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Taco Truck Tour: “Like Critical Mass, only with less aggression and more tacos!”
Veni. Vidi. We ate a ton of tacos. (I personally had six tacos plus a tostada de ceviche.) Man, what a ride! Thanks to all who came out! I don’t know what the total number was, but someone told me...
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Taco truck photo contest winners!
First prize in the taco truck photo contest goes to Aurelio Jose Barrera of East Los Angeles. Congrats Aurelio! He writes: “This was shot Halloween night 2009 on Whittier Blvd in front of Kmart in East...
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Taco Truck Tour #2: Foothill Blvd. Edition (Nov. 22, 2009)
After the success of October’s taco truck tour, it’s time for another! Taco Truck Tour Numéro Dos: When: Sunday, November 22, 2009 Meet: 12:30 pm, Lake Merritt BART station (9th and Oak St., Oakland)....
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Wrap-Up: Taco Truck Tour Numéro Dos: Foothill Blvd. Edition
Just like the first taco truck ride, everyone (a high of 45+ riders!) enjoyed a fun, fantastic, safe, ride through East Oakland! We had mainly new people, which is even more awesome! Still, despite...
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Tour de Taco: February 20, 2010 (Fruitvale BART)
So after my last Taco Truck Tour, the good peoples at Oaklandish and the East Bay Bicycle Coalition connected with me and wanted to put together a sort of “best-of” taco truck ride for those who didn’t...
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There’s more to street food than food trucks on Twitter
Firstly, I apologize for the lack of posting since the wildly successful Tour de Taco (muchas gracias, amigos!), but I have to call the San Francisco Bay Guardian out on this statement: “In fact,...
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Primo’s Parrilla: Interview with Javier Sandes, El Asador
Wait, Argentine food in the Bay Area? On a truck? I was curious. I hit up Javier Sandes, aka “El Asador” for the deets on Primo’s Parrilla. 1) What is Primo’s Parrilla? How did you come to start it?...
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Get Jerked: Interview with Amira Jackmon, co-founder
Although it doesn’t get as much play as its brethren across the Bay or down in LA, the East Bay does have quite a number of taco/food trucks: both new school and old school. In fact, my favorite...
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East Bay Express 2010: Best Bike Tour
Wow! I can’t believe it! The February 2010 Tour de Taco won the East Bay Express’ Best of the Bay 2010 award for: Best Bike Tour. (That said, I’m not sure how many bike tours there are in the East...
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Mi Grullense: Interview with Edgar Galindo, owner’s son
So after our aforementioned February ride, Edgar Galindo, the son of the owner of the Mi Grullense taco trucks on International Blvd. contacted me, asking why I hadn’t chosen his trucks for the ride....
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