Greg & Andi’s Curbside Coffee — a coffee truck on Charlotte Street — has closed at the end of a non-renewable 180-day permit. Photo by Ayana Dusenberry.
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River Arts District pizza food truck set to open April 4th
The food trucks keep rollin’ on, a new one set to open on April 4th according to the sign on the truck
Pho for your face
Phoyabelly Vietnamese food truck sets up a regular schedule starting next week.
Food news to go: Korean tacos and pho are on the horizon
A new food truck, El Kimchi (photo by Bill Rhodes), starts serving in downtown Asheville in the next few weeks. Another one, Phoyabelly, will start selling Vietnamese food early next year.
Coxe Avenue food truck lot nearing completion
Food truck owners prepare lot for customers.
Local Matters: Small Bites … with added fursuit action
Xpress food writer Mackensy Lunsford reports on A Taste of Asheville, coffee trucks, the growing use of matcha (green tea) in local foods, and the expansion of the Asheville Pizza Company to a third location.
Local Matters: A truck and bull story
Xpress food writer Mackensy Lunsford talks about a dining experience involving plenty of strange dishes—including bull penis—an upcoming visit to Asheville by famed chef Anthony Bourdain and the ongoing issues with local food trucks.
What the truck?
A month after food trucks were approved for downtown, many vendors can’t find a place to park.
Local Matters: County Commission, CTS, Women In Business and more food trucks
In this edition of the Mountain Xpress’ local news podcast: Jake Frankel on the most recent Buncombe County Commission meeting; Susan Andrew with the latest on the CTS cleanup; Tracy Rose on the Women In Business supplement and David Forbes on the Asheville City Council meeting about downtown food trucks.
Asheville City Council passes rules allowing food trucks downtown 5-2
Back for a second reading before Asheville City Council, new rules allowing food trucks downtown passed 5-2 this evening, Sept. 13. Passage of the new rules clears the way for up to 10 food trucks to begin operating in Asheville’s core district.
LIVE: Follow Asheville City Council’s Sept. 13 meeting at #avlgov
With the second vote on allowing food trucks in downtown Asheville, City Council members have a full agenda for today’s Sept. 13 meeting. For live dispatches from Senior News Reporter David Forbes, look here, or follow #davidforbes or #avlgov on Twitter.
Asheville City Council preview: Food trucks, round 2
After a lengthy public debate and close vote at the last formal Asheville City Council meeting, new rules allowing food trucks downtown narrowly passed. However, since a second vote is required when a development change that passes that closely, the rules are back for another reading at the Sept. 13 meeting.
Local Matters: Planning & Zoning appointments and a discussion about food trucks
In this edition of Local Matters — the Xpress weekly news podcast — reporter Jake Frankel talks about the recent appointees to the City of Asheville’s Planning & Zoning board, and reporters David Forbes and Mackensy Lunsford talk in depth about the ongoing downtown food truck controversy.
Twitter dispatches from the Aug. 23 City Council meeting
A roundup of Twitter dispatches from Xpress, from last night’s Asheville City Council meeting, focusing on the debate over allowing food trucks in downtown.
Food truck vote splits Council, second vote Sept. 13
Food trucks are in — almost. At their Aug. 23 meeting today, Asheville City Council members voted 4-3 to allow the mobile kitchens in the downtown business district. The split vote means that Council must take a second vote on Sept. 13 in order to enact the ruling.
LIVE: Coverage of Council meeting, P&Z interviews
Follow live Twitter coverage of Asheville City Council’s Aug. 23 meeting, including a vote on new rules allowing food trucks in downtown and the pre-meeting interviews of candidates for the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Asheville City Council preview: Food trucks for downtown
One issue looms large on the agenda for tonight’s Asheville City Council meeting: new rules that would allow food trucks to operate in downtown. The issue has proven controversial, with some downtown restaurant owners mounting a concerted effort against the new rules. Also: interviewing (and picking) new Planning and Zoning Commission members.
Downtown food-truck ordinance gets the go-ahead from Public Safety Committee
Relying on the nontraditional and colorful reporting of citizen-journalist Michael F. Muller, who spontaneously live-tweeted today’s deliberations, we bring you coverage of today’s Public Safety Committee meeting.
Local Matters: The Bele Chere hip-hop controversy, food trucks and Buncombe County Commission update
In this edition of Local Matters — the Xpress weekly news podcast — reporter David Forbes talks about the controversy over the Bele Chere committee’s reluctance to book hip-hop artist DJ Kool, and gives updates on the ongoing food truck ordinance battle. Reporter Christopher George also gives a rundown of the recent Buncombe County Commission meeting.
Contentious planning meeting sees tie vote on food trucks in downtown
After a contentious public hearing, Asheville’s Planning and Zoning Commission couldn’t come to an agreement about proposed rules allowing food trucks in downtown, splitting 3-3 last night. The new rules still go to City Council (after a stop at Council’s Public Safety Commission), probably on Aug. 23, but with a negative recommendation.
Food news to go: New food truck (and delicious sandwich) alert
Today, some Xpress staff tasted an assortment of offerings from the Lowdown food truck, a new mobile sandwich shop that sets up at the Broadway Citgo on weekdays and Swannanoa River Road on weekends.
Photo by Jonathan Welch