 2nd
Ave.). Vendors include: Jeni’s (all proceeds from scoops will go the
Foodbank) & Freedom A La Cart (incredible Latin-leaning street food).

Columbus Arts Festival June 1st-3rd

Food truck round up at Park Street Festival June 9th Noon-8pm

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Columbus Commons Food Truck Festival July 13th

Columbus Food Truck and Cart Festival at Ohio Village August 25th and 26th 

Mobile Monday Continues at St. James Tavern

22 Mar

Spring has sprung. While this is normally the beginning of the Mobile Food season, our mild to non-existent winter meant the season never ended for some strong-willed wheeled chefs. A project to battles the meh’ of winter and add some fun on Monday’s was Mobile Monday at the St. James. Each week features a different mobile food vendor and a $1 per can mystery beer special. The series survived the winter and will continue through the spring. Each Monday from 6:30 to 9:30 you can expect a food truck or cart parked by the St. James Tavern to serve supper for your enjoyment.

The line up for the next three weeks is:

March 26th
Kolache Republic

April 2nd
Late Night Slice

April 9th
Short North Bagel Deli

Trucks and carts expected in April and beyond include: Per Zoot, Ajumama, Burrito Bus and more.

St. James continues to serve as a mobile hub with regular appearances by Tatoheads on the weekends and the return of Yellow Boy Polish Boys slated soon as well.

St. James Tavern
1057 N 4th Street
Italian Village

Tatoheads and Pitabilities in Clintonville March 3rd Noon to 3 PM

28 Feb

The Yerba Buena Food Truck had hoped to make it’s 2012 debut back in Clintonville on March 3rd. This community favorite from last summer will be joining Pitabilities and Tatoheads as the Food truck contingent to help Clintonville Celebrate the Bicentennial of Columbus. However a generator issue at the 11th hour took them out of the game. Carlos, the owner of the truck will be there to pass out flyers with information on their new Clintonville location.

The event will be from Noon to 3:00 PM at Maple Grove Church at the corner of North High Street and Henderson Road. Admission is free. There will also be free goodies from Mozart’s Bakery and plenty of activities related to the history of Columbus.

More details – here

In case you missed the drama of last year, Yerba Buena almost went down as the first food truck booted out of Clintonville by a very small but very loud minority of residents. The owners Carlos and Carolina used the incident as an opportunity to open up in another section of Clintonville in need of more food options, however, news of their move did not get communicated in the community so business flagged. This year, Yerba Buena is back and looking forward to being part of the community. Please come out to show the support Clintonville and the rest of Columbus shares for these small, independent businesses that are adding spice and variety to the day to day diets of us all.

Also come see what Clintonville has to offer. For those of your ready to support The Mid Ohio Food Bank’s Operation Feed, Pitabilities is doing a mobile food drive for March. They will be collecting jars of peanut butter at the Clintonville Celebrates Columbus Event.

Gracias!

The Mobile Monday Series at St. James Tavern

8 Feb

A Mobile Food experiment has been conducted at the St. James Tavern since early January. The premise: pair a $1 Mystery Beer Can special with a different Mobile Food vendor each week to break up the MEH of Monday and offer a respite from downtown rush hour gridlock. These events serve as an introduction to St. James Tavern for some (voted best bar in Columbus by Columbus Underground). It also provides a business opportunity and a new circle of customers for food trucks that have difficulty serving our CBD (Central Business District) due to arcane city of Columbus codes and zoning laws. The series began with Pitabilities and was followed by Tatoheads, Late Night Slice, Freedom A La Cart and then an encore performance of Pitabilities.

Times are generally 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm or 7 pm to 10 pm. Saint James and the mobile vendors are still looking for the sweet spot for serving times that maximizes the number of people served and still allows the truck to break even or make a small profit for the night. If you live in Italian Village or want to grow mobile food in the lean times of winter, come out for a Mobile Monday to grow food choices for the core of the city.

Here is the line up for the rest of February.
February 13th – Tatoheads (see what Daniel has up his sleeve for potatoey goodness)

February 20th – Red Hot Food Truck (a trailer, this is their debut appearance for Mobile Monday).

February 27th – Kolache Republic (serving INSIDE the SJT).

For more details and updates – check out the St. James Tavern Facebook page and follow Food Fort Columbus on Twitter – @FoodFortCMH.

Mobile Food Cooking Class(es) at Hills Market: A Trio of Trucks

10 Jan

The Hills Market has been a great supporter of Mobile Food in Columbus. Last year, they hosted a very well attended Mobile Foodie Fair. This year, they are starting out strong by offering not one, but two mobile food cooking classes. This serves two purposes. It breaks up the “meh” of winter with a new twist on cooking in the kitchen. The second purpose is to promote trucks in the off-season when they could use some (good not freezing) exposure and maybe a bit of catering revenue. Cure your curiousity about Mobile Cuisine and come to the Hills Market to meet, greet and eat with the guys behind the truck window or cart. Please sign up soon to help keep mobile food going in the wintertime.

Reservations required by January 15th. Call 614.846.3220

Hills Market, Tuesday January 17th.
Cooking Class: A Trio of Trucks | 6:30 p.m. | $25

The Hills Market kitchen will feature the talent behind three of our city’s best mobile food vendors: Hot Pita, Pitabilities and Kolache Republic.

Participants will start out in the kitchen for a one-hour demonstration class. Afterwards, Hills will serve a three course meal (complete with beer pairings from the folks at Elevator Brewing Company) in the Wine Department. The class is $25 per person and includes food and beer pairings.

Menu
• A Trio of Hummus: Hot Pita’s Truffle, Goat Cheese and Sun-Dried Tomato Hummus
• Pitabilities presents a Buffalo Chicken Pita featuring their signature bèlla sauce
(perfect for Super Bowl entertaining!)
• Kolache Republic Kolaches with fillings to include nuts, cheese and fruit.


(Photo bu Mike Beaumont)

Cooking Class: Angie Theado of The Coop |February 28th | 6:30 p.m. | $35

Angie Theado of The Coop Food Truck presents three favorites from the Clintonville-based truck. Participants will start out in the kitchen for a one-hour demo. Afterwards, a three course meal (complete with wine pairings) in the Wine Department. The class is $45 and includes food and wine pairings.

Menu:

• Duck Livers paired with a Winter Salad
• Seared Duck Breast with Shiitakes, Baby Bok Choy, Udon Noodles and Fried Duck Egg with a Mushroom Broth
• Ginger-Poached Pear with a Lemongrass-Orange Duck Egg Zabaglione with Caramelised Duck Skin.

Food Truck and Cart Festival 2011

27 Aug

columbus commons food trucks

One thing is undeniable, the food truck and cart festival last night had a HUGE turnout and shows how much Columbus loves food trucks. An estimated 12,000 people packed into downtown, stood in line, picnicked on the lawn and over flowed into downtown bars and restaurants.

The long lines upset some and meant it was hard to try food from multiple trucks. The organizers and vendors completely underestimated the number of attendees and many vendors ran out of food really early. There were complaints about the drink ticket system (especially for soft drinks), but hopefully these are kinks that can be worked out for future events. It was really exciting to see that many people downtown and we hope this will become a more regular event.

Here are some photos of the event and here’s the discussion about the good and bad on Columbus Underground.

The list of vendors who were there is below. Unfortunately we didn’t get to try as much food as we would have liked but we’ll try to hit the new Columbus trucks and carts as soon as we can for full write ups (vendors let us know where you will be!) Great to have a Columbus visit from The Hodge Podge Truck from Cleveland who are featured on the Food Network’s Great Food Truck Race, Sundays at 9pm.

If you want more street food check out our list of upcoming events starting with Urban Scrawl in Franklinton this weekend.

Hodge Podge Truck- from Cleveland
Jeni’s Ice Cream,
Flippen Eggrolls – from Canton
Sublime Smoke,
The Cheesey Truck
Munch Box,
The Pickled Swine,
Earth Crust/ Crazy Monkey
Paddy Wagon,
Mojo TaGO,
Mikey’s Late Nite Slice,
Junior’s Tacos,
Mr. Footlong,
Rad Dog,
Boston Bert’s Seafood,
Rolley-Pulley’s ,
Dave’s Dogs & More,
Kolache Republic,
Lotsa Lobsta,
Leslie’s Crepes,
Yellow Boys Polish Boys
Short North Bagel Deli,
Veggielicious,
Spinelli’s Deli!

If you went to the event what was the best food that you tried? We loved the spicy shrimp from Lotsa Lobsta, the sausage jalapeno and cheese kolache from Kolache Republic and the cucumber paleta from Pickled Swine and we were sad we didn’t get to try anything from Hodge Podge.

Columbus Street Food Events August-October 2011

12 Aug

food truck festival columbus

The biggest event coming up is the Food Truck and Food Cart Festival to be held at Columbus Commons on Friday August 26th from 4-10pm. More details are on their facebook page and on Columbus Underground. We’re excited about some of the new carts and trucks that will be debuting at that event.

Also that same weekend is Urban Scrawl 5 in Franklinton at 400 W. Rich Street (Saturday and Sunday) and you will find plenty of street food options there too. It’s a great opportunity to check out 400 W. Rich Street which is a fantastic new arts space in Columbus.

Upper Arlington has their 45th annual Labor Day Arts festival on September 5th from 10am-5pm at Northam Park. This year they are doing all food carts and trucks for their refreshment area. Come for the CART! Stay for the ART! Food vendors lined up so far include Leslie’s Creperie, Mojo Tago, The Cook Shack, MunchBox, Yerba Buena Latin Grill and Short North Bagel Deli.

Franklin Park Conservatory are organizing a series of Food Truck Sundays as part of their Hungry Planet: Local Food Global View exhibition. These run from August 21st to October 9th from 1-4pm and feature trucks that include local ingredients as part of their menus such as: Veggielicious, The Cheesy Truck, the Local Munch Box, Earth’s Crust Pizza & the Krazy Monkey Juice Bar.

There are two more Screen on the Green‘s at Goodale Park this summer – the next one is Friday August 19th showing Rear Window and two more Goodale Park Music Series shows (August 14th and 21st) and you will find some food carts at all of those events.

We’ve also heard that there will be some food carts at Jazz on Jefferson, a lunchtime jazz concert by the Jazz Arts Group on Friday August 19th 11.30-1pm

September 10th is the Megacity music marathon at Woodland’s Tavern sponsored by PBR and from noon-2am as well as plenty of music (36 bands on 3 stages) and beer you’ll also find some of the city’s taco trucks (tickets here)

September 17th is Independent’s Day downtown from Noon to Midnight at Gay Street and Pearl Alley. Independents’ Day celebrates independent art, music and entrepreneurship in the heart of Columbus.

Sunday, October 2nd is a Food Cart Rally (4-8 pm) as part of Local Foods Week.

A collaboration with the Small Business Beanstalk with music, drinks and amazing food from food carts celebrating local ingredients! The trucks have been challenged to serve a dish with purely local ingredients- come see their creative inventions. 

The $5 ticket includes drink ticket and they’ll be pouring local beer all night! Tickets are available here.

All proceeds will be going to further Local Matters vision- so grab a bite, a beer and do some good!

More information on Local Foods Week events is here.

You can also find food trucks and carts at some of the farmers markets (including Market at 15th & High and Pearl Alley Market) and at Columbus Commons on Wednesday lunchtimes for their lunch on the lawn.

We have a mobile food twitter list to help you follow who’s where when.

If you know of other events around town that will include food carts or trucks please post them in the comments section.

Thanks!

Street Food Events

10 Jul

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In addition to Columbus’ regular festival season lots of other events are including street food vendors this summer.

The Goodale Park Music Series (starts today) and takes place on Sundays noon-2pm and will have 3-4 carts each week including Jeni’s Ice Creams. It’s a relaxed family friendly event perfect for picnicing. Here’s the schedule.

Mad Lab Theatre and Gallery has a fundraiser event called Volatility on July 16th. It’s a mix of local bands on an outside stage and then theatre/comedy on an indoor stage.   They will have the Cheesy Truck, Mojo Tago, Earth’s Crust and Leslie’s Creperie serving up delicious street food.

Hills Market has a Foodie Fair on July 30th with 14 mobile food vendors. Hills Foodie Fair and Spelling Bee is a fundraiser for Local Matters, located at The Hills Market on Saturday, July 30th from 11:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults. Kids 10 and under can attend for free. As well as street food and music there will be a hot dog eating competition and a blind wine tasting.

Summer Flea in the Short North is August 7th 12-5 PM, 1024 N. High Street (Fireproof Storage parking lot on the corner of E. 2nd Avenue and High Street in the Short North).

Wonderland will be organizing some more Food Cart Food Courts this summer. We’ll post dates as they are announced.

You can also find food trucks and carts at some of the farmers markets (including Market at 15th & High and Pearl Alley Market) and at Columbus Commons on Wednesday lunchtimes.

We have a mobile food twitter list to help you follow who’s where when.

Street Food Cooking Classes.

21 Feb

street food cooking classes wholefoods market columbus

Learn to make street food favorites at home. These classes will be held at Whole Foods Market in Dublin. The first class is Tuesday, March 1st and they will be held the first Tuesday of every month for four months (June class is to TBA).

Columbus Street Food Cooking Series: Lucky Ladle

March 1st 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. $25

Learn to make the delicious wares from some of Columbus’ favorite Food Trucks and Carts. This demonstration includes recipes and a taste of the following great menu items:

  • Vegan White Bean & Kale Soup
  • Home on the Free Range Chicken Noodle Soup
  • Vegan Spinach & Potato Turnovers
  • Roast Chicken & Pepper Jack Turnovers

Columbus Street Food Cooking Series: Leslie’s Creperie

Tuesday, April 5th 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. $25

Learn to make the delicious fare from some of Columbus’ favorite Food Trucks and Carts. This demonstration includes recipes and a taste of Leslie’s great menu items!

Columbus Street Food Cooking Series: Mojo Tago

Tuesday, May 3rd – Thursday, May 5th

6:30 – 8:30 p.m. $25

Learn to make the delicious fare from some of Columbus’ favorite Food Trucks and Carts. This demonstration includes recipes and a taste of Mogo Tago’s great menu items!

To sign up for any of these classes please email luckyladle@yahoo.com or call 614-596-3570.

For more information please see the Wholefoods Calendar.

Food Cart Food Court

15 Oct

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If you missed the event at the Ohio Historical Event last night, don’t worry you still have another opportunity to sample a range of Columbus’ street food. Sunday from 4-7pm at the old Wonder bread factory in Italian Village. My advice – get there early, be prepared to wait in line and make sure you bring cash, ideally small bills.

Here’s today’s Dispatch article about the two events.

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