Snowballs in the Heat
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | July 7th, 2010 | Filed under Carts
Kenneth Woodfin’s bright green trailer does brisk business in the warmer months at the corner of Ponce de Leon and Moreland Avenues.
A large percentage of his clientele comes from New Orleans and flocks faithfully in the afternoon and early evening in the parking lot of the Exxon gas station to enjoy a true taste of Crescent City. Yesterday, we enjoyed talking to a young father, his cute daughter, and his parents, who were visiting from Louisiana; we decided to try the kid’s favorite flavor (yummy strawberry) rather than the more exotic ones.
Unlike a snow cone, which consists of hard pellets sloshed with fruit syrup, a snowball is deliciously light and powdery and permeated with flavor. A recent article in the New York Times compared the two, declaring that “a snoball (the preferred spelling) is to a snow cone as Warren Beatty is to Shirley MacLaine: closely related, but prettier, smoother and infinitely cooler,” warning that in New Orleans, “you can get killed if you call it a snow cone.”
The Orleagian Snowballs trailer (orleagiansnowballs.com) has been a precursor in the street food movement. It was recently featured in an article about street food written by Anna Swindle in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution.
We plan on trying a flavor a day! Banana, Blackberry, Bubble Gum, Cherry, Chocolate, Coconut, Coffee, Cotton Candy, Creamsicle, Grape, Hawaiian, Hurricane Katrina, Ice Cream, Lemon Lime, Mango, Nectar, Orange, Peach, Pina Colada, Pineapple, Pink Lemonade, Raspberry, Rootbeer, Sour Apple, Spearmint, Strawberry, Srtawberry Daiquiri, Tiger’s Blood, Watermelon, Wedding Cake, and combinations thereof!
Delicious Democracy
Posted by Christiane Lauterbach | March 24th, 2010 | Filed under Carts
Paper Kogi Truck
In an opinion piece in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, two of the founders of the Atlanta Street Food Coalition express their view on the lack of street food in our fair city and comment on the need to “inject vitality and playfulness” into our city’s street life.
Hayley Richardson and Greg Smith write: “The argument is elegant in its simplicity: Changing the rules to allow food trucks to operate here would activate the myriad “dead spaces” throughout Atlanta, generate revenue for our city’s dwindling coffers and provide just the type of small business opportunity that our new mayor is promoting. The supply is here: Many food truck operators are fired up and ready to go, just waiting for the green light from the health department.”
This is the second time in a few weeks (John Kessler wrote eloquently on the subject in his Sunday column) that we have been blessed by the media in our own backyard.
Vote with your feet, Atlanta, and attend the Food Truck Advocacy Day picnic March 26 at the Sweet Auburn Curb Market.
If you haven’t signed our petition, now would be a good time!
