FOOD EVENT: Mobile Food Rodeo Over Two Days!

This edition of the Mobile Food Rodeo is two days, in two neighborhoods, and features over 60 food trucks! This Food Truck event is so big that one day and one neighborhood wasn't enough to handle it. The food truck festivities begin Saturday, May 3rd from 5-11pm in the International District, and they continue Sunday, May 4th from 11am-7pm in Fremont.

Both days will feature the Taco Libre Showdown. Twenty five Seattle taco trucks face off for your votes. The Showdown will also feature live mariachi, luchador wrestling by Lucha Libre Volcanica and live entertainment.

You can't have a big Food Truck event without some good drinks, right? Well this year's event will have a beer garden with margaritas and beer. Check out more information on the Mobile Food Rodeo at their official website. Below is a listing of all the Food Trucks for each day. Go out and get some good food!

Saturday's Food Truck Line-Up - International District
Anchorhead Coffee
Jemil's Big Easy
BeanFish
Hallava Falafel
Trophy Cupcakes
Papa Bois
Skillet
Crisp Creperie
Nosh
Maximus/Minimus
Soda Jerk
The Ultimate Melt
Chubbs Food Truck
Street Donuts
Thai-u-up
Outside The Box
Napkin Friends
Off the Rez Truck
Tokyo Dog
Falafel Salam
Pel Meni Dumpling Tzar
Ben & Jerry's
Evolution Revolution
Bumbu Truck
Six Strawberries Artisan Ice Pops
Barking Frog
Kona Ice

Sunday's Food Truck Line-Up - Fremont
Anchorhead Coffee
Jemil's Big Easy
BeanFish
Hallava Falafel
Papa Bois
Skillet
Crisp Creperie
Nosh
Maximus/Minimus
Soda Jerk
The Ultimate Melt
Chubbs Food Truck
Thai-u-up
Off the Rez Truck
Tokyo Dog
Falafel Salam
Pel Meni Dumpling Tzar
Ben & Jerry's
Kona Ice
How Pickle Got Out of A Jam
Charlie's Bun's N' Stuff
Waffle Wagon
Now Make Me A Sandwich Food Truck
My Sweet lil Cakes
Marination
Athena's Food Truck
Plum Food Truck
Contigo Modern Mexican
Poke to the Max
BoxNature Sushi
Lumpia World
Motofish Coffee
Fish Basket
Brown Bag Baguette
Caravan Crepes
Where Ya At Matt
My Chef Lynn
Barking Frog
Veraci Pizza
Ohana
Street Treats
Holy Cow
The Grilled Cheese Experience
Mad Dawg's Hot Dogs
Ezell's Famous Chicken
Snout & Co.

FOOD FESTIVAL: Seattle Street Food Festival

This Saturday, August 10th, Mobile Food Rodeo presents Seattle Street Food Festival and Night Market! Located on 11th Avenue at Cal Anderson Park, from 5:00pm to 11:00pm. The Street Food Festival features over 50 food vendors, including popular Seattle Food Trucks, Food Booths, and restaurants!

For more info on the Street Food Festival, check out their website.

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FOOD EVENT: Mobile Food Rodeo this Sunday!

The Mobile Food Rodeo is back! This Sunday, May 6th in Fremont from 12-7pm. Admission is free and this event will feature over 35 food trucks! Bring your appetite!

What: Mobile Food Rodeo
When: Sunday, May 6, 2012   12-7pm
Where: Fremont - 3501 Phinney Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98103
Info: Mobile Food Rodeo Website
Social Media: Facebook  Twitter

FOOD EVENT: Seattle Center Mobile Feast: Urban Hops & Harvest

Join the mobile food movement at the first-ever Seattle Center Mobile Feast: Urban Hops & Harvest on Saturday, Oct. 29, 11am – 6pm at Fisher Pavilion and the South Fountain Lawn. More than 20 food trucks will be at Seattle Center with a delicious array of cuisines including Mexican, Thai, Indian, Cuban, Greek, American, Caribbean and Fusion. Choose from BBQ, gourmet burgers, smoothies, vegetarian dishes, sandwiches, custom desserts, organic ice cream and more.

Enjoy a beer garden inside Fisher Pavilion, plus eclectic music mixes produced especially for this event. Indoor and outdoor seating will be available, admission is FREE and all ages are welcome – just bring cash and your appetite.

Click here to view the event map and guide.

Participating Food Trucks:

Where Ya At Matt
Big Food

Boyd’s Fuel Truck

Charlie’s Buns N’ Stuff

Dante’s Inferno Dogs

Barriga Llena Torto Mobil

Fusion on the Run

Raney Bros. BBQ

Kaosamai Noodle Truck

Street Treats

Curry Now

The Bistro Box

Athena’s Gyros

Damiana’s Blue Truck Special

Snout & Co.

Veraci Pizza

Big House BBQ

Pretzelwagen

BUNS

Saffron Street Vending

Parfait Organic Artisan Ice Cream

Skillet Street Food

Al's Gourmet Sausage
Taqueria Taco Gol

Net proceeds from the Mobile Feast will benefit Seattle Center Foundation, producer of The Next 50, celebrating in 2012 the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair.

FOOD EVENT: Mobile Chowdown VI

This Sunday is Mobile Chowdown VI! This time the food trucks are headed West, to West Seattle.

Date: Sunday, October 2, 2011

Time: 11 am – 5 pm

Entry Fee: Free!
Location: West Seattle Junction – California Ave between SW Oregon and SW Edmunds St. (Alaska St will still be open to through traffic)

Food Trucks: A Lunch in Hand, Andrae's Kitchen, Beloved Mexico, BigFood Mobile, BUNS, Charlies Buns N' Stuff, Dante's Inferno Dogs, El Camion, Fusion on the Run, I Want Curry Now, Kaosamai Thai, Lumpia World, Marination Mobile, Maximus Minimus, Molly Moon's Ice Cream, Pai's, Parfait Ice Cream, Pretzelwagen, Raney Brothers BBQ, Skillet, Snout and Company, Street Donuts, Street Treats, The Bistro Box, Veraci Pizza, Where Ya At Matt

More Info: Website, Twitter, Facebook

Bring your appetite and check out all the great Food Trucks!

FOOD EVENT: Mobile Food Rodeo

This Saturday, September 17th, is Seattle's premier mobile food truck festival, the Mobile Food Rodeo!   25 mobile food trucks from Seattle and Portland will be competing for the 1st Annual Wagon Wheel Awards. The Rodeo will be circling its wagons at Interbay, 1600 West Armory Way between Queen Anne and Magnolia.  Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn will be on hand to present the awards. The 1st Annual Mobile Food Rodeo will feature Seattle food trucks Maximus/Minimus, Skillet, Kaosamai Thai, and a lot more! Check out the full list of Seattle and Portland food trucks, and all the event's info at their website, Facebook, or follow them on Twitter.

The Mobile Food Rodeo is already planning two more Rodeos next year. One will be in Bellevue in the Spring, and the other in Seattle in late Summer. Round up your family and friends, and mosey on over to the Mobile Food Rodeo!

OPINION: Hey chain restaurants, stay off of my streets!! Leave Food Trucks Alone!

Some cities like Los Angeles, New York and Portland have rich food truck histories. Their food trucks are part of their food culture. In the past several years, the food truck craze has been spreading across the country. Seattle is a good example. The number of food trucks keeps multiplying each year. So much so, Seattle has been the host of several Mobile Chowdowns, which even featured food trucks from Portland. I'm a huge fan of food trucks and have attended a few of the Mobile Chowdowns.

Now some of the chain restaurants want to get in on the food truck action. Jack In The Box introduced its Jack's Munchie Mobile back in March in Southern California. Does Jack In The Box really need to get into the food truck business? Jack In The Box has over 900 brick-and-mortar restaurants in California alone! Do we really need a food truck like this showing up at food festivals, block parties and neighborhood blocks when you can find a Jack In The Box restaurant just about wherever you go?

Jack In The Box Munchie Mobile

Applebee's in Colorado rolled out its first food truck at its Colorado Burger contest. The Applebee's food truck is going to travel across Colorado. Yet again, do we really need an Applebee's food truck? Just like Jack In The Box, there are plenty of Applebee's restaurants throughout the country. In my opinion, any chain restaurant should stick to their brick-and-mortar restaurants. Chain restaurants and fast food chains make mass produced, processed, unoriginal food. Most of the food is bland and very unhealthy. It's bad enough that a lot of people drive to these places and eat this food, but now these chains are going to be driving through our neighborhoods trying to sell this slop to us? Most Americans are overweight as it is. Do we really need to make the access even easier to this fatty food? I think not.

Applebee's executive chef Shannon Johnson in front of Applebee's Colorado's new food truck.

Seattle has a lot of great food trucks: Maximus/Minimus, Marination Mobile, Skillet, Where Ya At Matt, El Camion, Pai's, Rancho Bravo Tacos, and many, many more! These food trucks offer fresh ingredients that are turned into amazing, original, and very tasty meals. Not to mention, they are all local businesses. Last month, the Seattle City Council approved a bill that allows food trucks to do business on the street. Previously food trucks were only allowed on private property. The bill also allows food carts to sell more kinds of food. This is all good news to food truck owners in Seattle. Hopefully this will spur on even more food trucks, just not already established fast food chains and other restaurants who have no business moving into town with their own food trucks.

Skillet

Maximus/Minimus

Marination Mobile