The corner of Euclid and Forest Park Boulevard, next to BJC's Center for Advanced Medicine, has become the food truck mecca of the neighborhood. As you must be aware from the press this craze has garnered (both pro & con), mobile dining is hot from coast-to-coast. Not surprisingly, it enjoys a following in the CWE too. Last summer, Pi's Pizza Truck pulled up to the WU Medical School Campus on Scott Avenue (see post here). This summer, there is a different food vendor–and on some days several–attracting diners to this busy intersection Tuesdays through Friday from approximately 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
If it's Friday, it must be Wanderlust Pizza with its wood-burning oven onboard, serving a variety of cleverly-named pizzas (see menu below) prepared on the spot.
Chef/owner Erik Jacobs, above, who claims his address to be "on the road" can be followed at [email protected]; twitter@wanderlustpizza, or on facebook: wanderlustpizza.
Just pulled from the oven is Wanderlust's "Chow Italia" pizza sprinkled with fresh basil, $9, cash or credit cards.
On Tuesdays, it's MangiaMobile owned by CWEnder Catherine Daake, below, and her brother Thomas. I mistakenly assumed MangiaMobile was associated with Mangia Italiano on Grand. It isn't. The sibling's cuisine is inspired by the streets of Sicily and Macaw (their grandmother), who taught them many authentic Italian recipes.
Choices include freshly prepared paninis, including chicken and caprese, $7, Sicilian arancini, $3.50, and cheese or meat-filled ravioli, seven for $7. Orders come with chips or fruit, cash only.
Next up: If it's Wednesday, it must be Cha Cha Chow, Falafel Wich and Sarah's Cake Stop. And Thursdays belong to the neighborhood's Pi, whose mobile truck also travels the streets of Washington, D.C., where its newest restaurant will open in the nation's capitol soon.
I had Cupcakes after my mammogram when I noticed their truck!!
Love this craze, it is so urban.