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Starting Wednesday May 15th, Corktown will have their own food truck spot by Corktown Gas at Front & Sherbourne.
Here are the trucks you’ll find at the new spot this week:
Wednesday, May 15: Hogtown Smoke
Thursday, May 16: Gourmet Bitches
Friday, May 17: The Food Dudes
Corktown Gas is located at 176 Front St E at Sherbourne St
Here are the food trucks you will find this week outside the Sony Centre from 11AM-3PM:
Monday May 13: Hogtown Smoke, Hula Girl Expresso Truck
Tuesday May 14: Choco Churros, Per Se Mobile and Stuft Gourmet Sausages
Thursday May 16: Feisty Jack, Food Dudes and Pretty Sweet
Friday May 17: Buster’s Sea Cove, Hogtown Smoke and Tiny Tom Donuts
We are 2 weeks into our Food Truck Fever TO photo contest and so far there have been many great photo submissions.
There’s still time to enter the contest – all you have to do is upload your photos onto the new foodtrucksTO iPhone app or via the blogTO website on their Toronto Food Trucks stream page. Make sure to tag all your photos taken from Sony Centre Food Truck Fever events with the #foodtruckfeverTO hashtag to enter the contest. Those who submit the photos who receive the most likes by May 31st will win 1 of 10 vouchers to one of Sony Centre’s performances next season.
The Sony Centre is located at 1 Front St E (Front St/Yonge St).
Who knew that food truck owners in the Big Apple had it so bad? A recent article written by Adam Davidson for the New York Times sheds some light on the struggles involved in operating a food truck in what is generally known (by those of us who eat from them at least) as a pretty good food truck city. The big issue for food trucks, it seems, are the numerous (and sometimes conflicting) regulations required by various local departments and the inconsistency in which they are applied. From the article:
According to City Councilman Dan Garodnick, it’s nearly impossible (even if you fill out the right paperwork) to operate a truck without breaking some law. Trucks can’t sell food if they’re parked in a metered space . . . or if they’re within 200 feet of a school . . . or within 500 feet of a public market . . . and so on.
One truck operator, Thomas DeGeest of Wafels & Dinges, says enforcement is eratic and varies by neighbourhood. From the article:
Trucks in Chelsea are rarely bothered….In Midtown South…the N.Y.P.D. has a dedicated team of vendor-busting cops. “One month, we get no tickets,” DeGeest told me. “The next month, we get tickets every day.” DeGeest had two trucks and five carts when he decided he couldn’t keep investing in a business that was so vulnerable to overzealous cops or city bureaucracy.
The article has 85 comments and counting. Give it a read here. It might actually make you feel better about the state of food truck regulations in Toronto.
On Friday May 10th, the Scadding Court’s Market 707 is kicking off their first event series of the season aptly called, Flavours of the City.
For those unfamiliar with Market 707, its a unique international food market housed in re-purposed shipping containers located at 707 Dundas St West. The event space will feature a number of local food vendors and retailers to create a unique shopping and dining experience.
This year, they have invited food trucks into the fold. On Friday, you will find Hogtown Smoke and Fidel Gastro in attendance serving up their gourmet truck fare from 5:00PM-9:30PM.
Market 707 is located at 707 Dundas St West (Dundas and Bathurst) and will be hosting Flavours of the City events every second Friday of each month.
It looks like folks in the King West neighbourhood just got a new lunch option.
Food trucks will now be holding regular lunch services at 495 Wellington St W at Portland St.
Hogtown Smoke is kicking off the new spot on Friday May 10th and will be there serving lunch from 11AM-3PM.
After a successful first week of Food Truck Fever at the Sony Centre, food trucks are returning to Yonge & Front this week to feed the hungry lunch crowd.
Here are the trucks you can find at the Sony Centre this week from 11AM to 3PM:
Wednesday May 8: Hogtown Smoke and Rome’N Chariot
Thursday May 9: Hogtown Smoke, Stuft Truck and Tiny Tom Donuts
Friday May 10: Buster’s Sea Cove, Gourmet Bitches, Caplansky Truck and Tiny Tom Donuts
There’s still an opportunity to enter the Food Truck Fever photo contest. To enter for a chance to win 1 of 10 vouchers to one of Sony Centre’s performances next season, all you have to do is upload your photos using the new foodtrucksTO iPhone app or via the blogTO website on their Toronto Food Trucks stream page. Please note: all eligible photos must be taken from the Sony Centre Food Truck Fever events and include the hashtag #foodtruckfeverTO.
The Sony Centre is located at 1 Front St E (Front St/Yonge St).
Great news for everyone who lives, works or unwinds in Liberty Village – you will be seeing a lot of food trucks in your area this summer. As of Monday May 6th, Toronto food trucks will be holding daily lunch services from 11AM to 3PM by the Cinema Night Club patio at 135 Liberty St.
Here are the trucks you’ll find this upcoming week:
Monday, May 6: Gourmet Gringos and Blue Donkey Truck
Tuesday, May 7: The Food Dudes and The Feisty Jack
Wednesday, May 8: Hogtown Smoke and Per Se Mobile
Thursday, May 9: Pretty Sweet and Urban Smoke BBQ
Friday, May 10: Gourmet Bitches and Gourmet Gringos
As an added bonus, starting later this month you’ll be able to get your post-Brazen Head snack on Fridays and Saturdays from food trucks who’ll be parked by Cinema Night Club from 12AM until late.
UPDATE: Unfortunately, due to an interjection from the Liberty Village BIA, the food truck lunch services at Cinema Night Club will not be running this summer. We’ll update this post if any further info becomes available.
The Sew Hungry food truck festival in Hamilton is back for its fourth year. On Friday May 3rd, the event will once again be taking over Ottawa St to feature a line-up of over 20 food trucks from all across Ontario.
The trucks will be serving up their gourmet truck fare for lunch from 11AM-3PM and again for dinner from 4PM to 8PM. Here are just a few of the trucks that you can expect to see out tomorrow at Sew Hungry:
Buster’s Sea Cove
Curbside Bliss
Dirty South
El Gastronomo Vagabundo
Gorilla Cheese
Gourmet Gringos
Sweetness Bakery and many more
For those living in Toronto, I think a post-work road trip is in order because this looks like one food truck event that shouldn’t be missed.
Sew Hungry will be taking place in Hamilton along Ottawa St between Barton St and Dunsmure Rd.
Toronto is quickly turning into a destination for local gourmet cuisine, craft beer and live music. CraveTO now brings us a festival to showcase some of the best Toronto has to offer.
CraveTO will feature several exciting pop-ups and craft breweries including local food truck favourites Buster’s Sea Cove, The Feisty Jack, Fidel Gastro, The Food Dudes and Rome’N Chariot. You can buy tickets here.
On May 2nd Bloor Hot Docs is celebrating their 20th anniversary by hosting a free outdoor screening in the Burwash Quad at University of Toronto. The Feisty Jack and Fidel Gastro will be there to offer a pre-screening meal to everyone attending as of 7PM.
Who needs popcorn when you can have gourmet truck food!
The Burwash Quad is located next to Victoria College on the UofT campus, but if it rains, the screening will be moved indoors to the Rogers Industry Centre next to the outdoor venue.
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