Meet Bittercreek BBQ, An Outstanding New Barbecue Truck in Shreveport-Bossier
Their excellent barbecue looks and tastes different from any that I’ve eaten in Shreveport-Bossier.
Bad Wolf BBQ to Make Shreveport-Bossier Debut on July 4
Andrew Caskey, the 29-year-old pitmaster behind Ruston’s immensely popular Bad Wolf BBQ, calls the style of slow-smoked, Instagram-friendly barbecue that he serves “craft barbecue.” Caskey will serve barbecue in Shreveport-Bossier for the first time during the East Bank Block Party with Wayne Toups on July 4 beginning at 4:30 p.m. …
In Case of Pizza Emergency, Call Sal’s Pizzeria
2019 is shaping up to be the year of quirky food trucks in Shreveport-Bossier. Hot on the heels of the debut of May the Cheese Be With You, a Star Wars-themed grilled cheese truck, Sal Marciano has introduced his insane pizza ambulance, Sal’s Emergency Pizza Services (Various locations, 318-762-2137). Marciano …
Meet May the Cheese Be With You, Shreveport-Bossier’s Star Wars-themed Food Truck
In 10 years of conducting interviews with food entrepreneurs in Shreveport-Bossier, I don’t think I’ve ever laughed as much as I did while discussing the new May the Cheese Be With You food truck with co-owner Debbie Williamson. Williamson and her friend and business partner Donna Higgins bought the grilled …
Louisiana Smoke House is an Outstanding Barbecue Truck
If you’ve seen the price of brisket lately, you know that operating a barbecue joint is an expensive proposition. As a result, it’s becoming more common to find genuinely great barbecue being served from a truck or trailer. In Jonesboro, there’s Bad Wolf BBQ. There are probably hundreds of barbecue …
Shakshuka, a North African Culinary Tradition, Comes to Shreveport Farmers’ Market
The Shreveport Farmers’ Market’s food court has always been an incubator space for local chefs and cooks looking to try new things. Eateries like Ki Mexico, El Cabo Verde, and Ono’s Traditional Hawaiian Cuisine got their start at the market in downtown Shreveport, and each year brings surprising new food vendors. …
Choego Shreveport is Tasty, Messy and Fun
There may not be any food on earth more difficult to eat while standing up in a parking lot than Korean barbecue, but Choego Shreveport – a new, Korean-inspired food truck – is a really fun, delicious way to ruin a perfectly good shirt. Choego means “awesome” in Korean, and …
Great Raft Ramble: Beer List and Giveaway
Photos for this post are by Casey Habich and were taken at the Inaugural Great Raft Ramble party in 2014. On Saturday, Oct. 21, Great Raft Brewing in Shreveport will host the Fourth Annual Great Raft Ramble (RSVP to the Facebook event or purchase tickets), a day-long party that functions …
The Muffuletta’s The Thing at Trailer Hash
The muffuletta is an unforgiving sandwich. Unlike, say, a cheeseburger, a bad muffuletta can be downright depressing in its badness. Even a bad cheeseburger is still a cheeseburger, but a bad muffuletta? With the opening of Trailer Hash, a new food truck based in Shreveport, there’s a new, genuinely outstanding …
Mucho Rico Brings Colombian Food to Shreveport
Shreveport-Bossier’s mobile food vendor scene, which brought local food lovers Hawaiian food and German food in 2016, has added another fantastic international eatery. Mucho Rico Colombian Food has been popping up these last few weeks in the parking lot of Summer Grove Baptist Church, serving traditional Colombian favorites like arepas, …
Where a Hot Dog’s Not Just a Hot Dog: Detroit-Style Coneys Come to Shreveport
Featured photo: A Detroit-style Coney from Top Dawg Hot Dawg. These hot dogs are decidedly more delicious than they are photogenic. Anthony Fodale’s Top Dawg Hot Dawg is a new hot dog cart serving Detroit-style Coneys around Shreveport. For those who may be asking “There’s a Detroit style of hot dog?” …
No Ramen in Shreveport? Say ‘Aloha’ to Saimin
Featured photo: A photo of a bowl of saimin soup, a popular Hawaiian noodle soup that is a lot like Japanese ramen. If I were asked to name one food item that’s popular across the U.S. but strangely unavailable in Shreveport-Bossier, I’d say “ramen.” The national ramen craze of the …
Mixed Plate: August 2016 Food Happenings in Shreveport-Bossier
Featured Photo: Artia’s Gourmet Tacos is the latest mobile food vendor to hit the streets of Shreveport. The folks at The Times and Louisiana Food Prize asked me to pass along the word that voting is currently underway in their Port Cities Dining Guide mobile app, which can be …
Rotary Club’s Food Truck Throwdown Will Crown “Best Food Truck in Shreveport” on September 10
Featured Photo: Food trucks line Commerce Street in downtown Shreveport during the Red River Food Truck Throwdown in 2015. The Rotary Club of Shreveport will host its second annual Red River Food Truck Throwdown, 12-3 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 in the Red River District in downtown Shreveport. Last year’s …
Say ‘Aloha’ to Ono’s Traditional Hawaiian Cuisine, A Food Truck Debuting June 4
Featured Photo: Sione Maumalanga (far right) and members of the Ono’s Traditional Hawaiian Cuisine team are preparing for the June 4 launch of their food truck at the Shreveport Farmers’ Market. It boggles the mind that there’s not a restaurant serving Hawaiian cuisine on every other corner in every major …
Moni’s Brats to Debut New Schnitzel Menu at Great Raft Brewing
Featured photo: Moni’s Brats, photographed in downtown Shreveport. Photo by Chris Jay/SBCTB. For me, the appeal of food trucks has always been the excitement of ordering something out-of-the-ordinary, exotic or unique that can’t be eaten anywhere else. In Shreveport-Bossier, Moni’s Brats – a mobile food vendor serving authentic German food …
Eddie’s Seafood and Soul Food Restaurant Introduces Mobile Eatery
Featured photo: It’s a family affair at Eddie’s Seafood and Soul Food. Mavice Hughes Thigpen (center) runs the historic Shreveport eatery along with several family members. Still riding a wave of good publicity after being named to Southern Living‘s list “The South’s Best Soul Food,” historic Shreveport eatery Eddie’s Seafood …
BeauxJax Mobile Cajun Eatery Opens Brick-and-Mortar Location on Cross Lake
Featured Photo: The Bourbon Street chicken po-boy from BeauxJax Mobile Cajun Eatery. Photo by Chris Jay. Some improvements are still being made to the eatery located at 5781 South Lakeshore Drive in Shreveport, but BeauxJax Mobile Cajun Eatery is effectively open for business at their brick-and-mortar restaurant. BeauxJax debuted locally …
Moni’s Brats: “Bringing German Food to Shreveport-Bossier”
Featured photo: A photo of the Moni’s Brats trailer, courtesy of Monica Rogers. Shreveport-Bossier’s mobile food vendor scene could be called a lot of things, but “predictable” is not one of them. Take, for example, the newest mobile food vendor to debut: Moni’s Brats, a food trailer serving bratwurst, currywurst, …
Grill of the Dead: Not Your Average Zombie-Themed Food Truck
The first time I heard about Grill of the Dead, I was heading downtown to meet my wife at the Spring 2014 edition of the Texas Avenue Makers Fair. She texted me: “I’ll meet you at the zombie food truck.” Silly autocorrect, I thought. Such an awesome thing cannot possibly …
