Gourmet food trucks in Pittsburgh?

[sorcha_ruel]

Are there any? Urbanspoon only lists 6 places as having "street food" and they all seem pretty standard hot dog fare. But I also haven't trolled, say, Market Square or Oakland during lunch hours.

Wall Street Journal article on this kinda thing.

Comments

[ipmcc]

I don't know that I'd call any of them "gourmet" but there are lots of lunch trucks around Pitt and CMU.

The only one I know of that's even remotely gourmet would be the Franktuary truck which is in a different place every day, and sells hot dogs, although really fantastic gourmet hotdogs from what I've heard.

There's also the taco stand outside Reyna in the Strip which I've really enjoyed, however I saw them pictured on the news last night in a story about health dept investigations. I was at the gym, so I couldn't hear whether they were cited or what, but...

[rapier1]

There is another taco stand in front of Las Palmas on Brookline Blvd. Damn fine tacos at $2/each. They just give you the tortilla and filling - you get to dress it anyway you like.

[_orz]

The Indian food trucks next to Pitt serve the best Indian food in the city. Far from gourmet, but extremely tasty and a damn good price.

[grace_is_gone]

From wpxi.com:

"Investigators were sent to Reyna Foods in the Strip District after a customer complained about a mouse dropping in a tortilla, according to Cole.

Health department records show that raw taco meat was stored at 60 degrees and a dead mouse and its droppings were found inside the store.

"Vermin that can carry disease, it's cited," said Cole."It has to be eliminated because there is the potential for contamination of food product."

The manager of Reyna Foods said they now have an exterminator coming to the store every week and they have added a refrigerator cart outside to keep food cold."

[kierya]

There's several awesome outdoor food vendors in the Strip. Some of them are just parked outside of their retail shops, others are independent. Great stuff.

[jacquez]

mmmm....indeed. plus she remembers her customers! Lucy is wonderful.

[ls56]

Knowing Pittsburgh, we'll have gourmet food trucks in about 10 years.

[snonsumr]

I don't really foresee them at all. "Gourmet food trucks" are a food fad, just like molecular gastronomy was a couple years back. Pittsburgh tends to repel food fads.

[grace_is_gone]

Eh, at least we had a tiny run at molecular gastronomy.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06302/733334-242.stm

[talldean]

It's a tiny run everywhere.

[gloriouseahorse]

i like the goodie truck

[sorcha_ruel]

What/where is that?

[gloriouseahorse]

http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:64465

Foodtruck?

[ext_274972]

I'm thinking about opening a food truck along East Carson Street. With the large strip of bars, it would be an ideal setting for some quality late-night Asain-inspired snacking. Here's a look at the menu:

Small Bite
Wok Edamame with Ginger Lime Salt
Steamed Pork Bun (Award for Best Appetizer in Philly Cooks! 2010)

Medium Bite
Korean BBQ Short-rib Taco
Five-Spice Tofu Taco
Moo-shu Vegetable burrito (or chicken)

Big Bite
Vegetable Green Curry on Rice
Vietnamese Bahn-Mi Sandwich (Black Forest ham with pickled vegetables on Vietnamese baguette w/ dill aioli)

Would hungry college students in Pittsburgh approve or is this destined to fail?