Food Truck Tuesdays

Buffalo, despite what all of you out-of-towners tend to believe, is awesome. Two weeks ago I finally went to Larkinville on a Tuesday evening for Food Truck Happy Hour, and as soon as I got there I immediately regretted not having been sooner.

I am an avid follower, both on Twitter and in real life, of Lloyd’s Taco Truck. I obsessively check twitter in hopes that a delicious chicken burrito is within a stone’s throw (let’s pretend that I didn’t follow Lloyd on twitter for 3 months before I had even tried it, creepily plotting my first bite). I’ve also seen Frank’s Gourmet Hotdog truck around Elmwood, and a couple other trucks in Allentown in the wee hours of the morning, but I was shocked when I got to Larkinville a couple weeks ago and saw just how many food trucks were there….food heaven.

Hello Larkinville!

Nestled in I-don’t-even-know-where, some oasis between Downtown and South Buffalo, the atmosphere in Larkinville is something you all need to check out. There are Adirondack chairs set out, a huge bar serving #buffalobeerzonly (Rusty Chain and Labatt Blue on tap doodz) and wine, a huge covered patio with couches and tables, and of course…food trucks.

Let me lay out some of the delicious options for you:

-Lloyd’s Taco Truck
-Franks Hot Dog (and by hot dog, I mean HOT DOG) Truck
-a Thai truck (complete with Thai iced tea whaddup)
-a Grilled Cheese truck
-a Mac and Cheese truck
-the Knight Slider truck (sliders…obviously)
-a Souvlaki truck
-a Beef-on-Weck truck
-the Black Market Food Truck (delicious food of all sorts of kinds…and they wear black gloves)
-a Coffee Truck (be still my beating heart)
-an Arepa Truck
-a truck that serves ALLIGATOR
-a Sandwich truck
-a Panini truck
-Amy’s place has a truck

…I could go on forever, and am definitely forgetting a ton of the options…but you get the picture, there’s a LOT of really good food.

Needless to say, I couldn’t stay away, so I dragged Yabish, Stephanie, and Steph (a new Buffalonian!!!!) down to Larkinville this week! After weighing our options (trust me, it’s hard), Steph (x2) and I opted for the Knight Slider truck. Tricia wasn’t hungry because she is a noob….her loss.

I got a slider with fried onions, chipotle sauce, and cheese and Truffle Fries…it was delicious. There were scallop and kimchi sliders, plain old cheeseburger sliders, goat-cheese sliders…you name it. #cheeseburgerheaven.

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A band serenaded us as we chowed down with Don and friends, and we went home full and hungry to our beds at 8:00…..grandma status……

GOOD NEWS per the friendly Lloyd employee: Food Truck Tuesdays is going on through late October so do yaselves a solid and get down there. Every Tuesday from 5-8 pm in Larkin Square (drive to Chef’s restaurant on Seneca street and keep going away from the arena)…I promise you it will be worth it.

#panoramapro

In other news, Yabish, Kaitlin, and myself are officially going “back to school” starting this weekend….well, not really back to school, but getting certified to teach English abroad. PLZ send prayers that our brains will still work after a year and a half of hibernation.

A weekend in (Sh)Ithaca

This weekend, we were presented with the rare opportunity to go out of town for free. Naturally we jumped on the offer and headed off to Ithaca with Don and Martha for a weekend of free drinks and debauchery. We (Frances) worked extra hard to take pictures to enhance this blog post…gettin’ back in the game! Romantic getaway hannnn.

Don and Martha went to Cornell for “Fredfest”, a conference to honor one of their (and Francine’s) old professors… A gathering of the world’s biggest nerds (and smartest people)! Classic Classics (Dept).

Friday evening we arrived at the lovely Holiday Inn of Ithaca, and quickly headed off to Madeline’s for (free) cocktails…thank you Cornell.

Cecelia met us there and when we had polished off our second round of drinks (and were almost left with the bill) we went over to MAXIE’S (Frances’ favorite restaurant) for some good ass southern food and drink. If you ever go, be sure to try the Fried Green Tomatoes.

Trish ponders the menu

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Too tired to go out (ups…postgrad problems), we went back to our room where we discovered that our remote AND PHONE didn’t work so we went down to the front desk and got a friendly employee to help us out…

thx dood

Saturday morning we woke up BRIGHT AND EARLY! and needed some serious exercise to (unsuccessfully) work off the food we ate on Friday, so we walked to the Ithaca Farmer’s Market and looked around. We eventually decided to get breakfast burritos-a great decision.

gimme that apron

fresh squeezed juice yes plz

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We slowly wandered back downtown and visited CC at work. Then we went up the hill to Cornell and met ERIC BLAIR (hi!) for coffee at our old stomping ground…Libe Cafe. The three of us went to look at the best view on campus (behind Uris Library, obviously) and YaBish took some great panorama shotz…

ups sry rookie panoramic taker (hey fam)

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After a brief nap (I wish), it was time for dinner. CC picked us up and we drove up to Agava for some margaritas, mojitos, and good food.

Agava

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Hey Trish

Determined to make the most of our night, we headed to Collegetown and proceeded to barhop until last call. Your friendly neighborhood bloggers may have had a bit much to drink, but it was worth it. 2turnt off of 2many $2 tequila shots (but actually TOO many smdh) (and free champagne) (what’s up ladiez nite).

Thatcher came too!

not amused

 

…not looking our best

We somehow made it home into our beds, and passed the F out. We woke up at 11 (and our room was so dark that we were shocked/bemused to find out that it wasn’t earlier) and pulled our hung-over selves out of bed because Sunday was the most exciting day of the year (minus a few other days)….THE BILLS SEASON OPENER! We bravely checked out of our hotel and went outside to face the day (after buying Advil from the hotel vending machine) (that was so clutch).

4 advil please

We made our way to the Ithaca Ale House, where we were joined by Caroline at the bar to watch the game. We (of course) made best friends with the bartender, who was also a Bills fan, and enjoyed an afternoon of food and (free) drinks. Shouts to Brian, who stole Tricia’s heart by making her a complimentary peach ciroc and red bull (be still my beating heart) to cure her nasty hangover. If you’re ever tryna holler at ya girl, that’s the way to do it (for future reference dudez). Of course the afternoon was ruined when the Bills, who were leading the Patriots for much of the game, lost…in typical Bills fashion…in the last two minutes of the game. O well…we’ll get em next time.

Gobillz

Hair of the Dog!!!!!!!

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DEJECTED, your friendly bloggers got in the car and headed to Seneca Falls for a cocktail party at Fred’s house. Our journey (of course, since we were in the car with Don and Martha) was not without detours. We stopped at Taughannock Falls to snap some quick pix of the Falls….

ya girls at the falls

Then found ourselves in Montezuma Nature Preserve to snap some more pix…. Why? No clue.

Finally, we made it to Fred’s house, where we chowed down on delicious food and tried not to look TOO out of place amongst a crowd of people, the majority of whom were at least 3 times our age. Mostly we just sat in a corner and ate cheese and took pictures of the fish.

pimp my ride

MTV Cribs

Finding Nemo

We left at 9 and are back in beautiful Buffalo and exxxxhausted. Time to OD on expired Benadryl and sleep for the next 16 hours!

We leave you with this video. How many famous rappers can YOU spot? (No that’s not Rick Ross)