Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The trucks will be located at Grady High's 10th Street Parking Lot on Tuesday, May 14th from 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm.
Don’t Miss Food Truck Tuesday at Grady High School. The trucks will be located at Grady High's 10th Street Parking Lot on Tuesday, May 14th from 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm. According to the most recent Grady Gram, the Grady High family is looking forward to a sampling of great food and desserts at this year's Food Truck event! You need to eat and the teachers need supplies - so it’s a win-win. All money raised at Food Truck Tuesday will fund supplies for Grady classroom teachers. Stay and enjoy the Grady cluster jazz bands at 7:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend the events! Can’t make it Tuesday, but would like to contribute? Teacher sponsorships are $50 — feel free to sponsor a teacher in part or in full. Please click here for more info: …
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Restaurant to be at 10th and Peachtree streets.
Yumbii, which sparked metro Atlanta's food truck craze, is going green with its latest concept: recycled shipping container restaurants. The company plans to open its first such eatery at 10th and Peachtree streets, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Yumbii told the Business Chronicle it sees the concept expanding across the city in small or odd-shaped lots. The idea melds well with the green movement mantra of reusing materials and making use of odd-shaped lots that otherwise might remain empty. It already has already taken root in international hotspots including Paris, London and New York. In Atlanta, Yumbii envisions seeing the idea as a “natural fit” for the Atlanta BeltLine, the Business Chronicle reported, because they're …
Friday, September 14, 2012
The Atlanta Arts Festival returns to Piedmont Park, but there's also plenty to see and eat from Ponce to Atlantic Station to West Midtown this weekend in Midtown Atlanta.
Summer may be done, but festival season in Midtown certainly isn’t. Music Midtown rocks Midtown a week from tonight, but fans of live music will have plenty opportunities this weekend to get their fill of. Not to mention the food, art, crafts and so much more at a quartet of local festivals. It begins Friday with the two-day Atlanta BBQ Festival at 20th Street and Fowler Street in Atlantic Station. The 4th Annual Atlanta BBQ Festival is a celebration of America’s biggest backyard pastime and will showcase the world of BBQ with its many flavors, styles and cooking techniques. Whether you enjoy Georgia chicken, Texas brisket, Memphis ribs or Carolina pulled pork, the Atlanta BBQ Festival has it all as more than 50 BBQ teams from across the …
Friday, August 24, 2012
Five trucks were issued citations Wednesday in Virginia Highland.
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Friday, August 24, 2012
Atlanta Police raided the food truck event in Virginia-Highland on Wednesday and issued citations for improper permits. Five trucks were cited, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Each truck must have a license for each specific address they operate from. “It is not a health or safety issue," event organizer Bettie Cagle told the AJC. "These guys are fully permitted and follow all of the health regulation codes. But when you are at an event and the police come and shut it down, there is a lot of speculation, which makes me nervous for the trucks.” Read more on the AJC food blog. Food trucks are just about an every day part of the eating scene in Midtown and along the westside of town. The Atlanta Food Truck Park & Market opened …
Monday, June 18, 2012
The street food trend has spawned a festival that will bring a bevvy of trucks to Midtown for this one-day event in July.
Midtown food truck fans have a lot of options. There's Street Food Thursdays at the corner of 12th and Peachtree streets. There’s the new Atlanta Food Truck Park & Market on the edge of West Midtown. In July, there will be another big treat for street food fans – the inaugural Atlanta Street Food Festival on July 14. The event, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., is being billed as “the only festival in the city dedicated solely to the mobile food trend.” “The hottest food trend in Atlanta is the street food movement and we wanted to celebrate the success of these entrepreneurs by showcasing their premier cuisine in one fun-filled day,” Alisha Nesbitt and Cheryl Hasting, Atlanta Street Food Festival founders, said in a news release about the event. …
Friday, February 10, 2012
Atlantic Station food truck vendors offering discounts to movie-goers and more news to use for this Friday, Feb. 10, 2012.
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Friday, February 10, 2012
Staff Reports The 12th annual Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (AJFF) kicked off its 22-day cinematic exploration of Jewish life, culture and history this past week as Atlanta’s largest film festival and the nation’s second-largest Jewish film festival continues through Feb. 22. See here for a complete listing of screenings. On Friday, several local food truck vendors, including Yumbii, Streatery, Rolling Reubens, and Honeysuckle Gelato, will be at Atlantic Station Friday offering food truck discounts to those who attend the screening of “The Apple Pushers” today. The film, which screens Friday at 12:15 p.m. at Regal Atlantic Station and along with it will feature guest speakers including CNN Medical Producer Caitlin Hagan, Georgia Organics …
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Street food vendors thank Kwanza Hall at weekly event in Midtown.
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Thursday, September 8, 2011
Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall sure was popular in Midtown on Thursday. At the weekly Street Food Thursdays event (which operated Sept. 8 from a new location at Peachtree and 12th streets), food truck vendors thanked the councilman with hugs and handshakes, exclaiming their graditude in person and on menu boards. This week, City Council approved legislation that simplifies food truck vending on private property. Hall wrote the ordinance to aid the street food movement that continues to gain strength intown. One vendor, Wow Food Truck, even created "The Kwanza Bowl" in honor of the councilman's work. "I got my own bowl," Hall said with a smile Thursday. "I feel special. I've never had my own dish."
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Plus, new street food event starts this week in Midtown.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The street food movement isn't slowing down. New food truck events are popping up each week in the city, including one that begins Wednesday in Midtown. Now almost any day of the week, you can enjoy mobile cuisine from the 20+ trucks that roam around Atlanta: There's Street Food Thursdays at the Woodruff Arts Center, Food Truck Fridays at Atlantic Station, Howell Mill Food Park on the Westside, as well as events in Inman Park, Buckhead and Virginia-Highland. An Atlanta councilman is working to encourage street food in the city. Monday night, Dist. 2 Councilman Kwanza Hall, who represents neighborhoods including Atlantic Station and West Midtown, introduced an ordinance that lifts some restrictions on food truck vending on private …
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Street food has moved onto 17th 1/2 Street.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Street food has become the coolest new kid on the block. Street Food Thursdays along Peachtree Street in Midtown has seen several weeks of success. Now, Atlantic Station has organized their own street food event, Food Truck Fridays. The event began last week with street food favorites including Yumbii, Yum Yum Cupcake, The Pickle and King of Pops. Food Truck Fridays will take place every Friday, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The trucks park along 17th 1/2 Street in Atlantic Station. People can enjoy live music and shady spots to eat their food. For more information, check out the Facebook page for Food Truck Fridays.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Top 5 things to be excited about this spring
Spring has arrived in Atlanta. That means lots of sunshine, blooming flowers, great temperatures and, above all, lots of great things to do all over the city. Here are the top five things we here at Midtown Patch are excited about this spring.
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