Tuesday, May 7, 2013
A collection of food trucks in Montgomery County organized a collective website, www.mocofoodtrucks.com.
The grown-up lunch line is just as likely to be outside, on the corner of a busy intersection as it is inside of a strip mall restaurant. (And it's been that way for years now.) And while residents and workers in places lousy with food trucks may enjoy the variety and speed of mobile food offerings, keeping up with what's available and when can be a challenge. A new website, www.mocofoodtrucks.com, organizes about a dozen food trucks within the county and includes a comprehensive calendar of when some of the trucks will be in which area. Here's how the organizers describe the site: "This site will tell you the three "Ws" of food trucks: Where we are, Who we are and What we serve. Our trucks operate throughout Montgomery County, MD from …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Grab some free grub from the Pepe food truck today.
Pepe, the popular food truck by celebrity chef and Bethesda resident Jose Andres, will be making a stop for lunch in Friendship Heights on Wednesday. Even better, the mobile eatery will serve free sandwiches to the first 100 people who stop by. Sandwich flavors du jour include shredded beef, eggplant, fried chicken, Spanish pulled-pork and a club. The food truck, which serves up “flautas,” or Spanish sandwiches, has been feeding hungry Washington, DC, residents since March 2012. The truck made its debut in Montgomery County last October. Prices range from $8 to $14. Chicken noodle soup will also be on the menu. Wednesday, Pepe will be serving up the free sandwiches in partnership with Equinox gym. The truck, along with Equinox reps, will …
Friday, February 1, 2013
Have you checked out the new mobile lunch option?
Bethesda-based restaurant chainlet the Brown Bag is taking its lunch offerings to the streets. The Brown Bag's new food truck debuted on Woodmont today, offering up hot lunch options to patrons shivering in today's frigid temperatures. Each day, the truck will offer up four different grilled paninis, two soups and three salads, according to Food Truck Fiesta. The Brown Bag opened a storefront location in Bethesda in 2002 and has quickly expanded throughout the Washington, D.C. region. The chain now boasts five locations in Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia, including the Bethesda location. Last year, Brown Bag took over concessions at Glen Echo Park. With a tagline of “honest food,” The Brown Bag offers options like made-to-order …
Thursday, October 25, 2012
This is the last week of "Trucktoberfest."
Trucktoberfest returns to the Potomac Village Farmers Market today. Located at the Potomac United Methodist Church every Thursday at 2 p.m., the market has hosted a series of food trucks this month. Jumping in on the food truck craze that has rocked the DC restaurant scene, the PVFM market-master says she hopes Potomac families will look to the new offerings each Thursday for dinner time. Trucks have been booked for the market through October. Suzanne Hermes announced this week's line up in her latest update on offerings at the market: This week we're featuring one our favorites - Go Fish again! They are back and offering their famous fish tacos and fresh fish for your dinner! Simply Delicious will be serving up smoke house flavors from …
Monday, October 15, 2012
A roundup of foodie news from around Montgomery County and nearby neighborhoods in Washington, DC.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with "1 Meat, 3 Sides." This week, a popular restaurant's closing takes center plate: One Meat: Bethesda Magazine’s Table Talk blog reported that Tragara Ristorante—"the longtime Italian eatery with an upstairs banquet room that’s hosted many a Bethesda Bar Mitzvah"—will close at the end of this month. A new restaurant with a French-Indian flair will take its place at 4935 Cordell Ave. in Bethesda. Read more on Bethesda Magazine's website and on Bethesda Patch. Three Sides: The 23rd annual Taste of Bethesda set the Twitter world abuzz, "as event-goers took to the popular social media platform to share photos, interact with their favorite …
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Celebrity Chef Jose Andres will park his food truck today in Bethesda
A new lunch option rolls into Bethesda today. Celebrity chef Jose Andres confirmed via Twitter that his popular food truck, “Pepe,” will park in front of Jaleo on Woodmont Avenue in Bethesda to start serving lunch at 11:30 a.m. The truck will serve Spanish sandwiches, called “falutas,” with selections including the Club Barcelona -- thinly sliced chicken, bacon, lettuce, tomato and shallot mayonnaise -- and the Butifarra Burger -- a Spanish pork burger with alioli and brava sauce. Prices range from $8 to $14. For more information check out our previous story on the truck’s expanding reach here. Will you be dining a la truck today? Tell us in the comments!
Monday, October 8, 2012
Foodie news from around Montgomery County
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with "1 Meat, 3 Sides." This week, food trucks take center plate: One Meat: The food truck scene in Montgomery County may not be what it is in DC, but it could be moving in that direction. Famed local chef José Andrés is expanding the reach of his popular food truck, Pepe, and the mobile eatery soon will be making stops in Bethesda, Rockville Town Center, Bethesda’s NIH campus, Bethesda Row and Friendship Heights, Bethesda Patch reported. "The food truck, which serves up 'flautas,' or Spanish sandwiches, has been feeding hungry Washington, DC, residents since March," Bethesda Patch added. In Silver Spring, Bánh Mì Annie is one of the newer …
Friday, October 5, 2012
Foodie news from around Montgomery County
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with "1 Meat, 3 Sides." This week, food trucks take center plate: One Meat: The food truck scene in Montgomery County may not be what it is in DC, but it could be moving in that direction. Famed local chef José Andrés is expanding the reach of his popular food truck, Pepe, and the mobile eatery soon will be making stops in Bethesda, Rockville Town Center, Bethesda’s NIH campus, Bethesda Row and Friendship Heights, Bethesda Patch reported. "The food truck, which serves up 'flautas,' or Spanish sandwiches, has been feeding hungry Washington, DC, residents since March," Bethesda Patch added. In Silver Spring, Bánh Mì Annie is one of the newer …
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Bethesda residents will soon be able to grab a flauta from popular food truck 'Pepe'.
Looking for a new, non-traditional lunch option? If so, you’re in luck. Famed local chef Jose Andres is expanding the reach of his popular food truck, Pepe, and the mobile eatery will soon be making stops in Bethesda, Huffpost DC Restaurants reported. The food truck, which serves up “flautas,” or Spanish sandwiches, has been feeding hungry Washington, DC residents since March, according to the report. The truck will soon begin making stops near Rockville Town Center, Bethesda’s NIH campus, Bethesda Row and Friendship Heights, along with Northern Virginia, Huffpost DC Restaurants reported. Just a few flauta selections include the Fútbol Club Barcelona, with thinly sliced chicken, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and shallot mayonnaise, and the …
Folks in Friendship Heights and Bethesda soon will be able to grab a flauta from popular food truck Pepe.
Looking for a new, non-traditional lunch option? If so, you’re in luck. Famed local chef José Andrés is expanding the reach of his popular food truck, Pepe, and the mobile eatery soon will be making stops in Friendship Heights and Bethesda, Huffpost DC Restaurants reported. The food truck, which serves up “flautas,” or Spanish sandwiches, has been feeding hungry Washington, DC, residents since March, according to the report. The truck soon will begin making stops near Rockville Town Center, Bethesda’s NIH campus, Bethesda Row and Friendship Heights, along with Northern Virginia, Huffpost DC Restaurants reported. A few of the flauta selections include the Fútbol Club Barcelona—with thinly sliced chicken, bacon, lettuce, tomato and shallot …
Mark
5:40 pm on Thursday, May 23, 2013
Poor Joe... LOL... you are obviously either a restaurant owner who is fed up w/ food trucks taking your business, or you're just clueless. The food trucks have to go through the exact same rigorous health inspections and permits as any restaurant. They also need to have their food service handlers license, and, they have to either have an approved restaurant to prepare their food, or an approved … more ›