On Wednesday I took some time out from my busy schedule to help Robbie Richter roast this little piggy. [Photo: Kathy Chan] As Pitmaster Robbie Richter, of the soon-to-open Fatty 'Cue likes to say, "These are meaty times." In...
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No doubt the Country Boys taco truck line will be especially killer this weekend coming off of last week's Vendys victory. Along with the other Red Hook ballfield vendors, the truck will be parking at the Clinton and Bay intersection...
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The Brothers L&C Latin Fast Food Truck on 18th Street and 6th Avenue doesn't seem to specialize in tacos—their printed menu mostly consists of sandwiches, breakfast goods, and pastries—but how could you resist their hand-written, fluorescent green sign touting...
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Note: The 2009 Vendy Awards, a celebration of New York street food, will be held on September 26 at the Queens Museum of Art (buy tickets here). All proceeds will benefit the Street Vendor Project, an arm of the Urban...
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The kimchi quesadila you almost could have had. Back in June when the West Coast-based Kogi team was in town for the Citymeals-on-Wheels fundraiser, the mobile kitchen's head chef Roy Choi said he'd launch here in a heartbeat. He...
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Usually when I think taco, I think taco and beans, or taco and beer, not taco and boutique. Salsa stains seem like a potential issue for La Lucha, a multi-tasking taqueria opening at 147 Avenue A (between 9th and 10th...
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For only one hour, from noon to 1 p.m., the Kogi BBQ truck will set up at 55th Street and Lexington Avenue to sell $4 plates of food. See what Los Angeles is drooling over when the truck debuts for the first time in New York City.
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Pulque is made from fermented maguey nectar (maguey is a species of agave). You may recognize it from an episode of
No Reservations when Anthony Bourdain tried it in Mexico—or you've spotted it next to Coors Light at a Williamsburg market. Younger people are rediscovering the drink that had fallen into grandpa domain over the last half-century.
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Last week, the Calexico Cart brothers appeared on The Martha Stewart Show. Since winning the Vendy Awards last year, they've earned enough to open a restaurant (as in, not on wheels), which they say will be in Red Hook,...
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It's the largest tequila-consuming day of the year. There's probably a statistic somewhere about a lot of tacos today too. Find out where to get the serious ones.
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