Third Friday Food Truck Extravaganza

What a fun night!
Great music, Ass Pocket Whiskey was very entertaining. Good selection of food trucks.
And the beer and wine choices were excellent. Lots of space to spread out, play pool, dance, or have a conversation away from the music. Definitely taking friends back soon!

Worth checking out! Fifty seven degrees is a HUGE place, full of tables, wine and beer. Then, in the parking lot in the back, there are like 10 food trucks with a huge variety of food. It was really hard deciding what to eat! My only wish is that you could bring drinks outside or they had tables to eat outside during the summertime. It’s a fun night out, worth trying for yourself!

I went here the third Friday of April without knowing that every third Friday is food truck Friday. I loved many things about it! It was $ 2 to get in and you needed cash. There is an ATM very close to the entrance. As soon as I walked in I loved the place. It was a big area (used to be Pier 1 imports from what I heard). There was a big bar in the middle and there were many different type of areas to sit/​hang out. Some areas were tall tables with stools, other areas had couches and a table in the middle. Several areas had people who had ordered bottles of wine. There was an Irish live band that was very entertaining. At some point some people danced. The place looks like a big warehouse so even when it was packed it never felt that way. I loved that they had an area away from the bar where you could get either wine or beer (only a couple options available for happy hour) really quickly without having to wait at the bar! That’s where I got my cerveza. Outside in the parking lot there were at least 8 food trucks! You can’t bring drinks out there so you get your food and head back inside. It was great. Something for everyone. This is great place to go for happy hour with your friends but also a great place to meet new people. I plan to go back on the 17^th!

A new tradition has been added to our list!
Come equipped with a large appetite, decision making skills and some great food!
Newbies to the 3^rd Friday event, we were delighted to see the Food Truck options and had a hard time choosing, so we had a little of a lot and split it. Thelive music was really great and I was over-​the-​moon to also see Therapie Clothing Truck in attendance.
Word to the wise, skip the «cheaper» ($ 5/​glass) wine, unless you like rubbing alcohol in a glass.
Food Truck at Fifty Seven degrees is a recurring event on our calendars from now on!

Went to the June gathering here with a friend. I do love the food trucks these days. So much creativeness and to have so many options in one geo area just rocks. Always helps to go with friends because as you may know, the truck offerings are not necessarily cheap. To split and try things together is the way to do it.
We had the sliders at Hoangies. The dough was like you get in a Bao, and it was filled with pork and some veggies, not unlike a Bao, but different. Worth trying for sure.
Got the Lobster Roll at Two For The Road… it was just ok. We both felt the lobster didn’t taste fresh, and I thought it was more the consistency of crab. At $ 13, I was glad we split it.
But the BBQ at Slow Cal BBQ was da bomb! Always like to remind the readers that I’m a certified BBQ judge, so I’m particular about my Q. We shared the pulled pork plate and you get two sides with it. We opted for the cole slaw and the pesto mac salad. The pork was nice and smokey and I just loved their sauce… I’m a saucy girl and that has to rock for me and this one did. Met the owner Melvin and he came and brought us two more sauces he has, the mustard and the new Jerk It sauce. Ooh, that sounds kinda naughty… me likey! The sauces all were so tasty and he brought the sauces out on more pulled pork for us to try! Omg… we were like ticks about to burst! Then he brought out a taste of his peach cobbler… Zowie! Sooooo good. His sides were so delish too. The coleslaw had a sweet vinegar base and the pesto mac was also very tasty.
I will be back every month if I can. New trucks, new food, I’m there!

The owner, Russell, of 57 Degrees is ROCKIN” the art world! With nice wall and window space, and plenty of room to sip fine wine with your elbow out-​although I don’t believe that would be in the Encyclopedia of Etiquette, come to have fun, enjoy art, and meet artists live, talk art, buy art, Saturday June 18^th. From auto didactic to bugees, (made up that word) some very nice art has been collected. Don’t miss this event. I’ll be there fashionably late due to my other art show previously scheduled.

Fifty-​seven degrees is disappointing. I agree with other raters who complain about the parking. While not terrible, it is inconvenient. The poor acoustics in this large warehouse-​like room make conversation difficult. Further diminishing the acoustic quality is an overly loud and inappropriate selection of music. We ordered sangria which was flavorless and wine-​less.
Their biggest problem, however, is their poor quality of service. There seemed to be an array of special promotions, but the staff seemed unenthusiastic about describing them. They’re just not friendly. I wouldn’t want them working for me.
The food truck gathering was decent. The food we had, pirogues and tacos, were tasty. Also, the staff working the trucks were warm and friendly. Only complaint here is that there wasn’t any seating outside. You could bring your food inside, however.
Overall, the event didn’t meet my expectations. This place is not going to make it unless they improve their service quality. I don’t expect to return.

Wow, this went south quick and fast! So I guess 57 degrees’ way of improving the mobile gathering was to get rid of the five or so cocktail tables they provided and instead charge $ 50 for VIP parking for those spots. And if I’m going to pay admission albeit $ 2 I’d hope they at least put out some trashcans in the lot! As for the $ 5 admission to both the food truck gathering and wine bar, no thanks! The several bars up the street will get my patronage. I hope some other business steps up to host a similar event, because this thing is starting to go sour!

Just happened to be in San Diego when the monthly gathering of San Diego food trucks was happening. totally serendipitious, right?!
There was a $ 2 entrance fee but you got a $ 2 off drink voucher for Fifty Seven Degrees. Not too bad considering we didn’t have to track down any food trucks. they were right there!
I suggest getting there early. We missed out on the Devilicious food truck cause they ran out of food. Sad story! (But now a reason to go back to San Diego, right?!) I know there’s a shuttle but there’s also parking down the small streets from Fifty Seven Degrees that’s less than a 5 minute walk — more than worth it and a way to burn off those calories!
I think this gathering is a great idea — cut out the Twitter middleman and bring the trucks to the people! I hope I just happen to be in San Diego the next time they have their monthly food truck gathering!

They had another event last night. I thought this was perfect because sometimes it’s hard to get a few friends together during the work week to find one of these trucks. All of them together was great so we had options to choose from.
Kinda surprised with the $ 2 fee to get in. I don’t remember reading it anywhere. Also the parking was terrible. They only have a small parking lot so you will have to find street parking. My friend’s husband dropped us off in the front so he could find parking but he ended up parking pretty far. They gave a $ 2 off coupon for wine but I didn’t really want to drink alcohol. It cancels out the $ 2 fee.
The longest line was devilicious and that’s the one I wanted to try! I already knew what I wanted to order. The lobster grilled cheese was awesome! The dessert trucks were good too and the coffee truck was so yummy. It was very cold there so make sure you have a jacket if they have more events in the future!

Yay! Finally a mobile food gathering in SD!
The weather was absolutely abysmal, but I credit the trucks and the people who braved it out to be there. I was surprised as many people showed up as they did.
I am also surprised someone claims they waited 45 minutes for food… I was there for pretty much the whole event and never saw a really big line that seemed that long… except maybe for Devilicious? The food I ordered came out within minutes. The lines were not that bad at all, not compared to other events I have seen where you wait foreverrrrrrrr…
I do agree that parking was a nightmare… I was fortunate and ended up getting lucky and finding a spot. But I could tell it was really bad. To their credit, there was a person outside slightly directing people where to go (well, just directing people not to park in their parking lot, since all the trucks were there).
I think some trucks’ pricing is a bit wacky. I paid like $ 7 for a small plate of fries with stuff on them. (I’m being vague on purpose). I mean, really? $ 7 for a plate of fries off a truck? I thought it was going to be a huge plate but it was not. It bugs me when trucks price their stuff really high.
Also, I know one of the trucks purposely made their food kind of «snack» size (with appropriate pricing) because they felt like people would want to sample more than 1 truck so they didn’t want to serve giant portions. I thought that was nice of them. But I guess if you were expecting a full size burger for $ 2.50 instead of the slider you received, you would be disappointed.
57 Degrees says they are going to make this a monthly event. I look forward to going back!

F.Y.I: The term «Rain or Shine»…ummmmm does not apply in this case. The trucks were there even though it was raining and the wind was blowing people’s umbrellas inside out (hahahaha). But it was definitely not worth trying to find parking for 15 min and then having to wait another 45 min to get 2 slider burgers.
I mean don’t get me wrong… Street Eats’ slow roasted pork sandwich on a Hawaiian roll for $ 2.50 was definitely mmmmmmm-​good (Good things definitely come in small packages). But lets be real… the truck losing people’s food tickets, stomach’s growling, and waiting for a little burger that took me less than 1min to eat… hmmmmm questionable! Honestly the best part of this whole event was buying a white velvet cupcake with purple butter cream frosting and sprinkles called «PURPLE PARTY GIRL» from Sweet Eats for my friend… hopefully he had a party in his mouth that lasted more than 10 secs :)
Overall, it was a great idea and definitely something to build on. Hopefully this event will expand and more trucks will participate… and the weather conditions should be better (come on. its SD!). Until next time Unilocalers…

Rain or shine, what about windy and cold too!!! Man, so I convinced my two friends to come and check out the Mobile Food Gathering and the weather was not friendly for event. I’m glad that it still went on because I was second guessing whether I should hit up this scene or not!
Deborah’s Chop Suey had a great menu until later when they ran out of their food and was left with Beet salad, I like booty shaking beats, but not beets.
My friends and I decided to order from Eats from the Streets. I ordered Braised brandt beef with carmel onions, BBQ sauce on a sesame bun. And also the Slow rstd pork shoulder with curried BBQ, napa slaw and Hawaiian brd. That brasied beef … juicy deliciousness! I loved the finishing touch of Hawaiian brd with the slow rst pork, the pork was great and had great flavor and texture, but that bread just ended it sweet for me! The girl who took our order was friendly and personable. The one problem I had… they need to get a tad bit organized, they lost both my order and my friends. And to top that off, 3 other people’s orders went missing as well. I was like… How do you lose an order slip in a mobile food truck, there’s so little space! This was one of the more popular trucks, really took a while for the food. Great food, but please work on the execution of the product. MAD PROPS to the chef and workers of Eats from Streets though.
We also decided to get dessert from Sweet Eats with all their assortment of cupcakes: Tiramisu, red velvet, German chocolate. Also had choc coveted pretzels and cookies. Suggestion: have ice cream, that would be awesome! So, while I was waiting for the food at Eats, they went to Sweet Treats and picked out my cupcake, I preferred white cupcakes because I’m not a fan of choc. cupcakes. So they decided to get me the Purple Partygirl Cupcake: l …I ate the cupcake… and I was happy as a Purple Partygirl… for 5 secs only!
Overall, the SD mobile food truck gathering was great start off to something huge in the future. The weather was not working well for this event, but people STILL came and got the food (whatever was a available). Eventually, L.A. food trucks will want some action and come down to San Diego, until next time Unilocalers!
SYU screams «What the truck!!! Shut the front door, the food was awesome!» pom pom

Rain or shine. I’ll be there. Fo sho!
Oh. Emm. Gee. You took a crapload of photos and what do you have to show for it? A fridge full of leftovers.
These are the food trucks that were there [some with individual reviews]:
1. Chop Soo-​ey
2. Devilicious [
3. Flippin Pizza
4. India on Wheels
5. Super Q [
6. Street Eats
7. Sweet Eats
The small parking lot behind Fifty Seven Degrees was crowded and at the busiest time, the aisle was clogged with quadruple-​parked cars because there was no one from Fifty Seven Degrees to help direct the flow of traffic or close the lot when it reached capacity.
I abandoned my car in the lot and carpooled with Wifey over to the Regal Beagle to join some friends who were already there [
and came back here later that evening.