Beach Street Sandwiches

More Free Food Truck Advice

Your favorite pro-bono food truck consultant will be part of a panel at an upcoming Institute of Culinary Education alumni event: Careers on the Move: Food Trucks, Pop-Ups and More. All the lessons we learned - from starting a small business to press to scarecrow theft - in two hours, split with dessert truckers, which is really a different animal. Isn't it? Better get yourself to ICE next Wednesday to find out.

Potato Seafood Chowder, PEI

Sara and four other judges tasted 18 bowls of Potato Seafood Chowder to choose an entrant worthy of the main Chowder Championship at the PEI Shellfish Festival.

Oysters and Chefs and Kitchens in PEI

When we arrived in Charlottetown on Wednesday, we headed straight for the Claddagh Oyster House where we joked with Chef Paul Peters about Greg taking over his kitchen to practice for the competition. Of course we assumed that would be cheating. We were wrong!

International PEI Shellfish Chef Challenge

Look closely (to where that fish is swimming) and you will see many many small white dots. They're bouys, marking the location of ropes or tubing or nets on which mussels or oysters are growing. You're looking at a farm in a bay in Prince Edward Island. It's gorgeous here.

Best US Chef in Mussels Competition: Greg McCarty!

Yea! Your favorite Chef, Greg McCarty, just won best US Chef in a competition held in NYC at the International Restaurant Show. Know what that means? Besides what you already knew - that he is amazing, that everything he touches turns to deliciously edible gold? It means we're going to Prince Edward Island in September, sans truck, to the PEI Shellfish Festival.

The Truck Lives! Open for Business Tomorrow at the E Fair

...depending on what happens with tonight's snow, of course.

Side Note: If you're thinking of getting into the Food Truck business and don't want to get your hands cold or wet - figuratively and literally, as you can see - this ain't the job for you. A million thank yous to Chef Greg who has many new bulletpoints on his resume.

What's Up for Tomorrow, You Ask?

Scattered Flurries, Flurries, Chance of Snow Showers...How to Plan?
Changes to the-e-fair will be decided by 4pm. Check Twitter/BeachStSandwich or Fbook/BeachStreetSandwiches.

Snow and Sand-wiches on Saturday, Next

Remember what East Wharf Road looked like in October? And how about in July when the trees are fat with green? Well, it's January now and Madison, CT has more snow than it's had in many years. More snow days too. Everyone has. That concerns us a bit. The Beach Street Sandwiches truck is optimal for dry conditions. That's why we're moving to Atlanta.

Snow Date for The E Fair

We're confident we can dig out of this snowpile in time for the-e-fair. Thanks to Sara's mom for the gift of a shovel, already used twice. Today's rain and warmish weather should also help kill the snow. If Saturday 1/29 is a nightmare weather-and-roadwise, however, the-e-fair will be Sunday 1/30. Check twitter.com/BeachStSandwich for updates.

How to get to Sonalyst Studios for The E Fair and Beach Street Sandwiches

Click this *Map of 215 Parkway N, Waterford, CT* to find Beach Street Sandwiches at the-e-fair at Sonalyst Studios.
That's I95 to Exit 81, make 3 lefts, look for big yellow truck.
See you in two weeks, January 29th, 11am.