Save the Food Trucks & Food Truck Tweet-up Join Forces at Long Beach Street Food Fest - Saturday, October 9

As you know Save the Food Trucks is joining forces with Food Truck Tweet-up on October 9, 2010 at the Long Beach Street Food Festival. There will be a table setup for anyone that is interested in more information on the challenges and successes of the Gourmet Food Truck phenomenon. The meet-up will also be a great place for Twitter and Facebook fans to meet their tweeps face-to-face.

During the event there will be guest Gourmet Food Truck owner/operators on hand to answer questions, take pictures and meet their loyal fans. Here is partial list of the Gourmet Food Truck owner/operators that will be stoping by the table.

• The Grilled Cheese Truck
• The Greasy Wiener
• Tropical Shave Ice 
• Knock Out Taco Truck
• Fresh Fries LA 
• Slice Truck
• Crepes Bonaparte
• Great Balls on Tires
• Manila Machine
• Don Chow Tacos
• Komodo Foods
• Nana Queen
• Ahn Joo

Kim and Jason from Saturday Night Foodies will be at the table as well along with some top bloggers in Souther California. Joining us will be Marian from Marian the Foodies and Chris from The Food Trucker.

They have also announced that special guest Matt Geller from the SoCal Mobile Food Vendors Association will be stopping by between 11:00 & 1:00. We recently met Matt looking forward to listen to be discuss all the things gourmet food trucks are doing. In addition you can learn about what the association does to help the community and the Gourmet Food Trucks.

Save The Food Trucks was launched to publicize the great things Gourmet Food Trucks do for the community, charities and redevelopment of downtown locations in cities across the country. Its also a place to call out the challenges that face food trucks from politicians, developers and private land owners. When you have a chance I strongly recommend you check out their site and see some of the letters people have submitted. There is a lot of good stuff going on.

Food Truck Tweet-up is simply a way for people with a love of Gourmet Food Trucks to get together and put a face to a tweet. The overall purpose is to help build a solid family oriented community of like minded Gourmet Food Trucks lovers. As you would expect we are big fans of Food Truck Tweet-up. It has been fun to meet people that enjoy the trucks as much as we do.

We are looking forward to seeing you Saturday!

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LAST CHANCE: Win Tickets to the LB Street Food Fest - Oct 9

The Long Beach Junior Chamber of Commerce Charitable Foundation is organizing the Long Beach Street Food Fest on October 9th.  With ticket proceeds benefiting the Adopt-A-Teacher program and Long Beach City College Student Scholarships.  The event will host  28 of your favorite gourmet food trucks (such as @slicetruck, @crepesbonaparte, @thegreasywiener, @thesweetstruck, @grlldcheesetruk, etc.) and have live entertainment.  There will also be a beer and wine garden. 

Click here for the complete list of food trucks

We have two more sets of tickets to giveaway!! 

Contest details:  

There are a three ways to win:

1. Tell us in the comment section which trucks you are most excited to visit (1 entry).

2. Follow @satnightfoodies and @LBstreetfood (1 entry for each follow).

3.  After you follow, simply RT this link (1 entry). We've made it easier for you tweeters, all you have to do is copy and paste the following into twitter:

            I entered to win tickets to the @LBStreetFood Festival in Long Beach Oct 9th via @SatNightFoodies http://bit.ly/lbstreetfood3 RT to enter!

That means you can get a total of four entries!! 

Contest ends Wednesday, October 6 at 11:59pm PT and the winners will be announced on October 7.  Two lucky winners will win a pair of tickets.  Good luck and happy tweeting!

NOTE: The winner will have to present valid ID at the gate to pick up the wristbands

Event details:

Saturday, October 9, 2010 - 10:30am - 5:00pm

Rainbow Lagoon Park in Long Beach

Click here for directions

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Win Tickets to the LB Street Food Fest - Oct 9

If you are a foodie or a gourmet food truck fan like we are, and live near Long Beach, CA, then you are in luck!  On Oct 9, the Long Beach Street Food Festival will host 28 of your favorite gourmet food trucks (such as @slicetruck, @crepesbonaparte, @thegreasywiener, @thesweetstruck, @grlldcheesetruk, etc.) and have live entertainment.  There will also be a beer and wine garden.  The event, held at Rainbow Lagoon Park, promises to be a fun day for all.

The Long Beach Junior Chamber of Commerce Charitable Foundation is organizing the event with ticket proceeds benefiting the Adopt-A-Teacher program and Long Beach City College Student Scholarships.   

Click here for the complete list of food trucks

So, you have some of the best gourmet food trucks, live entertainment, and libations, all for a worthy cause.  How can it get any better than that?  By getting in for free!  We are giving away tickets!

Contest details:  

There are a three ways to win:

1. Tell us in the comment section which trucks you are most excited to visit (1 entry).

2. Follow @satnightfoodies and @LBstreetfood (1 entry for each follow).

3.  After you follow, simply RT this link (1 entry). We've made it easier for you tweeters, all you have to do is copy and paste the following into twitter:

            I entered to win tickets to the @LBStreetFood Festival in Long Beach Oct 9th via @SatNightFoodies http://bit.ly/lbstreetfood2 RT to enter!

That means you can get a total of four entries!! 

Contest ends Thursday, September 23 at 11:59pm PT and the winners will be announced on September 24.  Each lucky winner will win a pair of tickets.  Good luck and happy tweeting!

NOTE: The winner will have to present valid ID at the gate to pick up the wristbands

Event details:

Saturday, October 9, 2010 - 10:30am - 5:00pm

Rainbow Lagoon Park in Long Beach

Click here for directions

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Long Beach Street Food Fest is “Truckin’ back to the LBC” - October 9

The gourmet food trucks are returning to Long Beach by popular demand! It was clear with the overwhelming success of Long Beach’s first street food festival in July, participants and attendees alike, wanted a second helping. On October 9th, LA and Orange County’s preeminent mobile eateries will once again roll in to scenic Rainbow Lagoon Park with doors up from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m serving their delectable fare.

The Long Beach Street Food Festival “Truckin’ back to the LBC” will feature more than 25 of Southern California’s favorite gourmet food trucks, a beer garden and rockin’ live entertainment! Many of these trucks attract rock star followings, thanks in part to the latest Food Network hit “The Great Food Truck Race”. The Nom Nom Truck, will make an appearance along with Crepes Bonaparte, and Nana Queens.

You may want to try a Banh Mi sandwich from the Nom Nom Truck, or a crisp and gooey grilled cheese “Smoky Melt” with gouda, bacon and tomatoes from the #1 Truck in LA, The Grilled Cheese Truck? How about an order of “Fish N’ Gapes”- Deep-fried Alaskan Cod tossed with Fresh Grape Salad from the Komodo Truck. Whether your palate leans toward a pizza slice or “Korean pub grub” from the Ahn-Joo Truck inspired by Chef/Owner of Debbie Lee, you will be tempted to try them all. But leave room for dessert because there will be famous Coolhaus ice cream sandwiches, Del’s Lemonade and Sweet’s Truck red velvet cupcakes.

Click here for a complete list of trucks.

Enjoy cool ocean breezes and listen to the music of local bands Blue Steel and Cynthia Manley while you experience the truly amazing cuisine.

Tickets are $6 per person in advance ($8 at the gate). For more information and to purchase tickets, visit LBStreetFoodFest.com. You may also follow the event on Facebook (Long Beach Street Foodfest) and Twitter (@LBStreetFood).

The Festival is organized by the Long Beach Junior Chamber of Commerce Charitable Foundation. Ticket proceeds from the event benefit the Adopt-A-Teacher program. This program provides funds to local teachers to pay for unreimbursed classroom supplies which the districts no longer provide.

The event in July was a huge hit.  You do not want to miss this!

Saturday, October 9, 2010 - 10:30am - 5:00pm

Rainbow Lagoon Park in Long Beach

Click here for directions

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Long Beach Street Food Festival 2010

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but this year there seem to be a ton of foodie events going on in Southern California. It is hard to keep up with them all!

This past weekend was the first ever Long Beach Street Food Festival. You may have read the article we wrote leading up to the event. The Long Beach Junior Chamber of Commerce Charitable Foundation brought together a bunch of gourmet food trucks, with ticket proceeds benefiting the Adopt-A-Teacher program and Long Beach City College Student Scholarships.

The event had an amazing turnout. Not surprising, I mean 20+ gourmet food trucks on a beautiful summer day at Rainbow Lagoon Park in Long Beach. Perfect weather, great music and spectacular food, how could it not be a success?

We were lucky enough to get in to the event early and hung out most of the day. We had a wonderful time and ate a lot of great food. We did not get to every truck but stay tuned to this blog for more in-depth coverage on some of our favorite food truck experiences.

We look forward to supporting this event in the future! Check out these photos from the event.

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