Snowballs in the Night (Hum to the Tune of “Strangers in the Night”)
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | April 14th, 2010 | Filed under Carts
Seen multiple times in the parking lot of Ansley Mall, this merry yellow trailer looks like competition for the bright green Orleagian Snowballs mobile seen around Midtown and/or Poncey Highland dispensing icy treats (shaved ice with a dash of syrup and condensed milk on top) throughout the summer.
Tell us if you see the Sunny Snowball trailer and its sassy logo anywhere. Ask the owner when and where he/she is open for business and drop us a line!
Yesterday’s News
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | April 13th, 2010 | Filed under Carts
Atlanta-approved Streatery passed out free hot dogs on the street yesterday from a new position in front of Peachtree Center. Our dear friend John Robinson snapped some pictures of the appreciative crowd. It was a beautiful day; people loved it; the mood was cheerful and fun . . . all the more reason to push for more food carts!
GPS-Enabled Food Truck Finder
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | April 12th, 2010 | Filed under News
This just in from Josh Hiller of RoadStoves, who supplies mobile kitchens to the industry’s finest such as Kogi, the Grilled Cheese Truck, Nom Nom, and Baby’s Bad*ss Burgers (alas, all are on the West Coast). His business just got a new app (the first of its kind) to help pinpoint, track, read detailed menu descriptions, and get Twitter feeds for a long list of food trucks. You can download it from the iTunes store here.
Vendor Gallery: Andy Grimes
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | April 9th, 2010 | Filed under Carts
Andy Grimes didn’t always tool around the Southeast in a converted green 1975 GMC Palm Beach christened The Pickle. His résumé includes fancy stints at restaurants ranging from Joey D.’s to Ciboulette and Cafe Tu Tu Tango. He then worked for Delta doing menu design and corporate catering until getting laid off after 9/11.
Grimes started Ultimate Culinary Solutions in January 2002 and, a year later bought an old motorhome from a guy outside of Charlotte. He ” limped back to Atlanta,” had the mechanicals fixed up by Zeb Frady at Southland Motorhomes in Buford, and ripped out the avocado interior and shag carpet in front of his house prior to having a kitchen installed by Myron Hammontree at AmEquip in Dallas, Georgia.
Grimes and his Pickle are familiar figures at events such as the Grant Park Summer Shade Festival, the Inman Park Festival, and the Virginia Highland Summerfest. He is a huge fan of Ultimate frisbee and always caters the Atlanta Flying Disc Club End of Season Tournament. This year, he will participate in the Sweetwater 420 Festival, the Buckhead Spring Arts and Crafts Fair in Chastain Park, and make a first appearance at Corn-Dog-O-Rama.
A street vendor at heart, he will participate in many of the upcoming events sponsored by the Atlanta Street Food Coalition and, upon reading our recent piece about the King of Pops and his handcrafted popsicles, he wrote: “Maybe he can make me a pickle-flavored one. I hear they’re big in Texas.”
Postcard from Spring Break
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | April 8th, 2010 | Filed under Carts
This from our friend and supporter John Kessler, who snapped this picture of a doughnut truck in Rosemary Beach, Florida.
Where is our doughnut truck?
