Re:Austin Gypsy Trailer Fest failure (Nancypalooza)

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:25:22 GMT

Mark, I'm sorry you had such a debacle and a hungry stomach to boot. It looks like such an awesome idea. Maybe they need to plan for extreme turnout, huh?

Austin Gypsy Trailer Fest failure (doggydaddy)

Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:46:49 GMT

This weekend, there was a very large festival showcasing a large variety of the various trailers scattered around the city of Austin. This was something that I was really looking forward to attending. In preparation, I made sure the batteries in the camera were charged and I did not eat anything as I wanted to save space for all the choices I wanted to try, and as I said, there were many.
Arriving there, I joined a large crowd of festival going food fans. It was here that I had my biggest disappointment of the day.
My camera card was not initializing and I realized that my intentions for a trip report were shot. I was unable to take photos of all the great food being sold and that I wanted to eat.
This is where the second problem occurred. This festival was so huge and too many people attended; there were lines of over 100 people for each trailer.
This was the problem, you would wait for over a half hour, get to the counter and wait at another window for another thirty minutes for your order to be ready.
It became a problem with some people. It became a problem for the vendors too as they were running out of some menu items. One or two booths closed outright by mid-day.
As I did not eat anything prior to the fest, I was very hungry and it became a problem for me. After waiting for about 40 minutes for my Vietnamese pork belly taco, I realized I under-ordered and would have to wait for about the same amount of time for any trailer. Sadly, the Korean taco at another truck went untested and untasted. Too bad.

I had to go across the river into downtown to get something to eat...
This is where I wish the camera was working as I stumbled into a doghouse art show. A lot of creativity went into them and I am sure that many here would like the doghouse designed as a hotdog in bun.

Hit the following link to see all the trailers that were represented and their stories.
There is a lot of good advice they share.

mark
http://www.trailerfooddiaries.com/Austin_Trailers.html

http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/275008/gypsy-picnic-highlights-local-trailer-eateries