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Scottsdale Events: Street Eats Food Truck Festival

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- SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA EVENTS: STREET EATS FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL-

ITaking it to the streets Grayhawk Scottsdale AZ want to send a big thanks out to Aaron Studebaker, the Director of Sales and Marketing, for bringing the  Street Eats Food Truck Festival to the Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in the Scottsdale area.  It seems Aaron was visiting his brother in Los Angeles and they decided to do dinner at a traveling gourmet food-truck that was going to be in their neighborhood.  After waiting over two hours in line for a grilled cheese (that would be mac and cheese with pulled pork) – he was hooked!

We headed out to the Street Eats Food Truck Festival around noon on Saturday. Scottsdale was experiencing some unusually cold weather and I wasn’t anxious to go out too early.  As it turned out, it was a bright, clear day and a comfortable temperature for walking around and enjoying tScottsdale Event Street Eats 2013he sights.

It was one of the most well-organized events I have attended in a long time.  There was great signage from the freeway, parking was included in the ticket price and attendants to guide you into the closest spaces to the event.  Walking over to the field location was fun as we had a great view of all of the fabulous practice and training areas for the Diamondbacks.  They were having a baseball camp for teenagers and it was fun to see how well some of these youngsters play and how well they were doing in the batting cages.

Entry fee was $10 per person and you could buy tickets for food and drink from a number of different places at $2 per ticket. Once we got inside the Festival area, I immediately went to the tent where they were going to hold a cooking demonstration by Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian.  It was standing room only and Chef Zakarian put on a great show for the audience.  He made making risotto seem like a “snap” – a favorite dish of mine, but one that can be tricky to pull off correctly.

We then walked the full perimeter of the area to see what was being presented before we chose a place to eat.  We saw a couple of other fun , interesting sights as we strolled along.  The "Droid" was there and was a bigWhisky River Food Truck Phoenix AZ hit with the little ones. We saw two young ladies making balloon characters for the children. And, I was a bit taken aback when a “horse” tapped me on the shoulder and suggested we try some of the traditional Indian Food from his particular truck.  (Didn’t talk – just gestured with his “hooves...”)

One of my favorite trucks was “Taking it to the Streets”.  This was the group from the new Isabella’s Kitchen at the Grayhawk Golf Club.  I have been looking forward to visiting the restaurant as it has had great reviews.  They encouraged us to stop in on Wednesday night – they have Happy Hour between 5 and 8 PM and they said it was a good way to sample several different offerings.

Rocking Rays Eats Scottsdale AZI had two other favorite trucks.  The first was a large truck painted like a big bull from the Whiskey River Saloon in North Phoenix.  Second was the Rockin Ray’s.  A sleek metal trailer with retro chrome and steel tables and stools.  It’s pulled by a vintage pick up truck painted in the same gray metal color and totally “tricked out”.  The fact that they were serving San Francisco crab rolls might have biased my opinion a bit, as well.

For families, they had a great children’s play area – a 40 foot slide was fun for all ages and they had these large clear balls floating on water that kids could get into and propel along.  Just like a hamster!

And, I never go to one event that I don’t learn something new about Scottsdale area.  The open bandstand in the back was featuring different rock groups as entertainment.  The School of Rock nightclub on Mill AvenKid Fun at 2013 Food Truck Event Scottsdale AZue in Tempe sponsored the show.  The School of Rock opened in September of 2010 with the purpose of giving local artists (as well as national bands) the opportunity to perform for live audiences.  We caught the performance by “Soldiers of Virtue” consisting of three young men.  Well, we think they were all young men – one had a horse’s head, but……  we enjoyed the music!

They also had a few contests going on on the stage including a Hot Dog Eating Contest, a Pie Eating Contest, and a Twinkies Eating Contest (wonder where they got the Twinkies?)

All in all, it was a fabulous afternoon.  I would highly recommend the event for families as well as “foodies” or adventurous types who want to sample new and different kinds of food and drink.  We are looking forward to next year!

Originally posted on Live Better in Scottsdale

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Joyce Tawes is an Associate Broker with Realty ONE Group in Scottsdale, AZ. For more information on Scottsdale real estate and the surrounding areas, as well as the Flagstaff golf communities, please visit
www.ScottsdaleAgent.net.

 

Comments (11)

Adrian Willanger
206 909-7536 AdrianWillanger-broker.com - Seattle, WA
Profit from my two decades of experience

Joyce-sounds like a fun event. We're starting to see more food trucks as well in the Seattle area. They're a big hit at the wineries just east of Seattle.

Jan 19, 2013 03:56 AM
Joyce Tawes
Live Better in Scottsdale - Scottsdale, AZ
ABR, CRS, CLHMS, CNE

Adrian - I wasn't sure what it was going to be like, and I haven't had so much fun in a long time!  I would think they'd do very well at your fabulous wineries!

Jan 19, 2013 08:14 AM
Sharon Alters
Coldwell Banker Vanguard Realty - 904-673-2308 - Fleming Island, FL
Realtor - Homes for Sale Fleming Island FL

Joyce, Food Trucks are becoming a big hit here in Jacksonville, especially in the downtown areas, but they also visit office complexes during the week. They are always at special events, like ArtWalk in downtown the first Tuesday of the month.

Sharon

Jan 19, 2013 11:58 AM
Sharon Alters
Coldwell Banker Vanguard Realty - 904-673-2308 - Fleming Island, FL
Realtor - Homes for Sale Fleming Island FL

PS I have some Food Truck shots I am going to share as soon as I have time to upload them and write about them :)

Jan 19, 2013 11:59 AM
John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
ePRO, SRES, GRI, PMN

Fremont, Ca. does a Street Eats event every week during the spring thru fall months. It is sponsored by the Fremont Chamber of Commerce and held in the parking lot of a local high school. I have blogged about it.

 

Good food and good fun!

Jan 19, 2013 12:41 PM
Heather Tawes Nelson
Live Better in Arizona - Scottsdale, AZ
Associate Broker, ABR, CLHMS, CRS - Scottsdale, AZ

 Congrats on the Feature, Joyce! Sorry I missed the event!!

Jan 19, 2013 11:14 PM
Joyce Tawes
Live Better in Scottsdale - Scottsdale, AZ
ABR, CRS, CLHMS, CNE

It's great to know this is a trend across the country.  Sharon, love to see your blog when you get those pictures up and running.

Jan 19, 2013 11:39 PM
Joyce Tawes
Live Better in Scottsdale - Scottsdale, AZ
ABR, CRS, CLHMS, CNE

Hi John,

 

I'm from the Bay Area and know Fremont well.  The East Bay has really grown and in a positive manner.  Now I have something to add to my list of things to do when I visit our family in Orinda!  Thanks for sharing.

 

Jan 19, 2013 11:43 PM
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

I used to do this and not only fun, but lots of loyal customers too...I found some very good foods and treats from trucks

Jan 19, 2013 11:44 PM
Richard Arnold
Keller Williams Realty East Valley - Tempe, AZ
Realtor - Tempe, Chandler, Mesa, Gilbert, Phoenix

Darn - I missed it!  That was the weekend I was doing volunteer yard work at Tovrea Castle in Phoenix!

Salt River Fields has events almost every weekend.  I notice, because I eat at the Denny's nearby, and the parking at The Pavillions fills up.

Jan 20, 2013 03:57 AM
Joyce Tawes
Live Better in Scottsdale - Scottsdale, AZ
ABR, CRS, CLHMS, CNE

Dear Rich,

 

It was a great event.  I had read that the previous event like this was somewhat disorganized - I can tell you they really had it together for this event!  So much fun.  The Pavillion was totally full as well due to the classic car show they put on. It's always big and busier during the Barrett-Jackson.

 

Jan 20, 2013 09:04 AM