Latest street food Stories

LOS ANGELES, March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The food truck phenomena is growing at a rapid pace each day as new restaurateurs join the thousands of gourmet food trucks already on the road. Food trucks have become gathering spots for the local community as well as a place where diners can get restaurant quality meals at a fraction of the cost. Hanging out at food trucks with a rock n' roll or exotic location theme and enjoying multimedia entertainment along with great food are all part of the...

NEW YORK, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Empanada Joe's, the gourmet "grab and go" food company, today opened in New York City's Times Square. Located at 683 8th Avenue, this is the second of three Empanada Joe's restaurants to open in New York City this year. The innovative eatery provides New Yorkers with healthier meal options, proving that convenient meals and snacks do not have to skimp on wholesomeness, freshness or flavor. Thanks to its wide-ranging, all-natural empanada offerings,...

By Maggie Gill-Austern The smell of gyros always makes me think of Greece. One whiff and my mind starts conjuring whitewashed houses and narrow lanes suddenly opening onto hidden squares, taverna tables bedecked with candles and retsina, and feet away, the wine-dark sea. Long before I'd ever had the chance to go there, a whiff of gyro could turn a mall parking lot into a village square, complete with black-clad yia-yias, granular coffee and serious young men slowly dancing the zeibekiko....