City Street Grille

Simply put, it’s the best. I’ve had lots of good food and lots of bad food in my life and I’m not an «official» food critic, just someone who loves good food. City Street Grille is it. It’s not just «food truck food,» it’s the real deal. Quality and care in every bite. Whether you’re munching on rolled gold, having a private party with a custom menu or a charitable fundraiser — CSG does it up right, every time. I give it five stars because that’s what it is — a five star food truck.

A food truck that handles your food with care and creativity. Observing the chef fold a frisbee sized waffle in the back of the truck’s kitchen distracted my starving, wandering eyes. I ordered the «Rolled Gold» while enjoying the Chinese New Year festivities outside of the Arts Plaza on Friday. It was $ 11, somewhat steep, but worth it.
It was delivered in the fashion a gyro would be handed to you, wrapped in paper in the shape of a horn. The waffle was not patterned in squares as usual, but in break-​apart buttered circles, almost like a slide of bubble wrap. Snug in its comfy layers was a thin chicken fried chicken with a peppercorn gravy, a perfect amount of gravy. It was melt in your mouth and tender.
This is a quality food truck and I will try their other options when they come back to the Arts District or any other venue.

Dallas needs food trucks. City Street Grille is the very first mobile kitchen truck we have, which if you think about it is crazy. Austin has food trailers in every direction. Most big cities have food trucks prowling all over the place, hitting the high concentration areas of people throughout the day. You track them using Twitter or Facebook. The cat and mouse game can be satisfying in and of itself, but especially when the hunt results in some gastronomic gems.
City Street has been camping out during the 11 – 1 lunch hour at Eagle Honda’s parking lot on Lemmon Ave, so I finally tracked them down for a quick lunch.
Sooo… the food: here is where our lone ranger of the streets doesn’t quite hit its stride. The menu, a mixture of american and mexican foods, lacks a true identity. I tried their signature burrito. It had small pieces of decent steak, grilled onions, potatoes, eggs, and cheese… all drizzled with peppercorn gravy. The flavor was pretty good. The cost wasn’t: $ 7 for a burrito that would get its ass kicked in a size fight with Chipotle or Q Doba.
Also had a beef street taco. It was ok… nothing special. Not worthy of much praise especially with Fuel City and Torchy’s to compete with.
Apparently they also serve meat-​loaded baked potatoes.
If I don’t sound too excited it’s because I’m not… I lean toward more ethnic and varied cuisine. If I’m gonna track a moving kitchen I want to damn well have a pot of gold at the end of the trip, or at least a korean taco or some other worthy prize.
So more power to you City Street for being the first… now we need a few more food trucks to make it interesting.