Street Food

A look into iconic street food during the COVID-19 pandemic

Dee Dee, a Northern Thai street food truck in Austin, TX, was not immune to the global pandemic – owners Lakana and Justin Trubiana were forced to temporarily close down for the first time since they started their business four years ago. But that time aw

Eden Gebre Egziabher is the owner and operator of Makina Cafe, New York’s only Ethiopian and Eritrean food truck. These days, due to the Coronavirus, Eden’s profits have dwindled and her job description has changed drastically.

New Orleans restaurant McHardy’s Chicken & Fixin’ isn’t letting social distancing stop them from serving their signature fried chicken, chicken wings, and other Southern classics.

Tami Treadwell, the owner and chef behind the first and only eco-friendly food truck in Harlem, NYC, is fighting to keep her business functioning during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Eden Gebre Egziabher owns and operates Makina Cafe, the first and only Eritrean and Ethiopian food truck in New York City.

Arnaldo Barcellos, known as The Sushi Man, is the most talked about sushi vendor in all of Rio de Janeiro.

Sisters Natalie and Samantha Mwedekeli took their love of tasty food and their Kenyan and Nigerian roots and turned it into Mama Rocks, one of the first street food vendors in the vibrant city of Nairobi.

Chef Tami Treadwell, known as “The Seafood Lady” to her customers, serves up soul food and Black excellence to Harlem residents with her food truck Harlem Seafood Soul.

The Empanada is a dish in which the fillings change from country to country and from city to city.

This second episode of The Encyclopedia of Latin American Food highlights how this fish soup, which is typically found in restaurants and on the streets of Ecuador, is capable of curing even the most brutal of hangovers.

Based in the neighborhood of Boyle Heights in Los Angeles, people come far and wide for the tacos at family-owned Carnitas El Momo, and its beloved owner, El Momo.