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Food Truck Nation.....interesting read
Posted on 12/15/09 at 6:28 pm
Posted on 12/15/09 at 6:28 pm
talks about the evolution and refinement of food trucks and how some top chefs now embrace the concept....thankfully, yet more evidence that food pretense in America is relaxing.
LINK
Any chance something like this would ever catch on in NOLA? or will it regulated out to protect lucky dog, festival food, and local business interests? Downtown BR at lunch perhaps?
LINK
Any chance something like this would ever catch on in NOLA? or will it regulated out to protect lucky dog, festival food, and local business interests? Downtown BR at lunch perhaps?
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Posted on 12/15/09 at 8:02 pm to el tigre
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Downtown BR at lunch perhaps?
There is a dude who sells plate lunches out of a civic. People flock to him. I can't see skate wings catching on with your average government worker.
And yes, I am a govt. employee.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 8:06 pm to BigAlBR
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There is a dude who sells plate lunches out of a civic. People flock to him.
Soul food kind of stuff? how is it?
i wonder if he has a permit? does he ever get run off?
Posted on 12/15/09 at 8:11 pm to BigAlBR
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There is a dude who sells plate lunches out of a civic.
Back home in NOLA when I worked in the Warehouse District, there was a guy that sold plate lunches from the back of his car. Almost everyone I worked with in the warehouse would get a lunch ($5.00), and the construction crew across the street would line up. Fried chicken, candied yams, spaghetti and meatballs, he'd switch it up daily.
I know a few guys that do that here in BR, sell box lunches from a van. The business owners never complain, they don't have to worry about employees leaving for lunch and coming back late.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 8:17 pm to Afreaux
The Dessert truck in the link was on Throwdown with Bobby Flay on the Food Network. Their bread pudding looks legit.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 8:19 pm to el tigre
Nola has had the purple truck for years
Posted on 12/15/09 at 8:20 pm to el tigre
Austin has this going on and Portland has for a few years. It's ubber trendy but good none the less.
Dallas has regulated even Taco Trucks/ Trailers out of existence. They have either had to convert to permanent buildings or disappear. I would guess regulations in BR or NOLA may be the first hurdle.
Dallas has regulated even Taco Trucks/ Trailers out of existence. They have either had to convert to permanent buildings or disappear. I would guess regulations in BR or NOLA may be the first hurdle.
This post was edited on 12/15/09 at 8:23 pm
Posted on 12/15/09 at 8:21 pm to Tiger Attorney
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Nola has had the purple truck for years
Explain...
Posted on 12/15/09 at 8:26 pm to EMILIO
the boucherie guy could be found serving high end cuisine on napoleon and tcoup befor he opened the restaurant.
Nathaniel zimmet is his name.
Nathaniel zimmet is his name.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 8:32 pm to el tigre
Out in Avondale, the Vietnamese families would pull up in sandwich trucks, selling burgers and po-boys to welders or construction workers.
Jefferson Parish enacted new laws to run off the Mexicans that were operating taco trucks on the corner.
Jefferson Parish enacted new laws to run off the Mexicans that were operating taco trucks on the corner.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 8:54 pm to Afreaux
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Out in Avondale, the Vietnamese families would pull up in sandwich trucks, selling burgers and po-boys to welders or construction workers.
I used to work at the shipyard and used to eat from these trucks every once in a while. That was some pretty low grade stuff that was rarely good.
I very much enjoyed the three times I visited taco trucks in the N.O. area.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 9:08 pm to el tigre
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Soul food kind of stuff? how is it?
i wonder if he has a permit? does he ever get run off?
Catfish, pork chops, fried chicken, etc. He has menus up in our building, but I doubt he has a permit. I never tried his stuff.
This post was edited on 12/15/09 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 12/15/09 at 9:20 pm to Afreaux
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The business owners never complain, they don't have to worry about employees leaving for lunch and coming back late.
exactly. it's a win-win deal.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 9:23 pm to Tiger Attorney
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Nola has had the purple truck for years
is he they guy that would park outside of Tips uptown late night? meat pies and such? is he still around doing that gig or does he just focus on his restaurant?
i mean a real scene with competition, variety, and specifically an elevation in food quality (more like the stuff in his restaurant).
Posted on 12/15/09 at 9:25 pm to Tiger Attorney
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the boucherie guy could be found serving high end cuisine on napoleon and tcoup befor he opened the restaurant.
Nathaniel zimmet is his name.
well shite...i should have read the whole thread.
is he still active?
do you think a scene of this type could take off in NOLA? or would regulation be too much to overcome?
Posted on 12/15/09 at 9:26 pm to BigAlBR
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Catfish, pork chops, fried chicken, etc. He has menus up in our building, but I doubt he has a permit.
good for him.
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I never tried his stuff.
just hadn't had a chance i assume? i would be interested to know of the quality and prices.
Posted on 12/15/09 at 11:12 pm to el tigre
I would like to think to think so but I doubt. The lra would be against it and they are powerful.
Sucre has a truck purveying their housemade desserts and gelato. They often park on Frenchman. So there is at least one more legit one.
Sucre has a truck purveying their housemade desserts and gelato. They often park on Frenchman. So there is at least one more legit one.
Posted on 12/16/09 at 12:37 am to notiger1997
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I used to work at the shipyard and used to eat from these trucks every once in a while. That was some pretty low grade stuff that was rarely good.
Winter breaks from LSU, I'd find day labor construction work off of the Expressway. Paid better if you had a car, because you'd get a few bucks extra for every guy you brought to and from a job site.
The lunch truck was great, because so many of those guys that I worked with on jobs in Avondale had no means of going anywhere for lunch unless someone offered to drive them.
Posted on 12/16/09 at 12:41 am to Tiger Attorney
nice. Sucre is along the lines of what i was thinking of. High quality stuff.
So I assume they gained a permit as an ice cream truck, which must be easier. Does the purple truck still operate?
So I assume they gained a permit as an ice cream truck, which must be easier. Does the purple truck still operate?
Posted on 12/16/09 at 9:16 am to BigAlBR
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Catfish, pork chops, fried chicken, etc. He has menus up in our building, but I doubt he has a permit. I never tried his stuff.
Remi's ?
He comes by or calls my store daily. My employees are tired of his menu.
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