Food Truck Fest Preview: 4 Food Trucks to Munch On
Well, hot battered cod! Here is everything you need to know about this year’s Food Truck Festival, plus a preview of some of our favorite vendors.
The street food party will be held on Saturday, August 26th from noon to 7 PM.
20+ food trucks will converge downtown near Wetmore Plaza, dishing up weird quesadillas, creole food, Arnold Palmers, nacho beer cheese fries, noodles, and more exciting food combinations than you can shake a jalapeño lemonade at.
Admission is free.
Shrimp & grits from the Where Ya at Matt truck.
New this year, there are two VIP options that attendees can opt into.
VIP Tickets ($5) give 200 people “first dibs.” These VIP members get a wrist band that gives them an hour head start on the event. This could be a valuable option, as lines can get long fast.
Premium VIP Tickets ($30) give 400 people use of the “VIP Room” aka the air conditioned Village Theater, plus access to the outdoor balcony. The balcony will be set up with tables and chairs overlooking Wetmore Plaza. These VIP members also get free water all day and 10 tasting tickets, good for “small bites” at their food trucks of choice.
The VIP options are limited to a first come first serve basis, so be sure to get yours early.
The Everett Music Initiative is hosting a music stage in the intersection of California & Wetmore. EMI will also have a pop up beer garden with cold brews on tap. Bands TBD.
The Nosh fish burger. Wild Alaskan cod in beer batter, garlic thyme roasted tomatoes, sweet grilled onions, arugula, house-made tartar on a butter toasted potato roll.
Four vendors you should know.
Sausage stuffed porchetta, shishito pepper, apple slaw.
If you speak foodie you're feeling it already. These are some of the options that might be available at the Bread and Circuses truck. “Might” being the key word because their ingredients and recipes change aggressively with what’s in season.
Bread and Circuses values gastro pub food in all of its incarnations. I recently visited their restaurant and someone was processing an entire pig for human consumption.
Get there early and see what they have on tap come late August.
2. Nosh
Nosh has been voted best fish and chips by the Seattle Times, Seattle Magazine, and Zagat. Slabs of beer battered seafood is their thing, of course. But they also get into fried rabbit, meat loaf, and roasted bone marrow.
Options here for the adventurous diner. Or really any one who believes in cod.
3. Big Dogs
Here’s an award-winning business that serves up 100% 1/4 lb. beef dogs on steamed stadium rolls. Their haute brats come with all the trimmings: candied jalapeño relish, cream cheese, sauerkraut, bacon bits, etc.
Their truck has a green and blue Seahawks-themed exterior. Their website URL is uhungrybro.com. Oh yeah, they even sell Skittles because of that one 12th Man fan ritual.
If campy kitsch is part of the charm of street food vendors then Big Dogs are doing it right.
Well, found Mat.
Take your taste buds south of the Mason-Dixon line. Po’ boys, gumbo, jambalaya, and muffuletta. Matt serves Creole and southern comfort food. He hails from “Nola” and is no stranger to the finer points of a fish fry. Andouille sausage or shrimp & grits is good flavor, good for the guts.
Richard Porter is a musician and Live in Everett's content magician. He lives in North Everett and enjoys running on Marine View Drive, bicycling down tree-lined streets, and trying to coax vegetables out of his yard.
