Thank you to all those who attended today’s Economic Development Committee meeting to show your support for NOLA food trucks! For those of you who were unable to attend, here is a brief summary of the meeting. The next steps in this process are unclear at this juncture, but rest assured we will continue to [...]
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Event: Broad St. Food Truck Festival and NOLA Drive-In. Friday, Nov.16
The food truck fun just keeps on rolling! Or in this case Drive-in! From the Broad St. Food Truck Festival Event Page: FRIDAY, NOV 16th, 2012 5-10 pm 300 N Broad Street, New Orleans, LA 70119 That’s right, Food Trucks (10!) and a Drive-in movie in one event! The Broad Street Food Truck Festival & [...]
NOLA City Council Food Trucks Meeting – Recap
Big news! On Tuesday 10/08/12, Rachel Billow and Andrew LeGrand of the New Orleans Food Truck Coalition (NOFTC) met with NOLA City Council to discuss changing the City’s antiquated mobile vending laws. Councilmember Stacy Head acted as council “sponsor” for this discussion. This was a landmark moment - the first time the NOFTC and City Council have [...]
Big News: Two Events & City of NOLA
Please come to show your support for New Orleans Food Trucks at two public events: On Tuesday, October, 9, 2012 at 10:00 am, the New Orleans City Council Economic Development & Special Projects Committee will meet for a presentation with the New Orleans Food Truck Coalition regarding a proposal for changes in the mobile vending [...]
Weekly Food Truck Roundup on O.C. Haley!
The NOLA Food Truck roundup is now weekly event every Tuesday from 5:00 to 8:30 pm. The exact trucks vary from week to week but expect the likes of Rue Chow, Empanada Intifada, La Cocinita, and a surprise or three here and there. We will tweet out and post more information to our Facebook page [...]
NOLA’s Food Trucks on WWNO Radio!
Our wonderful friend and NOLA food expert/ambassador Poppy Tooker profiled the New Orleans and Baton Rouge Food Truck scenes on her WWNO and WKRF radio shows Louisiana Eats with guests who operate food trucks in both cities. Thanks Poppy! You can listen to a podcast of the show here. Well known food writer John T. [...]
NOLA Food Trucks in San Francisco
We are excited to report that Nola Food Trucks will be speaking at the La Cocina Food Entrepreneur Conference in San Francisco later this month. This conference brings together food entrepreneurs from all over the U.S., including mobile food vendors of all kinds, policy planners, economic development professionals, specialty food product creators, and food lovers [...]
GOOD Ideas for Nola and Food Trucks Event – July 12, 2012
Hey y’all. It’s GOOD IDEAS FOR NEW ORLEANS. We’ve partnered up with Neighborland, Good, the American Institute of Graphic Artists New Orleans Chapter and the New Orleans Food Truck Coalition to participate in this nifty event tomorrow, July, 12, 2012 in the evening. It’s a free event to get GOOD Ideas for New Orleans to [...]
Sign the Petition for Better Food Truck Regulations in New Orleans!
Want to see a more vibrant, thriving food truck scene in New Orleans? Now’s your opportunity. Sign the petition to change New Orleans’ current food truck laws HERE. We reported a few weeks ago that New Orleans food truck owners as well as community groups, restauranteurs, bar owners, property owners and other street food advocates [...]
NOLA Street Food Heating Up!
In case you missed it last month, the city has been all abuzz with the issues (and problems) around laws in New Orleans for mobile street food vendors. First there was a bit of a kerfuffle when a local truck set up near a local business on Magazine St., and someone complained to a City [...]