Motherclucking Yeah: Chicken Joe’s on the Go Food Truck Opens!

NUGGGGSSSS!!! Photo given courtesy of Chicken Joe’s.

Just last week Chicken Joe’s started serving their wildly popular options like the Baby Special (1/4 lb. chicken nuggets w/ fries and soda), High School Special (1/2 lb. nugs), and College Wrap (nugs, cones, American cheese, honey mustard) right out of their brand-spanking new food truck. Oh, and you could say that people have already caught on. For their first two days serving up food in Greenwich, they sold out! 

Look for them around the Greenwich area and all across Westchester. Also, be on the lookout for them as they serve some nugs, cones, wraps, and more at festivals like Adopt-a-Dog and the Holiday Stroll in Greenwich. Follow the truck here or visit their brick and mortar restaurants here.

 

26 Food Trucks, Music, Craft Beer + More @ Food Trucks in the Valley 2016

The 3rd annual Food Trucks in the Valley is now just 10 days away, so you better start getting ready. Scope out the 26 food trucks (full list later in this post) that will be there and figure out a good eating strategy. Wash it all down with some craft beer, specifically New Belgium who is one of the sponsors. Then, while you’re there, check out live music, a car show, artisan products, food samples from local restaurants, and lots more.

From Trash to Treasure: the Food Trucks at Elephant’s Trunk Flea Market

Considering Kristien’s obsession with all things HGTV, it’s a surprise it took us so long to get to the Elephant’s Trunk Country Flea Market. This massive market every Sunday in New Milford features antiques, rare finds, farm stands, and anything you’d need to furnish a home. Sure, you have to rummage through some trash to get to the treasures, but that’s part of the fun. In fact, there are so many food trucks at this flea market every Sunday, they sort of work the same way. They have lots of smaller carts and stands serving up hot dogs, lemonade, Italian ices, and breakfast sandwiches that could be hidden treasures, and they have some of the food trucks we’re all heard of that might not be as much of a treasure as you’d hoped. So we’re going to break down our trash and treasure food truck finds for you so you don’t have to rummage. We got your back!

Contest Alert: Sumoslam w/ Endless Beer @ No Worries Brewing ft. Spud Stud

We have two tickets set aside for a very lucky winner . . . 

UPDATE: The winner of the contest is @hippousmc1 on Instagram! Thanks to everyone for entering. :)

If you’ve got a sumo sized thirst for one of CT’s newest breweries, No Worries, we’ve got an event for you: Sumoslam. This first ever event is hitting Hamden right at No Worries Brewing from 1-5 on July 10. Tickets cost $30 and that gets you unlimited pours of all No Worries beer (you can drink more than $30 of beer, right?), a commemorative t-shirt, and free entry (if you want) into the Intergender Inflatable Sumo Wrestling Tournament. Registration begins right at 1, so you’ll wanna sign up ASAP to get your shot on the competition bracket. Your hosts for the event are Ken Tuccio of the Welcome to Connecticut Podcast (who organized this) and everybody’s favorite chef: Chef Plum! And, tying it all together will be the Spud Stud food truck who will be on site selling some bites of goodness. 

RBS Food Truck Fest 2016 Pops Up May 27

In just two teeny tiny days Race Brook School in Orange will be hosting another food truck fest at the Orange Fairgrounds (525 Orange Center Rd.). For this year’s event you can look forward to a ton of different options such as pierogies, pizza, cannoli, burgers, tacos, cupcakes and candy. In addition, there will be over 70 different craft and service vendors on hand so you can maybe find some cool stuff to take home with ya while you’re stuffing your face? ;)

Melt Mobile Food Truck Grills Nationwide Franchisee Options

Big news for Melt Mobile and all of their hungry fans: they are now inviting people to become franchise owners. So, whether we are talking about other big and busy cities across Connecticut or as any other city in the country, they are giving others the chance to Take it Cheesy with them. 

Caseus, Hapa, Lobstercraft, Skinny Pines + StrEATery Compete Today in Food Truck Throwdown!

Meet the meat masters . . .

Look at these five food trucks and what they are throwing down for today’s Food Truck Throwdown! Honestly, we’re going to have the toughest time judging all these amazing dishes. But, it’s not just about us judging, you also get a vote and say in crowning the People’s Choice champ! It all starts at 4 today at 805 Atlantic Street in Stamford. Tickets are $25 and that gets you a 4-6 oz. sample from each truck plus lots of fun and events. Proceeds from this event will go towards Optimus Health Care who fights to “Improve the overall health of our communities in Bridgeport, Stamford, and Stratford, particularly the medically underserved, by providing preventive, primary care and supplemental health care services along with health education in a culturally sensitive manner regardless of ones’ ability to pay.”

See you there, we’ll be stopping by around 6. If you see us, please say hi! For more info about this event, check out our original post.

The Beer Garden @ Shippan Landing to Open for 2016 Memorial Day Weekend

The unofficial start to summer is just two weeks away . . . and it’s going down at The Beer Garden @ Shippan Landing! Here are the opening dates and times so you can plan your weekend drinking and eating:

5/26-27 open at 3 pm

5/28-29 open at 2 pm

When you get down there by the water (they are located at 290 Harbor Dr. in Stamford), have some drink and beer specials, relax, play some cornhole or beer pong, nom away at the nice selection of food trucks (yes, Hapa will return), and just chill all damn day. 

When we get more details, we’ll let you know, but that should be all you really need right now. ;) 

Here are the details:

Thursday- HAPA Food Truck and Dough Girls

Friday- HAPA, Melt and Dough Girls

Saturday- HAPA, Firehouse Grill

Sunday- HAPA 

Regular hours will be:

Wednesday 4pm-11pm 

Thursday 4pm-11pm

Friday 3pm-close

Saturday 2pm-close

Sunday 2pm-9pm

You Eat, You Vote: Food Truck Throwdown Hits Stamford May 19

Thou desireth roll of lobster? Quench thy famishment.

Being such big supporters of the CT Chefs Challenge from Optimus Health Care and the chefs that compete, we were excited to hear about the CT Food Truck Throwdown. Six of the best food trucks in CT have been gathered in a competition where you not only get to taste the best from each truck, but you also get a vote to crown the People’s Choice champ. It all goes down from 4-8 on 5/19 right at 805 Atlantic Street where there will be free parking. Each ticket costs $25 ($20 early bird until May 6) and that gets you a 4-6 oz. serving from each of the trucks. If you’d like an additional serving from a truck, you can always buy more. Proceeds from the night are going right to Optimus Health Care whose mission is to “Improve the overall health of our communities in Bridgeport, Stamford, and Stratford, particularly the medically underserved, by providing preventive, primary care and supplemental health care services along with health education in a culturally sensitive manner regardless of ones’ ability to pay.”

Grab Some Food Truck Noms @ Westport Country Playhouse Season Kick-off Party

Thou desireth roll of lobster? Quench thy famishment.

Thou desireth roll of lobster? Quench thy famishment.

Spring’s here and you know what that means: FOOD TRUCK SEASON! Oh hell yes! And, Westport Country Playhouse is helping you to get your fix in early with their annual Season Kick-off Block Party at 25 Powers Court. The event is free and open to the public and runs from 4-7 on April 9: that’s a Saturday, btw.