Beer, Food Truck Fest Coming Saturday To Yogi Berra Stadium Beer, Food Truck Fest Coming Saturday To Yogi Berra Stadium
Beer, Food Truck Fest Coming Saturday To Yogi Berra Stadium Food trucks, a wide selection of craft beers, family-friendly games and live music: it's all happening Saturday during the Summer Food Truck & Craft Beer Fest at Yogi Berra Stadium in Little Falls,  near the Montclair State University campus.    From noon to 7 p.m., there'll be more than two dozen food trucks and craft beer stands selling Jersey Girl, Leinenkugel and nearly a hundred other brands.  The Desert Highway Band, an Eagles tribute band, will perform during the event. Attendees are invited to bring chairs.  Ticket are $8 and can be purchased …
Mark Your Calendar: Here's When It Will Be Chocolate Time On Long Island Mark Your Calendar: Here's When It Will Be Chocolate Time On Long Island
Mark Your Calendar: Here's When It Will Be Chocolate Time On Long Island Chocolate triggers the release of endorphins and serotonin and makes people feel good. If that's your experience then head over to the I Love Chocolate Festival on Saturday, June 8 on the Suffolk County Community College campus. Here's where you'll find chocolate covered everything, from pretzels to bacon, strawberries, even crickets, brownies, cupcakes, cookies, pudding, truffles, and fudge. There's more. The festival will have food trucks for lunchtime and vendors will sell items including soaps, body butter, candles, and jewelry. Specialty foods with chocolate for sale that day will inc…
Hundreds Of Automobiles Coming To Long Island's Spring Classic Car Show At Tobay Beach Hundreds Of Automobiles Coming To Long Island's Spring Classic Car Show At Tobay Beach
Hundreds Of Automobiles Coming To Long Island's Spring Classic Car Show At Tobay Beach Unless you're an Oyster Bay resident or anchor your boat offshore, you probably don't go to the restricted access Tobay Beach too often. On Sunday, May 19, there will be hundreds of classic, muscle, antique and exotic cars against the backdrop of the beautiful barrier island for the Long Island's 2019 Spring Classic. The event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. is at Tobay Beach, Ocean Parkway in Wantagh. Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and the Town Board today announced the rescheduling from April 28 when it rained.  Spectators on the 19th will enter this premier car show free. What's…
These Fairfield County Food Trucks Rated Among Best In CT These Fairfield County Food Trucks Rated Among Best In CT
These Fairfield County Food Trucks Rated Among Best In CT Connecticut Magazine ranked a number of restaurants in the state based on the type of cuisine they serve as well as how they serve it. That’s right — the “panel of culinary experts” even included food trucks on its all-encompassing list. Here are the five Fairfield County trucks that made the cut: Eat Justice, Bethel: Eat Justice food truck, located at Holbrook Farm (45 Turkey Plain Road), is dedicated to “harnessing the power of everyday food choices” in an effort to evolve the ways people engage with the industry and with the planet. The truck serves up tasty breakfast sandwiches, tacos, …
Walter's Famous Hot Dogs Opens New Eatery In Westchester Walter's Famous Hot Dogs Opens New Eatery In Westchester
Walter's Famous Hot Dogs Opens New Eatery In Westchester Walter's Hot Dogs is celebrating the grand opening of its first sit-down restaurant in Westchester on Tuesday. White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach will join Walter's staff and family owners for a 2:30 p.m ceremony at 186 Mamaroneck Ave. Walter’s White Plains is the franchise's  first sit-down, fast-casual concept, bringing nostalgic pieces of its famous copper-roofed pagoda in Mamaroneck to downtown White Plains. Walter’s is a fourth-generation, family owned and operated, business that originated in 1919, and has recently expanded with two food trucks in 2015 and 2016, a location in Stamford, …
Popular Eatery With Northern Westchester Locations Rolls Out Food Truck Popular Eatery With Northern Westchester Locations Rolls Out Food Truck
Popular Eatery With Northern Westchester Locations Rolls Out Food Truck Salsa Fresca Mexican Grill, with locations in New York and Connecticut, has responded to overwhelming demand for its popular fresh dishes with a new food truck program. The program is designed to bring its fast casual concept on the road. The new Salsa Fresca food truck complements the restaurant chain’s recent announcement of a franchise initiative to create 100 new stores within five years. The popular chain already has stores in Bedford Hills, Carmel, Cross River and Danbury. Hungry patrons will be able to track where the food truck will appear next on Salsa Fresca's Facebook, Twitter (…
Paramus Mom Rolls Out 'Who Cut The Cheese Lady' Food Truck Paramus Mom Rolls Out 'Who Cut The Cheese Lady' Food Truck
Paramus Mom Rolls Out 'Who Cut The Cheese Lady' Food Truck A Paramus mom has left the corporate food industry to bring North Jersey the area's first-ever grilled cheese food truck. Brenda Picone earlier this month rolled out the "Who Cut The Cheese Lady" truck (brilliant, right?). She says it was all an accident. "I always had a passion for cooking," said the Boston native, "but never in a million years thought about a food truck." Picone had plans for retirement -- but those fell through. She needed a back-up. After doing some research, Picone discovered that grilled cheese food trucks existed -- but nowhere near P…
New Walter's Restaurant In White Plains Will Have More Of Fast-Casual Feel New Walter's Restaurant In White Plains Will Have More Of Fast-Casual Feel
New Walter's Restaurant In White Plains Will Have More Of Fast-Casual Feel Walter’s, a Mamaroneck mainstay that also expanded to Stamford, has experienced amazing growth in the recent years with the launch of its food trucks.  By April, Walter's plans to open its first indoor restaurant space at 186 Mamaroneck Ave. in White Plains with plenty of mustard-slathered hot dogs, and room to display generations of memorabilia and memories.  More details can be found by clicking here.  The new location will have more of a "fast-casual restaurant feel,” said Katharine Warrington Woodward.
Yonkers Chef Gets 'Sloppy' With New Food Truck Yonkers Chef Gets 'Sloppy' With New Food Truck
Yonkers Chef Gets 'Sloppy' With New Food Truck A messy house was the inspiration for a new food truck. Literally. For many years, Joe Defeis worked as a franchise regional manager at BurgerFi and was starting to feel restless.  The Yonkers resident mentioned the dream of owning a truck to his girlfriend. "At the moment our house was a bit of a mess and as a joke, she said,' Yeah, and you should name the truck sloppy joes.' "I looked at her and said, 'You know what? That’s actually a great idea." After testing out recipes for three months, he launched Sloppy Joe's Gourmet Grub in October 2017, mainly parking on Boston P…
Stamford Chef Fuses Food Truck Favorites Into Restaurant Menu Stamford Chef Fuses Food Truck Favorites Into Restaurant Menu
Stamford Chef Fuses Food Truck Favorites Into Restaurant Menu STAMFORD, Conn. --  Josh Lira always wanted to open a restaurant. But the best way to do that, he thought, was to first find a following with a food truck.  Which is why fans of his popular truck, Crazy Taco Mex, will be happy to hear Lira has opened an eatery on Atlantic Street in Stamford.  Crazy Taco-Mex Taqueria & Tequila, open since October 2017, features many of the food truck's favorites but is much more extensive, featuring entrees like fajitas, chimichangas, burrito bowls, salads, house specialties and a variety of appetizers.  "Our food is affordable and freshly cooked w…