Eat Street is coming to Edmonton!

Edmonton’s food truck scene is set to gain even more momentum now that popular Food Network show Eat Street is coming to our city!

Eat Street

Eat Street producer David Freeman sent us this message about the upcoming trip:

“They say an army marches on it’s stomach, well so does a city in my opinion and Edmonton is certainly marching forward with a growing appetite and Eat St. is happy to feed that need by highlighting the biggest and best food trucks around. As a new city to the Eat St. fold, Edmonton has shown us that it’s not who is first to the party, or who has the most trucks per capita, but the quality of those trucks that rise to the surface.

Eat St. will be filming in Edmonton between August 7th and 9th, filming three fantastic trucks: Molly’s Eats, Drift and The Act. Come along to all and help celebrate a taste of your town.”

Here are the details:

  • Tuesday, August 7th: Molly’s Eats @ Sir Winston Churchill Square from 11:00am  – 1:00pm
  • Wednesday, August 8th: Drift @ 107th St. and Jasper Ave. from 11:30am  – 1:30pm
  • Thursday, August 9th: The Act @ Sir Winston Churchill Square from 11:30am -1:30pm

Stick those dates in your calendar now and get out and support Molly’s Eats, Drift, and The Act next week. We’re very excited to welcome Eat Street to Edmonton!

May 31, 2012 Truck Stop Menu

Eva Sweet

  • Liege Waffles

Molly’s Eats

  • Picada: “a little bit of everything”: Signature Fries & fried plantains topped with mixed braised & fried meats, including steak skirt, Irvings Farm Fresh Sausage, chicken, slow roasted pork (gluten-free)
  • Saladu Nebbe: black eyed pea salad w/cucumbers, green onions, jalapeno & herb oil dressing (vegetarian, gluten-free)
  • Harvest Fries: Signature Fries w/ fried asparagus  (vegetarian, gluten free)
  • Signature Fries: herb spiced russet & sweet potato fries combined (vegetarian, gluten-free)
  • White Chocolate Lemon Cookies: lemon cookie filled with white chocolate chunks

Smokehouse BBQ

  • Smoked BBQ Pulled Pork – with cajun coleslaw and chipotle raspberry barbecue sauce
  • Smoked Beef Brisket Sandwich
  • Bacon Bomb – with coleslaw, caramalized onions and barbecue sauce
  • Smoked Turkey Gumbo on Dirty Rice

The Act

  • Cajun Halibut Sandwich: with lemon dill slaw (limited gluten-free buns available)
  • Drama Queen Veggie Burger: with cheddar, avocado and pea shoots (vegetarian)
  • Baked mac n cheese: with jalapeños and bacon
  • The Act Salad: mixed greens, strawberries, grapes, toasted almonds, pea shoots with white balsamic honey vinaigrette (vegetarian, gluten-free)

Announcing: What the Truck?! at Churchill Square

With leaves starting to turn, and the days getting shorter, fall is just around the corner. In Edmonton, this means that the food truck season will also be coming to an end soon. But before that happens, we want to celebrate what a great year for food trucks it has been in this city. So please join us for our last food truck extravaganza of the year!

What: What the Truck?!, Edmonton’s food truck extravaganza
When: Saturday, September 8, 2012
Where: Sir Winston Churchill Square
Time: 5-9pm

When we first approached the City about these festivals in spring 2011, they offered us Churchill Square. But we didn’t think there were enough trucks (or people) to fill the space at that time. Things have changed in just over a year, and we are thrilled to announce that a dozen mobile kitchens will be a part of our event in September, including three brand new trucks:

Check back next Monday for the menu!

May 31, 2012 Truck Stop Line-up

The line-up of trucks at each Truck Stop in May will be different, so there will always be a new combination of dishes to try!

What: Truck Stop
Where: McIntyre Park, 8303 104 Street
When: May 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31, 2012
Time: 5-9 p.m.

On May 31, the participating vendors are as follows:

We’ll be posting menus up Tuesday, so check back then to see what you can look forward to this week!

August 3, 2012 What the Truck?! @ Victoria Promenade Menu

Join us on Friday, August 3 from 5pm to 9pm along the beautiful Victoria Promenade in Oliver! Here’s the lineup and menu (please note menus are subject to change):

Battista’s Calzones

  • Pesto Chicken Calzone – roasted chicken, basil pesto, tomato sauce, mozzarella
  • Proscuitto and Sage Calzone
  • Vegetariano Calzone – red and green peppers, purple onions, mushrooms, black olives, tomato sauce, mozzarella (vegetarian)

Carnival Cravings

  • Mini donuts – cinnamon sugar; caramel and chocolate sauces; danish icing; peanut butter and chocolate sauces with whipped cream
  • Pretzels – plain; butter and salt; garlic butter, soft garlic cheese and parmesan; stuffed with cheddar and coated with butter, sour cream, bacon bits and green onion
  • Fudge from Phil’s Fudge Factory
  • Cotton Candy
  • Ice Cream Novelties
  • Phil’s Fresh Squeezed Lemonade

Drift

  • Jerk Chicken Sandwich – grilled pineapple & lime slaw (served with fresh cut fries)
  • Braised Beef Sandwich – whisky/coffee BBQ sauce, crispy onions & pepperoncini’s (served with fresh cut fries)

Eva Sweet

  • Vanilla Liege waffles
  • Vanilla Liege waffle with whipped cream, fruit or sauce (toppings include fresh strawberries, fresh blueberries, peaches, whipping cream, maple syrup, chocolate and caramel)

Filistix

  • Pork Belly Adobo – served with rice and signature slaw
  • Fili Chili on a Bun – served with rice and signature slaw
  • Roasted Eggplant, Bell Pepper, and Chickpea Tagine – served with rice and signature slaw (vegetarian)

The Lingnan

  • Singapore Noodles
  • Famous Dry Spicy Chicken (aka Crack Chicken)
  • Sui Mai (pork dumplings)
  • Chicken For Lunch’s Korean Chicken
  • Spring rolls

Molly’s Eats

  • Mac Melt: bacon mac & cheese and slow roasted pork in a grilled cheese sandwich
  • Picada Colombiana: russet & sweet fries, crispy fried plantains topped with mixed roasted & smoked meats (gluten-free)
  • Southern Dirty Rice: ground beef, pork, liver & gizzard with rice in a Louisiana spice mix (gluten-free)
  • Cowboy Caviar: mixed bean salad with green apples in a garlic cilantro dressing (vegan, gluten-free)
  • Chocolate Sandwich Cookie: chocolate cookies filled with white chocolate ganache (gluten-free)

Nomad

  • Crack ‘n’ Cheese – house made mac featuring local cheese with pork cracklings
  • Beef and Dumplings – natural beef slow smoked until tender with hand-made Austrian style dumplings

Smokehouse BBQ

  • Burnt end sandwich with caramelized onions, smokehouse coleslaw and chipotle BBQ sauce
  • Bacon bomb with coleslaw, caramelized onions and raspberry chipotle BBQ sauce
  • Three smoked BBQ ribs with Cajun potato salad

The Act

  • Gourmet Beef Burger
  • Asian Fish Sandwich – sambal lemongrass marinated halibut with a sesame soy slaw
  • Veggie Burger – with cheddar, avocado and pea shoots (vegetarian)
  • Fries with jalapeño garlic mayo

We hope you’re as excited as we are! If you’re on Facebook, please join our event and share with your friends!