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Food Truck Caravan Rolls Into Downtown Scottsdale Starting This Saturday Night

When it comes to the food truck revolution, the city of Scottsdale has been slow to come to the cabal. See also: - Short Leash Hot Dogs to Open Permanent Location in Downtown Phoenix - Six Phoenix Food Trucks, Rated But thanks to the Edible Exchange, a caravan of food trucks will roll into downto ... More >>

Top Five Phoenix Food Stories of the Week

Every week, there's a cornucopia of Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you're like most people, you probably just don't have the time to get to all of it. So, here's a recap of some of the top stories from the week that you may have missed.

Hey Joe! Filipino Food Truck on Cooking Channel's New Street Food Show, Eat Street

Brian and Margita Webb have been espousing the virtues of Filipino street food via their food truck Hey Joe! since it hit the streets in 2011. Now it's time for their close-up. See also: - Six Phoenix Food Trucks, Rated - Hot Dogs & Pie: Mamma Toledo's to Open Space Inside New Short Leash Hot Dogs ... More >>

Local Food Trucks (and Lots of Alt Rock) at That Damn Show 2013 in Mesa on April 20

The season for food trucks is going to come to an end pretty soon here. Sad, but true. So before the sun drives us all inside for several months, why not indulge not only in some great outdoor dining from street-food vendors, but also in a day-long celebration of music. Loud rock music, for that mat ... More >>

Short Leash Hot Dogs to Open Permanent Location in Downtown Phoenix

Short Leash Hot Dogs, the venerated food truck featuring gourmet hot dogs wrapped in a warm naan "bun," soon will have a permanent dog house -- so to speak. See also: - Short Leash Hot Dogs' Recipe in Eat St. Cookbook Out This Week - Six Phoenix Food Trucks, Rated "We've been mulling it over for q ... More >>

Psst, Wanna Buy an (Epic) Food Truck?

On November 29, 2012, Epic Hot Dogs, a food truck serving weenies from all over the world (sorry), sputtered out after just over a year of being in the mobile-kitchen business. See also: - Six Phoenix Food Trucks, Rated - Hao Bao Food Truck Hitting the Brakes -- For Now But that doesn't mean the t ... More >>

Short Leash Hot Dogs' Recipe in Eat St. Cookbook Out This Week

Phoenix isn't the only place that has fans of Short Leash Hot Dogs, the truck that in large part gave rise to the flourishing food truck scene that the city has today. The North American food truck scene has gained so much momentum over the past few years that there's a TV show to share the best of ... More >>

Catch Local Food Trucks at the New Times Building This Friday

There's no shortage of places to grab a bite from a food truck these days. For many, especially those who work in downtown Phoenix, that next culinary adventure could be parked just outside your office door on any given day. If you find yourself near 12th Street and Jefferson, the Food Truck Meet ... More >>

Six Phoenix Food Trucks, Rated

Six Valley Food Trucks, Rated

The Phoenix food truck craze is over. Not that we still don't enjoy food trucks. Their offerings at lower commitment levels than those of their dine-in brethren make them the most accessible and cheapest culinary adventures in town. But gone is the hype of the new. With more than 30 food trucks cur ... More >>

Hao Bao Food Truck Hitting the Brakes -- For Now

Thirty-year-old Jake Lau, owner of Hao Bao, the mobile kitchen of Chinese soul food, says if there's one thing about food trucks, it's that there's a huge spectrum of unpredictability. See also: - Paradise Melts Food Truck Is Up and Running: Where to Find It - Hey Joe! Sets Up Food Truck Pop-Up Res ... More >>

Hey Joe! Sets Up Food Truck Pop-Up Restaurant in Central Phoenix

For a few set times during the week, Hey Joe! and other mobile kitchens won't be parking as much as they'll be popping up. See also: - Paradise Melts Food Truck Is Back With New Owners and a New Menu - Luncha Libre Partnering with Downtown Phoenix's Squash Blossom -- Happy Hour and Dinner Starting ... More >>

Paradise Melts is Back With New Owners and a New Menu

Tis' the season of the grilled sandwich -- or at least, it would seem. We've got L.A.'s famous grillin' mobile, a grilled cheese throwdown and now, yet another grilled sandwich truck. That's right, the Valley's original grilled sandwich food truck has chosen now as the time to make a return to the s ... More >>

Luncha Libre Partnering with Downtown Phoenix's Squash Blossom -- Happy Hour and Dinner Starting February 15

It's only been about a month since the short-lived pop-up venture inside Downtown Phoenix's Squashblossom fell apart due to a falling-out between Squash Blossom owner Brian Lester and the pair behind the P. Joseph Project, Jason Raducha and Patrick Boll. In January, Lester said he'd be looking for ... More >>

Liberty's Biscuits: Bringing Comfort Food to the Streets

One of the Valley's Southern-flavor mobiles recently gave up its wheels in favor of a brick-and-mortar home. But let's not forget about the other biscuit truck out there, one that's still hitting the Valley streets offering comfort food to the masses. Liberty's Biscuits owner Rachel Millard isn't ... More >>

Old Dixie's Food Truck Finds Brick-and-Mortar Home at Welcome Diner

Since it hit the road last fall Old Dixie's Southern Kitchen, the food truck of killer Southern eats courtesy of Michael Babcock and Jenn Robinson, has been leading the Valley in the Southern food trend already happening in other parts of the country. See also: - New Food Truck Alert: Hao Bao, Chin ... More >>

A New Weekly Food Truck Event: Washington Wednesdays at CO HOOTS

By now your food truck schedule should be getting pretty full, but make room for one more weekly locale to hit up. CO HOOTS has announced they'll be hosting a pair of food trucks every week in conjunction with their weekly midweek business advisement sessions. One of the newest Valley trucks has f ... More >>

Gilbert Food Truck Court to Re-Launch This Friday, Jan. 18

East Valley street food aficionados may have been missing their regular fix of late. If you made it out to last weekend's Street Eats Food Truck Festival you know what we're talking about. Well, Gilbert-ites, there's hope for you yet. The Gilbert Food Truck Court will re-launch this Friday - and t ... More >>

Top Five Phoenix Food Stories of the Week

Every week, there's a cornucopia of Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you're like most people, you probably just don't have the time to get to all of it. It's kind of like those burgers at Old Town Whiskey; it just won't all fit in your mouth ... or in this ca ... More >>

Street Eats Food Truck Festival, Day One: Shorter Lines, Better Organized Than Last Year, and We Share Our Favorite (and Not So Favorite) Tastes

Last year's first-ever Street Eats festival did not exactly endear itself to many of our readers -- and we weren't so happy either, for that matter. Among the problems: long lines, terrible traffic, confusion about payment methods and trucks running out of food. To be fair, this is a challenge that' ... More >>

The Return of CheddaTruck (Now with Burgers): Owner Says He's Back from Last Summer's Single Night of Success/Disaster

On June 30, 2012, Nick Watts' dream of owning his own food truck came true. And then, on the same day, it ended. See also: L.A.'s Grilled Cheese Truck Makes Phoenix Debut This Weekend Street Eats Food Truck Festival Is Set for January 12 and 13 at Salt River Fields The 34-year-old, who has worked ... More >>

New Food Truck Alert: Hao Bao, Chinese Soul Food

The rise in mobile comfort food -- mostly southern up to this point -- is taking a turn to the east, the Far East, with the debut of a new food truck scheduled to hit the streets of Old Town Scottsdale tonight. Hao Bao, a Chinese soul food truck, will be serving handmade dumplings and noodle soup ... More >>

L.A.'s Grilled Cheese Truck Makes Phoenix Debut This Weekend

It's a new year for food trucks in the Valley, and the mobile kitchen's scene newest (and cheesiest) entry comes straight from the City of Angels. See also: Street Eats Food Truck Festival Is Set for January 12 and 13 at Salt River Fields Fry Bread Food Truck Will Open Permanent Shop in West Valley ... More >>

Street Eats Food Truck Festival Is Set for January 12 and 13 at Salt River Fields

If you love local food trucks, Food Network, or Man v. Food on the Travel Channel, here's an event for you.

New Food Truck Alert: Liberty's Biscuits to Launch in Gilbert

While the food truck scene's been buzzing in Central and Downtown Phoenix for a while now, outlying areas have been severely lacking in mobile food options. Last month Glendale started to turn that tide with the debut of one of the city's hottest new eateries, Old Dixie's Southern Kitchen. Well, l ... More >>

Chow Bella's One-Stop Guide to Metro Phoenix Food Trucks: When and Where to Find Them

News flash: The Phoenix food truck scene has exploded over the last year. If you haven't been keeping up (or if you're living under some sort of giant, crushing rock) you might be missing out on some exciting new eats to hit the Valley streets. To be fair, food trucks do move...a lot, and it's easy ... More >>

Check Out the Food Truck Line-Up for Phoestivus

We love to buy local for Christmas. So naturally we were insanely giddy to hear the news that it's one stop shopping for us again this year at the third annual Phoestivus Open-Air Market on December 5th and 12th. In addition to over fifty local handicrafts and brickabrack vendors, there's a Phoenix ... More >>

Old Dixie's Southern Kitchen: Stellar Southern Eats on Four Wheels

When a new spot opens in town, we can't wait to check it out -- and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that have just opened, sampling a few item ... More >>

Food Trucks Now Serving Up Mobile Eats to Hungry ASU Students Every Wednesday

Let's face it: Higher education makes you hungry. (BRAIN FOOD!) And if you're a Tempe ASU student, chances are you're looking for some grub that's not only convenient and wallet-friendly, but damn tasty, too. See also: Best Food Truck 2012 - Hey Joe! Filipino Street Food Truck Ten Favorite Food Tru ... More >>

Hawaiian-Style Eats Coming Soon to a Food Truck Court Near You

Since we caught wind of that a Hawaiian food truck would be rolling in to town, you could say we've been excited. But that would be putting it lightly. Mobile ethnic cuisine from the land of paradise is the kind of thing food trucks were invented for and thanks to island local boy Jeff Chang, the ... More >>

Food Truck Mania is Back: And This Time, There's a Pork Battle

Nothing says "mania" more than a fleet of Valley food trucks in one area serving as many tasty snacks, bites, and treats as fast as folks can order them. And nothing says "battle" more than pork. Okay, not so much. But still, pork battle! See also: Ten Favorite Phoenix Food Trucks Both will come t ... More >>

Dos Equis is Coming to Phoenix -- And Teaming Up with One of Our Favorite Food Trucks to Offer Up Free Eats

See Also: 10 Corporate Food Trucks Totally Bogarting the Mobile Kitchen Scene, Man See Also: Nine Food Trucks We Wish Would Road Trip to Phoenix So it looks like Dos Equis has jumped on the food truck wagon and we know exactly what you're thinking --mobile beer? -- but there actually isn't going t ... More >>

Scottsdale Golf Club "Taking It to the Streets" With Its Own Food Truck; Valley Food Truck Scene Jumps Shark at Exact Same Time

See also: 10 Corporate Food Trucks Totally Bogarting the Mobile Kitchen Scene, Man In what may be the Valley food truck scene's shark-jump moment, a Scottsdale golf club has exited the fairway and merged onto Trend Route 101 with its own roving mobile kitchen. Introduced in February, the food truc ... More >>

Nine Food Trucks We Wish Would Road Trip to Phoenix

See also: 10 Corporate Food Trucks Totally Bogarting the Mobile Kitchen Scene, Man Don't get us wrong, we're damn proud of the Valley's mobile food scene. And it's not like Phoenix doesn't boast some nationally recognized trucks. Now-defunct Truckin' Good Food from Jeff Kraus made a list of Most In ... More >>

Jeff Kraus Explains What's Cool About Food Trucks, Waxes Nostalgic for S.O.S. and Names Four Over-Hyped Food Terms He Wishes Would Go Away

See also: Tastemaker #40: Jeff Kraus See also: A Sneak Peek at Jeff Kraus's New Crepe Bar Jeff Kraus Crepe Bar 7520 S. Rural Road, Tempe 480-247-8012 www.facebook.com/TruckinGoodFood This is part one of my interview with Jeff Kraus, chef-owner of the recently opened Crepe Bar and former owner of T ... More >>

Now Open: White Eyes Fresh Fry Bread Food Truck

It's been a few months since we first introduced you to White Eyes Fry Fresh Bread. And while some of you may be sick of food truck mania, Phoenix food trucks don't seem to be sick of you. See also: New Food Truck: White Eyes Fresh Fry Bread See also: Chow Bella's Food Truck Frenzy archives Since ... More >>

BuzznBeez Food Truck Partnership Breaks Up: Mrs. White's Grandson Back to Family Business, Bee Keeps Truck Buzzin'

See also: New Food Truck Alert: Buzznbeez Good Food After just a few months in the mobile kitchen biz, partners Beatrice "Bee" Bullock and Christian Buze, grandson of Elizabeth White of Mrs. White's Golden Rule Cafe, have severed their partnership. The couple's food truck, Buzznbeez Good Food Tru ... More >>

New Food Truck Alert: Sweet Jonez Rocking Cupcakes

Despite what you might have been hoping thinking, signs seem to show that the cupcake trend not only lives on -- it's still going strong. Earlier this month we introduced you to Sweet Jonez Rocking Cupcakes, the first cupcake food truck in the Valley. Yes, the fusion of two of the biggest food tre ... More >>

Korean Taco Food Truck Giant Has Gone Veg and Possibly Sworn Off Cooking

Kogi Korean BBQ, the Los Angeles based Korean taco food truck, was one of the first trucks to garner national attention and helped launch the food truck craze. It is often held up as an example of what food trucks are capable of being as a culinary movement. Their chief chef, Roy Choi, was recognize ... More >>

Point-Counterpoint: We Are So Over Food Trucks. (Or Are We?)

Just utter (or type) the words food and truck in close proximity, and some people freak out -- while others drool. It's the same among Chow Bella's staff, which is why when we decided to unveil our first "Point-Counterpoint" (with thanks/apologies to our sister blog in Houston, Eating Our Words) the ... More >>

Food Trucks Back for Wednesday Night Mania

For those looking to lay down a base before a night of mid-week imbibing Downtown, your car mobile kitchen is waiting. With the weather starting to warm up and riding on the success of last month's Food Truck Mania, the Phoenix Food Truck Coalition has decided to park their collective wheels at the ... More >>

Big Brain Update: Brian and Margita Webb

In preparation for this year's Big Brain awards, we're checking up with a few of last year's winners. Our Big Brains today: Brian and Margita Webb Hey Joe! has certainly been keeping busy since winning Phoenix New Times' Big Brain Award last year. With their "no roach, roach coach" turning out Fil ... More >>

Three Questions, Four Valley Food Trucks

Welcome to Chow Bella's Bites & Dishes, where Valley chefs and restaurateurs respond to a question New Times food critic Laura Hahnefeld has on her mind. Have a question you'd like to ask? E-mail laura.hahnefeld@newtimes.com. Miss a question? Go here. With the Valley's food truck phenomenon still in ... More >>

Ten Favorite Phoenix Food Trucks

​Since the first food truck festival rolled into Phoenix last October, it seems that nothing - not stupidly long lines, not inflated prices, not a complete and utter lack of organization, truly NOTHING - can stop the flood of food trucks and food truck festivals from saturating the Valley with mob ... More >>

Superstition Farm's Food Truck Round Up (Thankfully) Not Like Past Food Truck Festivals, But Will the Changes Work?

With the Valley's food truck phenomenon in full force, it's a shame two past celebrations -- last year's first annual Phoenix Food Truck Festival and January's Street Eats Food Truck Festival -- have have been less than, well, phenomenal, thanks to long lines, high prices, and mobile kitchens runnin ... More >>

Valley Food Trucks Roll Into North Phoenix and Scottsdale This Saturday

In 2011, when I wrote about the Valley's year in food trucks, Brad Moore, founder and president of the Phoenix Street Food Coalition and owner of the gourmet mobile hotdog eatery Short Leash Hotdogs (which he owns with wife Kat), told me the popularity of food trucks in Phoenix has made for good dis ... More >>

The Valley's Dining Scene Has Plenty to Love

Street Eats Food Truck Festival Offers Tasty Food, Long Lines, and a Few Lessons for Next Time

​Editor's Note, in the interest of full disclosure: While Chow Bella wasn't directly involved, Phoenix New Times was a sponsor of the Street Eats Food Truck festival. From $5 parking to $4 samples (what happened to the $2 vouchers we were promised?!) Saturday's Street Eats food truck fes ... More >>

And the Winners of the Street Eats Food Truck Festival Tickets Are....

​The results are in! We've got two pairs of tickets for Saturday's Street Eats Food Truck Festival and we're ready to give them away.   The winners are Jessica Crouse and Heather Anderson.   Find out all about Jessica and Heather's dream food trucks after the jump.

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