The scene: Long before food trucks became a hot thing, New York had street carts for food vendors. From such humble beginnings, with a single cart at 53rd Street and Sixth Avenue nearly three decades ...

New York sucks. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again and I’ll continue to say it after I inevitably move to Brooklyn because that’s what everyone seems to be doing these days. But I have to give ...

The gyro platter reigns as the world’s best street food. Since first being served from a New York City food cart more than 30 years ago, it’s become a staple in big cities around the country. In ...

When Pollo Campero opened on the Northwest Side 10 years ago, people waited in line for hours to taste the Guatemalan fried chicken. When Shake Shack opened last year in River North, lines stretched ...

The Halal Guys first came to the streets of New York City in 1990, when the three founders opened up a hot-dog cart in Midtown. They realized there was a demand from Muslim cab drivers looking for a ...

I find the allure of purchasing and eating street meat, be it hot dogs, tacos al pastor, döner kebabs or what have you, is diminished somewhat when doors, windows, walls and a ceiling are introduced ...

A fast-casual restaurant born in the streets of New York City has landed in the Triangle. The Halal Guys, which specializes in American halal food, opened a new location in Cary. This store is the ...

Those keeping up with the dining trends in Los Angeles no longer blink when they see ingredients such as labneh or za’atar on a restaurant menu that doesn’t happen to be Middle Eastern. The thick ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CORALVILLE — About 23 years after they first met in elementary school, they say it was just meant to be.