Tag Archives: street food

Street Food Monday Returns: Sri Lankan Priyani Ceylon Café Presents Hoppers

Bill Esparza and Evan Kleiman’s Street Food Mondays at Angeli Caffe are back with a vengeance. And next Monday, they’ll be presenting Priyani Ceylon Cafe’s string hoppers. This is a limited engagement, unfortunately because Priyani has actually shut down recently due to bad location and unfavorable lease terms. Never had Sri Lankan food? Wondering what [...]

LA Street Food Fest Summer Tasting Event: Saturday, July 24

There’s something huge and exciting going on next Saturday. Folks, “it’s” not back. Because whatever it was, is relocating and then arriving as an improved version of its former self. It’s the LA Street Food Fest’s Summer Tasting Event – to take place at The Rose Bowl on Saturday, July 24th. And now that the [...]

Save Nina’s Food: Sunday, June 20, 2010

I admit it. I made a huge mistake by missing the first ever L.A. Vendy Awards about a month ago, in May. And to this day, I suffer having never tried a variety of O.G. and N.S. (new school) street food vendors  at the site of one, well-organized event. Of course, the argument of who’s who, we’ll leave out [...]

Flock of Food Trucks: L.A. Street Food Fest

Tired of chasing the food truck of the moment all over town? Wish you could sample things from multiple trucks for a smorgasbord? Does your favorite food truck never come by your work, no more? Never fear, because a couple of native Angelenos (yes, they exist) have brought the entire Los Angeles food truck movement [...]

Cowboys & Turbans For Indian Street Food

Shrimp burrito I first stumbled across Cowboys & Turbans after a show at the El Rey. I was with my girlfriend and of course, we needed up to sop up the overpriced vodka tonics in our bellies with some grub. We ended up discovering the joint immediately next door, with lit-up signage labeling it simply, [...]