October 20, 2008

Calexico named NYC's best street food vendor for '08

Cal-Mex street cart Calexico was named the best street food vendor in New York City’s 2008 Vendy awards, with the Treats Truck picking up the nod for best sweets.

The People’s Choice winner for the savory category was the Biryani Cart Midtown Lunch reports. (Sweets was stictly People’s Choice.)

See Serious Eats for full coverage and pictures of the Saturday cookoff.

Calexico, which is usually parked at the corner of Wooster and Prince Streets, has plans for its own brick-and-mortar restaurant. It plans to take over the old Schnack location near Red Hook Brooklyn. Calexico will be located at 122 Union St, map.

Image source: Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.

Earlier: Vendy Awards picks NYC’s four best dessert trucks
Best street-cart food finalists picked for Vendy Awards

October 20, 2008 7:23 AM in Cheap Stuff, Downtown, Foodology, Midtown, Out of Manhattan

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