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The Lime Truck Restaurant Opens November 1

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Westwood News
By Damian Kelly
Oct 23, 2012 – 10:23:10 PM

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TLT Food undergoing its final touches. Photo courtesy of Facebook

WESTWOOD—Resident and visiting foodies will be delighted to hear that The Lime Truck will be opening a restaurant on Thursday, November 1 in the area.

The vendor, known for its popular tacos, nachos and carnitas fries will be opening TLT Food, a 105-seat restaurant at 1116 Westwood Blvd.  The Stand, which previously occupied the location, closed in late September.
According to the company’s website, TLT Food is described as “a fast-casual, chef driven dining destination to come spend amongst friends.”  The site claims much of the elements that were successful on the truck have been maintained for the restaurant while adding wine and beer to the menu.
Daniel Shemtob, Owner and Head Chef at TLT Food, claims his business uses organic and sustainably sourced ingredients to create the made from scratch dishes. 
Shemtob’s business, which has been in operation since June 2010, also has won awards as The Lime Truck was the 2011 winner of “The Great Food Truck Race.”  It was also voted best new restaurant in 2010 by OC Weekly.  In addition, the TLT has been rated 4.5 out of 5 stars by over 450 customers on Yelp.
The menu, which ranges in price from $4 to $13, can be viewed at www.tltfood.com/menu/.

New smartphone app for Food Truck chasers

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The app is available for download at: http://bit.ly/FoodTrucksApp
Product page: http://cyberwalkabout.com/search/label/Food%20Trucks

I have not personally used this app, so let me know if you like it. 

Food Trucks app connects food trucks and their fans all over America

Chicago, IL – CyberWalkAbout.com has announced the release of new updated Food Trucks app specifically developed for street food lovers. With a coverage of hundreds food trucks in dozens of US and Canadian cities the app is designed to make communication between food trucks and their fans much easier. 
People have been tweeting about local food trucks, books were written on the subjects, but now the food trucks have a chance to have their voice above the crowds and have their location known on the map.

Food Trucks application from CyberWalkAbout.com allows people follow their food trucks and if the owner chooses so, to see that truck on the map. The app made appearance in several American and Canadian cities, and now it covers hundreds of trucks.

Features of the Food Trucks app include:
– food trucks’ Twitter posts
– Food trucks’ map with their current location spots (when geo-location enabled by a truck)
– descriptions of the food
– sharing with friends
– tweets from other people about particular truck

The app made their appearance in more than 20 U.S. regions (Atlanta, GA; Baltimore, MD; Bay Area, CA; Boston, MA; Charleston, SC; Chicago, IL; Cleveland, OH; Dallas, TX; Houston, TX; Indianapolis, IN; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA; Louisville, KY; Miami, FL; Milwaukee, WI; Minneapolis, MN; New Orleans, LA; New York, NY; Orange County, CA; Phoenix, AZ; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; St. Louis, MO; Washington, DC etc.)
And now the Food Trucks app is starting covering Canadian cities as well:
  • Toronto, ON
  • Vancouver, BC
  • Calgary, AB
  • Edmonton, AB
  • Ottawa, ON
“The truck owners are eager to join the service because it is a free advertisement for them – all they have to do is turn on their geo-location when they tweet. Yes, it is absolutely free!” said Uki D. Lucas, founder of CyberWalkAbout.com

Device requirements:
* Android 1.6 and up
* 1.7  MB

If you are a truck owner and your tweets are not yet appearing in the Food Trucks App you should definitely join in by writing to info@CyberWalkAbout.com or feel out this submission form http://bit.ly/LyAkD9

About CyberWalkAbout, Inc.
CyberWalkAbout.com is a mobile strategy, design and development studio based in Chicago, specializing in state-of-the art user experience and design for Android, Mobile Windows and Apple iOS mobile devices. We are proud owners and creators of over dozen applications spanning multiple platforms as well as many white-label projects. We are working very closely with development community by organizing and sponsoring local GTUG (Google Technology User Group) and Chicago Android events. We are also authors of the “Roadmap for Mobile Business”, an ebook available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Aug 18: Sunset Strip 2012 Street Fest

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LIMITED TIME OFFER:
Click here for a VIP Deal from Living Social

. What is included in the Saturday, Aug. 18 street festival ticket price?
– The street festival will include two outdoor stages on The Sunset Strip between Doheny Drive and San Vicente Boulevard from 1-10 p.m. as well as performances in the music venues within the closure – Key Club, The Roxy Theatre and Whisky A Go-Go – throughout the day and into the night. More than 70 bands will perform!
–    The street fest will also include artist autograph tent,  food trucks,  beer garden, and interactive experiences.
-VIP street fest ticket holders have access to all of the above plus priority entrance to the festival, priority entrance into The Roxy, Key Club and Whisky, access to the rooftop VIP lounge, VIP lounge at On The Rox and Plush Lounge VIP area in the Key Club.
-Tickets are available for purchase via Ticketweb.com/SSMF. If you’d like to speak to a customer service representative or place an order by phone, please call TicketWeb US at 1-866-777-8932.

August 18, 2012 – The Sunset Strip shuts down to host the Sunset Strip Music Festival

3-DAY PASSES, VIP, & GA TICKETS ON SALE NOW! —> http://bit.ly/ssmf2012

Savings on OC’s best GFTS : @Seabirdstruck @Baconmania @TheLimeTruck @ShortstopBBQ

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Seabirds
$5 for $10 of local, organic vegan fare & drinks
Irvine, CA
 Seabirds
 •   OC’s original vegan food truck
 •   Must-try: Avocado Tacos, Jackfruit Tacos
 •   Gluten-free options galore
 •   Seen on The Ellen Degeneres Show & The Great Food Truck Race
 •   More sweet food truck deals below

More Offers

BACON MANia
The Lime Truck
Shortstop BBQ
711 N Placentia Ave, Fullerton, CA

Food Truck compete in 2012 OC Fair

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Costa Mesa, Calif. (July 13, 2012) – The culinary competition is hot at this year’s 2012 OC Fair (July 13 – August 12), which will put the talents of food truck chefs, home cooks and professional chefs to the test every Thursday in a series of OC Fair Chowdown competitions. Participants will compete for culinary glory as well as a prize.
This year’s OC Fair Chowdown lineup offers four exciting competitions, including:
• Food Truck Chef vs. Restaurant Chef – July 19, 3:30 p.m. (Exhibit Promenade)
The Burnt Truck, a regular at the OC Fair’s Food Truck Fare, will kick off this year’s Chowdown series and compete against renowned chef Pascal Olhats, whose French-inspired cuisine has become a staple at several of his OC restaurants.
• Food Truck vs. Food Truck – July 26, 7:30 p.m. (Food Truck Arena)
On July 26, two popular Food Truck Fares will race to the title in this year’s Food Truck vs. Food Truck Chowdown, featuring chefs from Fairgoer favorites Baconmania and Dogzilla Hot Dogs.
•Pro Chef vs. Home Cook – August 2 and August 9, 5 p.m. (Exhibit Promenade)
For the last two Thursdays of the Fair, The Lime Truck’s Jason Quinn, whose culinary success led to the opening of OC’s The Playground, will compete against OC home cooks James Boyd (August 2) and OC Weekly’s Dave Lieberman (August 9) in the OC Fair’s first-ever Pro Chef vs. Home Cook Chowdown. Both competitions begin at 5 p.m.
Food Truck Fare will also be returning to the OC Fair this year every Thursday from Noon-10 p.m. in the Livestock area. This year’s Food Truck Fare will feature the cuisine of Fairgoer favorites The Grilled Cheese Truck,, Chunk N Chip, Seabirds, Dogzilla, Baconmania, Grill Em All and more! Food Truck Fare is free with Fair admission and prices vary per truck.Food Truck Fare at the 2012 OC Fair will feature:
  • Food trucks are subject to change without notice.
The 2012 OC Fair, themed Home Sweet Home, is July 13 – August 12 and will bring 23 days of food, rides, exhibits, animals, music, action sports and fun, as well as the Super Pass, Toyota Summer Concert Series at the Pacific Amphitheatre, The Hangar and Action Sports Arena.
The Fair is open Wednesday-Sunday. Concert tickets, action sports reserved seats and single-day general admission are available for purchase online at ticketmaster.com or from the on-site Box Office.
The popular Super Pass, which offers the passholder 23 days of admission, is available for purchase from any onsite box office or ticket booth.
The OC Fair & Event Center is located off the 405 and 55 freeways at 88 Fair Drive in Costa Mesa. For more information, please visit ocfair.com, become a fan at Facebook.com/OCFair, follow us at twitter.com/ocfair or call (714) 708-1500. Also, download the the free OC Fair iPhone and Android apps. Get excited for the 2012 Fair! Watch our new commercial on YouTube.

Costco promotes GFTS from across the USA

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If you haven’t checked your mailbox, you’ll find Food Trucks gracing the cover of the latest issue of Costco Connection. The writer provides a description about the new mainstream way of eating, and about the various GFTS across the nation. Click here for the online version.

For the most part, the article was fairly generic, but accurate.

Kudos to LA GFT @Grilledcheesetruk, and OC GFTS @Brcelonaonthego and @OCBurgerMonster for being loyal Costco Members!