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The Wrong Sandwich at Lemonade

December 30th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

This is more like it.

Walking into Lemonade in Venice is at first quite frightening. This is because the place is set up sort of like a buffet/cafeteria and while that alone can be frightening to someone, the real frightening part is that the entire first section of the lineup is salads. And while these are more like your creative sweet potato or radish than lettuce and tomatoes, there is certainly a staggering amount of veggies. I quickly looked around to see if they had anything I could eat and found a nice menu that detailed some of the real food that Lemonade had to offer. Continue Reading»

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Abbot Kinney, Beef, lemonade, Los Angeles, meat, restaurants, Sandwiches, Venice

Borderline Okay at the Border Grill Truck

February 2nd, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Sweet design.

Finally, I feel like I’ve been to just about all of the food trucks in LA that I have any desire to visit. Yes, I know I haven’t been to all of them, but I think I’ve been to enough to justify paying a visit to the Border Grill Truck, despite the fact that the Border Grill is already a restaurant I have been to. I guess I just wanted to see how an upscale Mexican restaurant could translate into a truck. People seemed to be enjoying their food outside of the truck, so I went to see if I could partake in their enjoyment. Continue Reading»

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Abbot Kinney, Border Grill, Border Grill Truck, chorizo, food trucks, Los Angeles, meat, Mexican, Mobile, taquitos, Venice

Fighting for Frankies at India Jones

February 1st, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Hello Frankie.

I visited the India Jones truck at good old First Fridays evening on Abbot Kinney. The area was pretty packed, but I had been following India Jones on Twitter and was eager to try them out. When I got there, Mr. Jones himself was dealing with a horrible skater punk who had decided to steal a can of Pellegrino. It was an uncomfortable situation, because the skater guy was obviously a terrible person, and luckily someone stepped in and grabbed the can to return to Jones. One of his idiot friends decided to hit the truck with his skateboard and ran away, because he was like a child, and although Jones chased after him, it was to no avail, the buffoon had gotten away. After seeing this, my hunger for some food from this truck grew even more. Jones was willing to defend his truck and fight against dumb hooligans, so I was happy to support. And by support I mean order food. Continue Reading»

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Abbot Kinney, first fridays, food trucks, frankie, india jones, Indian, lamb, Los Angeles, meat, Venice

Getting Fried at Asian Soul Kitchen

January 29th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

It's a sooouuuul truck.

Combining Asian Food and Soul Food is kind of an interesting concept, and in doing so the Asian Soul Kitchen truck was born in LA. I decided to follow them on Twitter because their twitter name of “itsbentobaby” sounded pretty awesome to me. I found them on Abbot Kinney and took a look at their menu. Although some of their specific Asian foods like yakisoba looked good, I needed something with a lot more meat to it. To get that fix, I turned to their Lollipop Chicken. Continue Reading»

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Abbot Kinney, Asian, Asian Soul Kitchen, food trucks, fried chicken, itsbentobaby, Los Angeles, meat, Mobile, soul food, twitter, Venice

Dogs on a Truck from Dogtown Dogs

December 9th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

A prefectly unveganized hot dog.

No, this isn’t LA’s new mobile petshop, although that is a genius idea that someone should really get on. Instead, it is another one of LA’s constantly expanding collection of mobile food trucks. Dogtown Dogs specializes in hot dogs, which isn’t entirely creative considering the existence of Let’s Be Frank. Despite this, I tracked them down one night after hearing some pretty good things about their dogs. As with most mobile eateries, I ended up finding them parked near the Brig on Abbot Kinney. Continue Reading»

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Abbot Kinney, Bacon, dogtown dogs, egg, food trucks, Hot Dogs, Los Angeles, meat, Mobile, the brig, Venice

More First Fridays with the Flying Pig

November 12th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Who wouldn't eat from a bright pink truck?

For my second course on First Fridays in Abbot Kinney, I headed out to one of LA’s newest food trucks, the Flying Pig. When I first read about this Mexican-French fusion truck, I wasn’t too amazed by what I read. Fusing Mexican food with Asian is one thing, but to try to fuse it with French as well seemed like a strange niche that I didn’t need to explore. Lo and behold, my opinion changed when I saw the truck and the happy customers outside of it. Continue Reading»

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Abbot Kinney, duck, first fridays, flying pig, food trucks, french, meat, Mexican, Mobile, taco trucks, Venice

First Fridays with the South Philly Experience

November 11th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Seems like it would be hard to drive with that sign...

Sometimes, following LA’s food trucks on Twitter can be a difficult process. If you don’t have a Twitter account or a smartphone, then it gets even harder (seriously, not having Twitter or a smartphone is soooo 2008). Luckily for those who fight the future of technology, there is a little event on the first Friday of every month on Abbot Kinney in Venice creatively called First Fridays. These nights are the best opportunity to experience LA’s food truck culture.

One truck I’ve been trying to find for a while happened to be there. It’s called South Philly Experience (SPE) and dishes out Philly Cheese Steaks, plus a couple other random East Coast faves like Tastykakes. The menu was as basic as you’d expect from a food truck, offering a couple varieties of sandwiches, but I only wanted the original. I ordered as specified on the menu, “witout” onions and “wit” Cheez Wiz, as I’ve heard the Wiz is Philly’s top choice for cheese steaks. Continue Reading»

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Abbot Kinney, Cheez Wiz, first fridays, food trucks, Los Angeles, meat, Mobile, philly cheese steak, south philly experience, twitter, Venice

The First Melt at the Grilled Cheese Truck

October 27th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

So shiny and like-new

The highly anticipated Grilled Cheese Truck finally rolled into town tonight and due to my frightening obsession with cheese, I made sure to greet the truck. In the tradition of other great ks before it, the unveiling took place at The Brig on Abbot Kinney. I arrived 15 minutes before the scheduled 8:00 start time and was shocked to find the parking lot at The Brig empty except for the shiny orange truck. Apparently, I was to be the first in line! Continue Reading»

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Abbot Kinney, Bacon, Cheese, food trucks, grilled cheese truck, Los Angeles, Mobile, ribs, samples, the brig, Venice

Rants and Raves

Vegans Keep Killing Babies

September 19th, 2011

How could you kill a thing like this?

It’s happened before, and once again the vegans have used their love of vegetables to kill a baby. Last time, it was the French, but now the vegans have brought baby killing into America. Now, the baby-killing may have occurred in 2004, but just last week the killers were convicted of their heinous crime.

Going Global at Plan Check

Fries of the world.

A couple of weeks ago, The Backyard Bite invited me to The Burger Culture Clash, sponsored by Stussy (which apparently still exists) and Plan Check. Plan Check, by the way, is a sort of new (since February) restaurant in West LA with Chef Ernesto Uchimura of Umami Burger fame. As my love of burgers, especially those of the umami variety, I jumped at the opportunity.

Although I arrived alone, I was not the only lone eater. Just next to where I was seated, I met e*star LA and we decided to share a meal called loneliness, because it’s better than eating alone. We made quick friends over our respective blogs and Midwestern roots, then got to work at dissecting the special menu, which Plan Check will be featuring for the next month if anything tickles your fancy.

‘Abbot Kinney’

The Wrong Sandwich at Lemonade

Borderline Okay at the Border Grill Truck

Fighting for Frankies at India Jones

Getting Fried at Asian Soul Kitchen

Dogs on a Truck from Dogtown Dogs

More First Fridays with the Flying Pig

First Fridays with the South Philly Experience

The First Melt at the Grilled Cheese Truck

Rants and Raves

Vegans Keep Killing Babies

Going Global at Plan Check

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