Everybody’s working for the weekend

Perhaps a remnant of Temple’s commuter-school ties, many local food trucks pull the brakes on business Friday night, turning engines off until school resumes Monday. You may not have classes on Saturdays or Sundays, but one thing’s for sure: You still need to grab lunch somewhere. Here are some trucks you’ll want to visit on [...]

Expenses take a toll on lunch truck owners

Financial issues arise for truck owners, such as buying ingredients and ownership licenses.  The cost of running a lunch truck on Main Campus seems to be rising, as some trucks have recently increased food prices. Trucks such as Insomnia Cookies, which has raised the prices of its cookies from $1 to $1.25 and the 5 [...]

Vernalicious exceeds expectations

Columnist Caitlin Weigel cooks up a special Lunchies-edition treat from Vernalicious. I seem to have special radar for aesthetically appealing trucks. (And yes, for all the haters, trucks can be beautiful. They’re not all wheels and grime.) On any given day I can easily bypass the dozens of silver-sided food trucks around me, but should [...]

New Buszes on the block

Juno Park, owner of the Burger Busz and Cheese Busz, rolled up to Main Campus last year with his burger combos, and is opening a new truck dedicated to cheese. The Burger Busz One can trace the mouth-watering aroma of wood flame grilling to the corner of 13th and Norris streets, where The Burger Busz [...]

Got munchies?

A student-run burger-and-fries joint is receiving rave reviews in its first year of business. U got Munchies, a food truck located at 1321 Norris St., was created with a college student’s taste buds in mind, mainly because it was started by a few of them. Munchies Financial Manager Adam Zeserman, a senior accounting major, and [...]

Food for the soul to be served at Owl’s Nest

Owl’s Nest’s head chef Keith Taylor is bringing in more Southern comfort food, including brisket and macaroni and cheese, to the menu at the restaurant. History, tradition and late night pizza are being taken to new heights under Executive Chef Keith Taylor and his team at the Owl’s Nest, located at 2010 N. Broad St. [...]

People you should know

Most would assume being an assistant professor of medicine at the Temple Lung Center is a large responsibility. Wissam Chatila would have to agree, but that did not stop him from becoming manager of the year-old restaurant, Manakeesh Café Bakery, as well. The Lebanese restaurant located in West Philadelphia offers all the fine cuisine Lebanon [...]

Missed connections lead to mixed messages

Columnist Brandon Baker analyzes the sometimes-awkward situation of discovering the sexuality of the other person. It isn’t very often that I stumble upon someone in public that catches my eye, but I recently encountered quite the exception during my daily subway ride. I can only imagine how many GLBT people I walk past through the [...]

When abroad, opt for local cuisine

Columnist Kenny Thapoung examines Parisian fast food restaurants. You’re welcome, readers. I broke my anti-fast food diet just for you. Congrats for making me fatter. In a city like Paris, food isn’t called food. It’s legit cuisine–elegant, pristine and impeccable. Sometimes the plates resemble art masterpieces so much so that it looks too perfect to [...]

Trading out Trader Joe’s

Despite recipes built around Trader Joe’s offerings, all necessary ingredients can be found at the local grocery store, and the final results are still delicious. Pounds of spaghetti and puddles of olive oil covered the floor. The sink overflowed with dishes. Yet, despite the disaster zone that was the kitchen, we’d do it again. And [...]

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