Street Food

Bro Safari Talks Food Trucks and Twitter Rants

After working in the pioneering electronic collab called Evol Intent with current EDM producers Treasure Fingers and Computer Club, Bro Safari struck out on his own, several years ago. Initially guided by the siren song of moombahton, Bro Safari's productions draw from many influences such as his af ... More >>

Bite Into Midtown

Guerrilla Street Food's Filipino Fried Chicken: One of 100 St. Louis Dishes You Must Eat Right Now

The Gut Check One Hundred is our accounting of the 100 dishes in St. Louis that you must eat right now. These are the best dishes at the newest restaurants and the newest dishes at the best restaurants. These are the 100 dishes that define St. Louis dining in 2013. Our list culminates this fall when ... More >>

Rack Clutch: St. Louis "Fashion Truck" Has Dispute With Mayor Francis Slay Over Licensing

It's like a food truck -- only instead of selling food, Rack Clutch sells jewelry, accessories and clothing on the streets of St. Louis. Only challenge for this brand new "fashion truck," which seems to be the first of its kind in the region, is that there's no established license process in St. ... More >>

First Look: Bombay Food Junkies Food Truck

When Sid and Krupa Panchal moved from Mumbai (formerly Bombay) to St. Louis eight years ago, they knew they would miss the street food of the coastal Indian city. Finding that none of the Indian restaurants in town specialize in the type of food traditional to Mumbai, the Panchals took matters into ... More >>

New Food Truck Slice of the Hill Hits St. Louis Streets Next Week

Though food trucks abound in St. Louis, since Wanderlust Pizza trucked out of town in 2011 and Pi Pizzeria retired its food truck last summer, the city hasn't had a go-to pizza truck. Thanks to new food truck Slice of the Hill (@SliceoftheHill; 314-791-2557), that's about to change. According to o ... More >>

Bombay Food Junkies Truck Nears Launch, Turns to Kickstarter for Decoration Help

Gut Check told you last month about Bombay Food Junkies, a new food truck featuring vegetarian and vegan Indian cuisine. The wife-and-husband team of Krupa and Sid Panchal plan to serve pav, a sandwich-like dish that Krupa told us is the most popular street food in Bombay (or Mumbai, as the city is ... More >>

Bombay Food Junkies Truck to Bring Vegetarian Indian Street Fare to St. Louis

Since moving to the United States from their native Bombay, (or Mumbai, as it is now known), India, Krupa and Sid Panchal haven't found anything like the street food they enjoyed in their home city. So the wife-and-husband team are taking matters into their own hands: In the next few months, the Pan ... More >>

[UPDATED] On the Map: National Food Truck-Tracking Site and App to Add St. Louis This Week

Updated January 29: Roaming Hunger's St. Louis food-truck-tracking page went live on Wednesday, January 23, and it seems there are still a few kinks to be worked out. When Gut Check took a gander at the site this week, only ten of the 30 trucks in town were actually on the map. More trucks are slo ... More >>

Roberto's Trattoria Launching a Food Truck, Roberto's Trucktoria

Yet another bricks-and-mortar establishment is joining the St. Louis food-truck fleet: Roberto's Trattoria (Lindbergh Boulevard & Baptist Church Road, south St. Louis County; 314-842-9998) soon will launch the awesomely named Roberto's Trucktoria. "You want to know the real reason?" eponymous owner ... More >>

Top Ten Dishes 2012 #1: The "Flying Pig" at Guerrilla Street Food

I'm counting down the top ten dishes from the new restaurants that I reviewed in 2012. Read the complete series to date. #1: The "Flying Pig" from Guerrilla Street Food (@GuerrillaStreet; www.guerrillastreetfood.com; 314-529-1328)

Three St. Louis Food Trucks Make Daily Meal's List of Nation's 101 Best

National food and restaurant website the Daily Meal has put together its list of the 101 "best" food trucks in the country, and St. Louis scored three entries. Ranking the highest, at #31, was Guerrilla Street Food (@guerrillastreet; 314-529-1328), which Riverfront Times also honored as "Best Food ... More >>

Tikka Tikka Taco Truck Looks to Kickstarter for Startup Help

Do you like Indian food? Do you patronize food trucks? Do you have even one measly dollar to spare? Michael Swaleh wants to talk to you. Swaleh and his brother, Shaun, have turned to Kickstarter to raise $60,000 to buy the food truck that will launch their concept, Tikka Tikka Taco.

Guerrilla Street Food on Guy Fieri's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Tonight; Dates Set for Shaved Duck, Espino's [Updated]

Reminder: Guerrilla Street Food (@GuerrillaStreet; 314-529-1328), RFT's "Best Food Truck" for 2012, will appear tonight on the Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. The episode, titled "Burgers, Noodles and Quahogs," airs at 9 p.m. local time. This is the first St. Louis establishment to appe ... More >>

RFT vs. Our Readers: Second Round Results

As we celebrate the Riverfront Times Best of St. Louis 2012, Gut Check is asking you, dear readers, to settle the disagreements between our picks and our readers' poll. Once again, we asked you, dear Gut Check readers, to settle the debate between our picks and our readers' choices in some of the m ... More >>

First Look: Food Truck Seoul Taco Opens Storefront

Seoul Taco (571 Melville Avenue, University City; 314-863-1148), the Riverfront Times Best of St. Louis 2012 readers' pick for "Best Food Truck," has put down permanent roots with last week's opening of a brick-and-mortar location in the Delmar Loop. See Also: - "RFT vs. Our Readers: Best Food Truc ... More >>

The Riverfront Times Best of St. Louis 2012: Food & Drink Winners

It's Christmas Day here at Gut Check International Headquarters, and we're playing the part of Santa Claus. Yes, the Riverfront Times Best of St. Louis 2012 is live. Click here to view the Riverfront Times Best of St. Louis 2012 "Food & Drink" winners. This year's winners take us on a quick trip t ... More >>

City Introduces "Food Truck Row" Downtown [Updated]

St. Louis food trucks will no longer have to battle for one of the precious few spots downtown that a) are legal parking spaces and b) don't infringe on the 200-foot "no-go zone" surrounding bricks-and-mortar restaurants. Beginning this week, the City of St. Louis is dedicating a block of parking sp ... More >>

Food Truck Fever, Part 3: Gyro worship with a side(car) of bánh mì

Review Preview: Go! Gyro! Go! and Feed Me Banh Mi

This week, I'm back on the food-truck beat, checking out Go! Gyro! Go! (@GoGyroGo; 314-496-3970) and Feed Me Banh Mi (@FeedMeTruck; 314-299-2900). The stretch of North Broadway south of Olive Street is an acutely bland corridor of downtown, fifty shades of gray and then some. There looms the Feder ... More >>

Where Is Falafelwich?

Has Falafelwich (@Falafelwich; 314-884-8370) gone AWOL? The food truck last tweeted about its regular operations on Friday, June 8, prior to the most recent "Food Truck Friday" organized by Sauce. It hasn't updated its Facebook page since that same day. The Falafelwich website redirects to a Go Dad ... More >>

Maplewood's Ban on Food Trucks Elicits Saucy Response

On Tuesday, June 12, the Maplewood city council voted against allowing food trucks to operate in the municipality. Of the six council members present -- one member was absent (more on him in a bit) -- four voted that they were either against or mostly against mobile food vendors in their neighborhoo ... More >>

Gut Check's Guide to Eats and Drinks at St. Louis PrideFest 2012

St. Louis PrideFest is the largest event of its kind in the Midwest. It draws more than 80,000 revelers each year and in 2011 was named "Best Festival" by the RFT. This year's festival is slated to kick-off on Saturday, June 23, at noon in Tower Grove Park (4256 Magnolia Avenue; 314-771-2679). The p ... More >>

Try Guerrilla Street Food for Free Today

Every now and then the Telex here at Gut Check International Headquarters spits out a piece of news so remarkable that we have to quadruple-check it before we post it. The following is such an item. And, yes, it's legit. Guerrilla Street Food (@GuerrillaStreet;314-529-1328) is giving away food toda ... More >>

At last, a Korean taco truck. And you're maki me hungry!

The Ten Best Places to Grab Tacos in St. Louis

In this week's RFT cover story "One Nation, Under Tacos," writer Gustavo Arellano shares the evolution of Mexican food in the U.S., chartering its history from the American Southwest and the California coast to the Midwest and everywhere in between. With temperatures cresting 80 degrees in St. Louis ... More >>

Commando Performance: Guerrilla Street Food's fresh Filipino fare bucks every St. Louis food-truck trend

Guerrilla Street Food: Review Slideshow

Pigs fly at Guerrilla Street Food (@GuerrillaStreet; 314-529-1328). They also wander. My review of Guerrilla Street Food is now available online, as is (coming soon!) Jennifer Silverberg's slideshow of the food truck.

Guerrilla Street Food: Review Slideshow

Pigs fly at Guerrilla Street Food (@GuerrillaStreet; 314-529-1328). They also wander. My review of Guerrilla Street Food is now available online, as is (coming soon!) Jennifer Silverberg's slideshow of the food truck.

Guerrilla Street Food: Review Slideshow

Pigs fly at Guerrilla Street Food (@GuerrillaStreet; 314-529-1328). They also wander. My review of Guerrilla Street Food is now available online, as is (coming soon!) Jennifer Silverberg's slideshow of the food truck.

Guerrilla Street Food: Review Slideshow

Pigs fly at Guerrilla Street Food (@GuerrillaStreet; 314-529-1328). They also wander. My review of Guerrilla Street Food is now available online, as is Jennifer Silverberg's slideshow of the food truck.

Track Your Favorite Food Trucks on Gut Check

Has this week's review of Guerrilla Street Food (@GuerrillaStreet; 314-529-1328) convinced you to stop grumbling about "the kids these days" and embrace the food-truck revolution? Are you already a food-truck aficionado, but can't keep straight just how many there are -- or where they are today? Gu ... More >>

Where Is Sicily Streat?

When each week seems to bring news of a new food truck or two, you can easily lose track of all the trucks already on the streets of St. Louis. Which is why Gut Check didn't notice till a Twitter friend pointed it out this morning that Sicily Streat, née Mangia Mobile, one of the first of the new w ... More >>

Review Preview: Guerrilla Street Food

This week I visit Guerrilla Street Food (@GuerrillaStreet; 314-529-1328), the badass Filipino food truck. Guerrilla Street Food cuts an imposing figure as it rolls through the streets of St. Louis. No candy-colored graphics or cute cartoon logos for this food truck. The vehicle is painted black, an ... More >>

Tidbits: More Beer, More Food Trucks

OK. Lots of stuff coming across the wire today -- including the very cool news of a local chef appearing on a new Bravo food show (more on that very soon!) -- so let's clear the decks of some more tidbits from the past few days. - Monday's "Tidbits" mentioned two more food trucks for St. Louis' eve ... More >>

A Real Cluster Truck: As food trucks proliferate, tension builds between mobile vendors and immovable eateries

A Real Cluster Truck: Food Trucks vs. Bricks & Mortar Redux

​This week, in lieu of a review, I have a greatly expanded and revised version of last month's post about the conflict between food trucks and traditional restaurants downtown, a subject on which many of you, judging by the comments the original post prompted, have strong opinions.At first glance ... More >>

Food Trucks Hit Speed Bump at Broadway and Pine [Updated]

A major update, including new details on the cause of the dispute and a lengthy interview with the owner of Monty's Sandwich Emporium, follows the original post after the jump.Over the first year (and change) of the St. Louis food truck boom, one of the trucks' favored parking spots has been the dow ... More >>

Pi Pizzeria to Dedicate Its Food Truck to Benefit Charity

​Pi Pizzeria is known for many things. Its pizza is loved by President Obama, it has a great happy hour, it set the standard for the food-truck boom in St. Louis and, of course, it serves up a mean deep-dish pizza. Now, founder Chris Sommers intends to use the brand's visibility for good -- by d ... More >>

Food Truck Fever, Part 2: The road goes on forever and the menu never ends

Review Preview: Food Truck Fever, Part 2

Jennifer SilverbergA customer at the window of Shell's Coastal Cuisine​I'm back on the food-truck beat this week, visiting Shell's Coastal Cuisine and the Falafelwich Wagon. Read a sneak preview of my review after the jump.

Tidbits: Food Trucks, Food Trucks, Food Trucks

Aztec warriors, presumably unaware of the future of food trucks​Looks like I'll be filing many, many more editions of my "Food Truck Fever" reviews.- George Mahe of St. Louis Magazine reports that a new food truck called Hot Aztec is preparing to roll out. The truck will feature Mexican cuisine, t ... More >>

Food Truck Fever, Part 1: Just because they have wheels doesn't mean they're going to come to you

Review Preview: Cha Cha Chow and Sicily Streat

Alissa NelsonCha Cha Chow, serving up tacos last winter​A few weeks ago, I gassed up the car, made sure my mobile Twitter app was up-to-date and finally began my pursuit of St. Louis' influx of food trucks. A sneak peek of the first review, of Cha Cha Chow and Sicily Streat, is after the jump.

Chicken Adobo with a One-Hour Egg From Guerrilla Streetfood

Robin WheelerChicken adobo with a one-hour egg, Guerrilla Streetfood.​The Place: Guerrilla Streetfood (Locations announced daily via Twitter), the Filipino food truck. The Lunch: Chicken Adobo ($6) with a One-Hour Egg ($1). In the twilight of 2011, it's time to see if the year's biggest loc ... More >>

The Gap Ruins Four Food Trends in One Leap

On Friday we thought Applebee's killed the food truck trend dead. But it was only the beginning. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydishThe Gap puts tacos in jeans. ​ Meet Pico de Gap, a taco truck operated by The Gap in Los Angeles. Because having a trillion brick and mortar stores isn ... More >>

Applebee's Sends Food Truck Trend Over Shark, Into Nuked Fridge

​That's it, folks. Park all the food trucks inside a garage and then burn the place down. The trend has reached a nadir from which it can't possibly recover.Westword, our sister paper in Denver, reports that Applebee's has launched a food truck. The truck is sneakily designed with a logo for Neigh ... More >>

Food Trucks Organize to Gain Access to Clayton

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Falafelwich Wagon Prepares to Hit the St. Louis Streets

Inside HospitalityLook for this logo on a falafel wagon near you. ​ The St. Louis food truck fleet is set to expand in June when the Falafelwich Wagon hits the streets. Falafelwich is the first local food truck for St. Louis-based Inside Hospitality. The restaurant public relations and brand ... More >>

Battle of the Food Trucks: Tacos Tangle with Pizzas

Alissa NelsonGentlemen, start your engines!​In a world where our social interactions are dictated via our Internet connection, the food truck is king. Sure, you can experience the serendipity of random interaction, the chance street-food vendor, but who leaves these things to chance any more? ... More >>