Joyful Noise
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | March 31st, 2010 | Filed under Carts
Our very own Souper Jenny, the queen of soup, the empress of salad, shot this little clip at last Friday’s Urban Picnic and Advocacy Day in front of the Sweet Auburn Curb Market. Look for the colorful trucks, listen to the reactions of the public, and help us figure out new ways to get trucks, carts, tricycles, and tables where they belong: on the street selling good food EVERY DAY!
News from All Over
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | March 30th, 2010 | Filed under Carts
Chicago is staging a revolution of its own. Check out the cute logo, the comments, the frustration and rejoice in the movement started in a great American city pining for the same thing we so desire.
Closer to home, we received this photograph taken in Newnan by street-food enthusiast and political gal Amy Phuong showing a van and a rambling chef obviously looking for exposure.
Holy Smoke!
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | March 29th, 2010 | Filed under Carts
Look at Dan Latham’s pizza oven on wheels caught in action last Friday in front of the Sweet Auburn Curb Market.
Latham, who trained in New York under Mario Batali at Po’ and Studio del Gusto, owned L&M Kitchen and Salumeria (L = Latham & M = Marsh, his wife’s maiden name) in Oxford, Mississippi, for five years.
“My lease came up last year and I needed a bigger market to operate,” he wrote us, while on the road touring farms in south Georgia. “I was inspired by a couple in the bay area who have a similar oven and run all over the bay area making great pizza out of the farmers’ markets.”
We’ll tell you a lot more soon about L&M’s Pizza and where to track down their fabulous fresh slices!
Artists Among Us
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | March 27th, 2010 | Filed under Carts
This just in from street food enthusiast Jim Monroy who used the Kogi truck template to create a miniature version of the real deal
And an equally cute poster forwarded to us by food street maven and chic cyclist (sometimes tricyclist) Hayley Richardson at the end of the rally/picnic at the Sweet Auburn curb market.
The Street Food Revolution Has Begun
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | March 26th, 2010 | Filed under News
Kasim Reed
Kwanza Hall
Hundreds of people, including Mayor Kasim Reed (in a beautiful dark suit and glorious pale blue tie) and Councilman Kwanza Hall (on his bicycle and wearing a nifty Publix backpack) showed up in the parking lot of the Sweet Auburn Curb Market to enjoy the first ever street food advocacy day and urban picnic, organized by the Atlanta Street Food Coalition to promote the cause of mobile food vending. No one fried anything, but the offerings ranging from freshly made pizza to hot soup, virtuous hot dogs, glorious salads, chocolate nachos, creme brulée, waffles, Southern veggies, gourmet coffee, and even dog treats a human could conceivably enjoy paved the way for a joyous street presence of Georgia vendors.
The market staff kept everything neat as a pin. No one got grief for cooking on a truck or selling food from a cute tricycle or a table decorated with spring flowers. NPR blessed us with its presence, and countless media types whipped out microphones and cameras to interview the day’s heroes. Look for more details soon and more vendors making their alfresco debuts in similar events.
