The collective of street food vendors who used to operate as the Breed Street Food Fair were forced to close down in 2009, but several of the vendors are hoping to resume operations legally in Boyle Heights at a planned evening farmers' market. more ›

Sure, you drive through one of the ubiquitous fast food chains in Los Angeles, and emerge with a grease-stained bag of hand-held breakfast, perfect for the morning commute. But how can breakfast get truly served street-style in L.A.? Meet the Pancake Tacos from the Eggslut truck. more ›

Street food can put the taste of the globe in the palm of our hands, and a whole cultural landscape on our palates. The phenomenon has changed how we eat in very recent times here in Los Angeles, as we lead the pack in our thriving "new wave" of street eats in the form of food trucks, as well as continue to boast a vibrant street eats culture of a more traditional kind. more ›

At last weekend's epic four-day Taste of Beverly Hills event there seemed to be something indulgent around every corner. Some of the city's top chefs were manning tables set up in two large tents, offering up sample tastes of the best of their menus. more ›

It was a feast of global proportions at the Rose Bowl on Saturday for the LA Street Food Fest's Summer Tasting Event. Some intrepid eaters got there early with VIP admission and took a focused approach to hitting up each and every booth, truck, and stand on the lawn and in the courtyards. Others zeroed in on getting tastes from vendors they'd never tried before. A few took the "divide-and-conquer" tactic and sent people into different lines to bring back bounty to share, whether picnic-style on the field, at a table, or in the stands. more ›

Thousands of people descended upon the Rose Bowl Saturday, but not for sports. Actually, you might consider the new trend of eating street food a sport. Armed with a cell phone and Twitter, Angelenos for more than a year have been hunting down the latest tastes on food trucks that tweet their locations around the city. But this weekend, a mix of vendors -- from food trucks to street food inspired restaurants -- all gathered in one easy-to-find-place for the second incarnation of the Street Food Festival. more ›

Some of L.A. best street food comes indoors, takes a seat, and pours you a beer starting this Monday. It's part of a new series of pop-up events at Angeli Caffe, brought to you by restaurant owner and KCRW "Good Food" host Evan Kleiman and Street Gourmet LA blogger and adventurer Bill Esparza. more ›

Those who experienced the last street food festival know that tens of thousands of people all waiting in line with you can make for an exasperating experience. That's why the organizers of the festival changed things up for this Summer's tasting event at the Rose Bowl. Only 5,000 tickets are being sold, and, well, save for some VIP tickets, it's just about sold out, according to Shawna Dawson, who emphasizes that no tickets will be sold at the door. more ›

CNN's Budget Travel folks have come up with a list that puts the City of Angels in the Number 2 spot for having the best street food in the world. Citing both the old school vendors who roll their carts through MacArthur Park and the new wave of Twittering "gourmet" eats on wheels (they name Coolhaus [LAist Story] and The Grilled Cheese Truck [LAist Story]), the ranking puts L.A. behind #1 Portland, one of the other two U.S. Cities (kudos, Philly) on the list of 14 that includes Marrakech, Morocco; Vienna, Austria; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Bangkok, Thailand, among others. Maybe now L.A. will draw tourists and their appetites for our globally-recognized food scene! more ›

Last month at the Vendy Awards, the judges selected Nina Garcia, the Breed Street vendor of Nina's Food in East L.A. as the best in show among her esteemed peers. more ›

Sometimes, it starts with something as simple as a taco. In the case of local street food guru Bill Esparza, his gig as a guide to the subculturesque food realm of Baja, Mexico for Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods started with a taqueria where they've been making only chicken neck tacos for almost four decades. more ›

Complaints about food trucks over the past year have gotten to Councilmember Tom LaBonge, who represents a portion of Wilshire Boulevard where it has become a ground zero of sorts between brick and mortar businesses and the mobile eateries. "I appreciate the the value they can add to our culinary landscape," he said earlier this week during a public meeting, but he explained that something had to be done. On Friday he took the first step by submitting two food truck motions for the Los Angeles City Council to consider. more ›

Fresh from their February debut, the organizers behind the L.A. Street Food Fest are not waiting a year to bring Angelenos their next event. Today they announced the "Summer Tasting Event," scheduled for the evening of July 24th at the Rose Bowl, and say overcrowding and long lines should not be a problem this time around. more ›

By the time Ruby returns home sometime between midnight to 2 a.m., she's easily served well over 500 sandwiches throughout her day to hundreds of hungry Angelenos. Her home - just west of downtown L.A. - is an overnight shelter for many like her in need of a place to stay for the night. The following morning, she and others will be picked up and they'll repeat the cycle all over again: Roll out, feed and park. more ›

When you need a jump, you rely on a friendly stranger or maybe AAA. When you've got nearly 65,000 Twitter followers and a full service kitchen, you can tweet for help and offer food in return. That's exactly what Kogi BBQ did last night when they tweeted "Roja out of battery @UCLA any1 can jumpstart us 4 some tacos?" The truck is back on the road today. more ›

After the first L.A. Street Food Fest in February, many hoped the event would come back in the summer, rather than waiting a full year. That wish has come true. Last night organizers tweet-teased this little tid bit: "Our lips are sealed 'til next week, but take a guess on where our next July 24th event will be." more ›

LA Times technology writer Mark Milian today published a fascinating article on what could be the next big thing: using cell phones to pay for goods and how it could change things in the streets and beyond: more ›

The Silverlake Jubilee opened yesterday in the glare of bright sunshine and closed with cool breezes blowing in the twilight. Two stages on either end of the festival grounds played at a carefully adjusted volume so the music didn’t collide. The event was crowded enough that you often had to wind your way through, but it was not the inescapable crush of the Sunset Junction. In fact, it’s it was difficult not to compare the event to the much-maligned Junction. more ›

It was a street food enthusiast's ideal showdown on Saturday, as the 1st Annual L.A. Vendy Awards brought together six vendors who specialize in good eats for customers on their two feet. With a crowd of about 250 attendees who purchased admission for $45-60 (variables due to pre-sale discounts and at-the-door purchase) and five local food experts serving as judges, the event was a rousing success, and honored the many variations of street food Angelenos continue to embrace. more ›

To many, the marriage of bacon and hot dogs is one of the most glorious matings of pork (or beef) products known to food-kind. In celebration of the heavenly, artery-clogging match, every so often a Yelper organizes an event dedicated to the consumption of the bacon-wrapped hot dog, and there is one such event coming up on Saturday May 22. more ›

For the first time, the Vendy Awards are honoring Los Angeles' street food culture, and today they announced the 6 finalists who will be competing for the title of Best Street Food Chef in the city. more ›

The recent gourmet food truck trend started with Kogi BBQ over a year ago and has since exploded. From breakfast food to comfort food to crowded festivals, L.A. has gained notoriety for its fleet of curbside dining. But what happens when you ditch the curb and go double decker? Meet Worldfare, L.A.'s first bustaurant. more ›

Finally. There have been various food truck-related websites and iPhone apps introduced to us over the past few months, but none of them satisfied our taste for real-time data until now. truxmap is a Google Maps mashup pinpointing the locations and times of where trucks are right now, where they'll be later and where they have been. And yes, there's a mobile version. They do, however, have one small warning: "Our program is 99.9% effective, but to be completely sure of a marker's accuracy simply visit that truck's Twitter page." Time to eat! more ›

"It was the longest I have ever waited for food in my life. And I'd do it again in a flash." That's LA Weekly's Pulitizer Prize winning food critic Jonathan Gold on last week's first annual L.A. Street Food Fest. It's about your personality, he says. "In my experience, you are either a festival guy or you are not..." more ›

Pulitizer Prize winning food critic Jonathan Gold wasn't kidding last week when he said "Los Angeles is the best place in the world to eat at the moment." The L.A. Street Food Fest last Saturday, where Gold himself was seen standing in the lines, truly showed that sentiment, quickly finding its place as one of the city's top festivals. Yes, there were complaints--an estimated 10,000 or more were turned away and the lucky 10,000 who actually got in found extremely long lines--but that only means room for improvement and growth. (To see photos of the food, click here) more ›

What happens when you take one of the most creative chefs in town, put him in a food truck and add him to the line-up of the most buzz-worthy and anticipated food festival in town? You get some deep fried magic. more ›

Los Angeles' fascination with street food, from the real taco trucks to the recent gourmet Twittering food trucks (new word, Twiteatery?), will all be found in one spot come February 13th when the Los Angeles Street Food Fest makes its debut at LA Center Studios. more ›

Tons of people are plenty excited for the upcoming LA ♥'s Street Food Festival on February 13th. As the event approaches, organizer Shawna Dawson has put a call out on Twitter asking for designers: "Want to design the 1st LA Street Food Fest's logo? We're taking submissions now! Deadline Monday 12/21. Enter @ LALogoContest@gmail.com." There's no pay, but you'll definitely get some street cred (oh, and free food and drink for themselves and family/friends, compliments of the event organizers during the festival). more ›

t's about time, no? The Slice Truck is expected to hit the streets next week serving pizza to hungry crowds on the street, reports Eater LA. But no fancy chef or and catchy menu-item will be found here. It's a "bare bones" menu as Eater puts it. That means cheese and pepperoni slices, pop and chocolate and vanilla ice cream. They also have a promo going on where if you snap a photo, tweet it and follow up with an e-mail, you'll get a coupon for a free slice. more ›