Friday, May 18, 2012

The Goodie Box - Food truck

To end the food truck crawl on a sweet note, we had dessert at The Goodie Box.
It's a super cute truck.  And again, the truck is partnered up with a bar, and this round, the smart move here is partner up with another truck.  Any savory truck is perfect to match with a sweet truck.  Thumbs up!
Here's their menu, $3 a pop, no preservatives, all natural, no dairy, made with fruit juice.  I'm totally a sweet tooth, so the more natural sugar the better.
I picked the tangerine, it was very flavorful and definitely yummy to end the night.  It does taste very sweet as a good popsicle should be.  It has a good citrus taste, and had only wish that I had enough room for one more.

The Goodie Box
http://www.facebook.com/thegoodiebox

Here's a few tips for doing your own food truck crawl:
1, Map out your course, my friend, Julia had a list of food trucks that she wanted to try, and we did our research.  My suggestions would be to actually focus in an area.  There are alot of bars and trucks in the Washington Ave or Montrose area.  Pick them and map it out before heading out.  
2, Research before you head out the door.  Since most all of the trucks have a nice websites, but the most up-to-date info are located on their twitter.  Feel free to follow them to keep track of them.  It's also ok to ping them and ask them when and where their service will be.  They're more than happy to know that you're interested.  Of course, because of their popularity, they have catering gig, this will also save you some grief.
3, Carpool. For instance, it is difficult to find parking in around the Washington Ave area or Montrose area, so find a good and safe parking spot, and take the Jitney that runs up and down Washington Ave or park in the no-tow parking lot in Montrose and walk a bit.  Some may not be close enough to walk to but worth a shot.
4, Bring cash!  Even though alot of them now has Square on hand, that does take credit cards.  Cash is always king.  If you have cash on hand, it makes things move faster.  Watch that cash because you spend it faster than you know.
5, Start early on a weeknight, or better yet go on a Saturday because there's more trucks out and about to do business on the day while people are running errands.

Have fun!  It's such an adventure that you can your friends will have.

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