With over 60 trucks, trailers, carts and the like (and counting), this is officially our biggest guide yet!
You'll find it all on the streets and festivals of Winnipeg this spring through fall, including plenty of pizza, meats - both mounded in buns and skewered, luscious locally made ice cream, a few healthier options, and surely more poutine than is necessary.
Pull up a curbside table and dig in:
A Little Pizza Heaven
This red truck offers up the same tasty, beer friendly 'za that is served to the young, hip set at their storefront locations in Osborne Village, St James and St. Vital. As my awesome co-worker Gillian says, "their garlic butter crust is so good that you should flip the pizza around to eat the crust first... and you can't say that about a lot of pizzas." This red fella moves around, so check their Twitter or Instagram account for locations.
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Baekho - Taste of Korea *
Winnipeg finally has a food truck dedicated to Korean barbecue, and we're here for it. Baekho's white tiger logo would make for a badass tattoo (my buddy Jun informs me that Baekho indeed translates to white tiger, based originally on a Chinese character), while the truck slings bowls featuring bulgogi, je-yuk (spicy pork), or sam-gyeop-sal (pork belly) that come with rice and all those fabulous fermented, crunchy Korean condiments and a choice of sauces, including spicy ssamjang sauce (a mix of gochujang, doenjang, green onion, and other goodies). The meats are cooked to order while the pickled radish and Korean sweet chili sauce my wife describes as, "insanely delicious" and "bananas." My wife also says the glass noodles with shiitakes and crunchy radish are amazing. No social media as of yet, but they are regularly on Broadway right in front of the Manitoba Legislative Building and "the couple who run the truck are the cutest" (also from my wife, who is "seriously in love with this truck").
Baohouse
Their first season on the streets (summer 2018) was so successful that it led to the opening of a Baohouse restaurant right on Corydon in the former location of Bisita (637 Corydon) -- which interestingly enough was also a spin-off of the food truck Pimp My Rice. The restaurant has been serving steamed buns, Japadog-inspired hot dogs, sliders, and sushi towers since March 2019, while this summer, from April through October, the bun mobile will be back in action, slinging baos done in the style that David Chang made famous in North America, in that the buns themselves are used more like a taco shell, as opposed to wrapped around the filling and pinched at the top to form a ball before being steamed.
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204.504.8383
BBK's
These folks utilize apple wood to smoke brisket and pork shoulder which they then slather on buns with barbecue sauce, or stack in neat little containers with layers of potato salad, corn, and other barbecue-esque items.
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Best Meal
This truck first appeared in 2017 on Broadway during lunches, and it specializes in Middle Eastern dishes like kibbe, lamb and beef kabobs, shawarma and falafel (they also have western food like fries and burgers; it's a pretty huge menu for a food truck).
-No social media info, but we've seen it regularly on the 200 block of Broadway.
Better than Baba's
Ukrainian is the name of the game at Baba's with several kinds of perogies (with multiple toppings), cabbage rolls and borscht, all served out of a handsome purple truck. Chef/owner Andrew Malitsky is from Ukraine (he moved here when he was 14) and he uses only organic, locally milled flour to make the excellent dough, which has a toothy texture like al dente pasta. They also make outrageously good dessert perogies using sour cherries and blueberries. Regular location for 2018 will be Kennedy at Broadway.
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204.688.5212
Blue Haze BBQ
New for 2019 is Blue Haze BBQ’s food trailer, a catering extension of their barbecue shop in Beauséjour, MB which is constantly garnering rave reviews (particularly for those ribs!). You’ll be able to find their award-winning meats (including a slew of first, second, and third-place finishes for their chicken, ribs and brisket respectively at the now defunct Winnipeg BBQ & Blues Festival) at ManyFest Food Truck Wars this summer, along with perhaps a few other festivals and events in the city. Their meats are smoked for up to 16 hours over hardwoods, while they make their own signature BBQ sauces.
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204.996.0679
Bridge Drive-In
In August 2016 the legendary BDI -- "home of the creamiest shakes in town" -- launched their very own food truck. Winnipeggers, and visitors alike, then proceeded to Freak. Right. Out. You can now get their famous soft serve, along with all that Goog goodness (and with their other crazy concoctions) in various spots throughout the city. And what's even sweeter -- aside from beating the lines at their home base at 766 Jubilee Avenue -- is that the truck tends to stay open until 4 p.m (unlike most food trucks which wrap up at 2 p.m.), so it makes it easy to turn that downtown afternoon coffee break into an ice cream break (which is way better than a caffeine boost).
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204.475.6850
Burgers R US
A big shiny red and black truck emblazoned with flame-kissed, hand-formed burgers -- which are its specialty. It's owned by Blair McKibbon, the same fella behind Heathy Eats.
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204.890.5676
Chaeban Ice Cream
Winnipeg's highly rated ice cream shop added a mobile operation in summer 2018. Owners/husband-wife duo Joseph Chaeban and Zainab Ali - who were 2018 Western Living Foodies of the Year winners -- have created a smash hit with their shop in South Osborne (390 Osborne Street), where they specialize in Arabic-style ice cream that has an outrageously smooth texture due to the fact that they use ricotta in a lot of their recipes (Joesph is a Lebanese dairy scientist/cheese maker, while Zainab, from Syria, is the flavour expert). Utilizing a little cart, you can find them serving up to eight flavours of their soon to be famous creations like the Abir Al Sham, which features pistachios, cashews, rose water, orange blossom water, a vanilla base and the aforementioned ricotta. All their ice cream contains no artificial flavours or colours, while they also incorporate numerous local products, like Dogwood Coffee, along with more exotic ingredients like orchid root powder. Their Salty Carl is easily one of the best ice creams I've ever had; I get emotional just thinking about it.
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204.475.6226
Champs*
Brand new for summer 2019, this sleek new Filipino food truck (we love the black matte design with the yellow logo) just served their first customers on May 18. Champs is by the same owners as Charlee's Restaurant and Lounge, and their street eats include kare kare poutine, sisig poutine (sunny side up egg and all!), rice bowls, pork lumpia, and sandwiches, along with cool drinks like calamansi slushies.
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The Churro Stop
These handmade, hand-cut Argentinian churros are so good that they have taken the Judge's Gold Award in both 2015 and 2017 for "best bang for your buck" at ManyFest Food Truck Wars. The dulce de leche and Bavaria cream stuffed versions are insane (I wish I was eating like six of them while writing this), while the owners, Jacko and Tara Garcia, are total gems. In 2018 they also started making four flavours of empanadas, in case you need something savoury before you hit the sweetness.
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Denise's Blue Moon Food Truck
Denise's Blue Moon specializes in well-crafted comfort food. Their signature is "smoked burgers," of which the Black and Blue -- featuring blue cheese, grape bacon jam and a blackened spiced bun -- sounds almost too good to be true. They also do Country Fries, which are topped with pulled pork, cheese sauce, homemade BBQ sauce and crispy onions, and Blue Moon Fries, which are covered in a bacon cheese sauce. Denise, who runs the truck with her bestie Laurie and her brother Ed, also tells me that her fried apple rings ($5), which are finished with a dusting of cinnamon and sugar, are soon going to be legendary.
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Desi Pizza & Curries
This mobile truck serves as an extension of their takeout location (849 Henderson Highway) and can often be found at St. Norbert Farmers’ Market. Specialties include butter chicken pizza and poutine, chili paneer, and garlic naan, along with numerous gluten free and vegan selections.
204.275.6600 & 204.504.7100
Dorado Street Tortilla & Curbside Catering
Now entering its second year on the streets, Dorado rocks out burritos, quesadillas and other Tex-Mex numbers, all done on handmade tortillas brimming with house made meats and sauces. Killer fries too.
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204.990.5706
Euro Donair
This one's a bit of a mystery, as we've only seen them at the 2019 ManyFest Food Truck Wars, along with being parked on occasion at the Home Depot by CF Polo Park, while they don't use social media. If we were to guess, we'd say go with the meat wrapped in pita served with a yogurt-based sauce.
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Extreme Fries
With its pink, graffiti-ed look, this truck is certainly a standout on the streets. On top of a menu that includes fries, poutine, burgers with homemade chili, smokies, and other street meat essentials, owner Bobbie Mack also jars and sells her own relish right off the truck. You can normally find them at 405 Broadway.
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204.997.6919
Falafel Queen
Get your gyros, falafel, shawarma, kifta and other pita wrapped items at this Middle Eastern food truck that is regularly located at Broadway and Hargrave.
204.996.5963
Faraci Foods (two trucks)
After a few successful years with the Bannock Factory and the Pretzel Factory, owner/operator Anthony Faraci has decided to rebrand and go back to the family's Italian roots with two new concepts. The main one is
Faraci Foods Italian Streatery which, on top of Italian meatball and sausage subs, has a marquee item that is an ode to Winnipeg's most-famous food invention -- the Pizza Pop. Anthony's great-uncle Paul Faraci invented the mini calzone-like creation here in 1964 (you can read more about this family history here), and you can now find the OG version, "Paul's Original Pizza Snack," on the truck using the same recipe that his late great-uncle came up with before it was eventually altered and sold in to Pillsbury for mass production in the 1980s. (And get this: General Mills, which now owns Pillsbury, still manufactures Pizza Pops here in Winnipeg #themoreyouknow). Faraci Foods' second trailer is now called Faraci's Fry Factory, and it specializes in all manner of fried potatoes.
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204.960.3287
Feastro Global Bistro*
Officially Winnipeg’s newest food truck (their first service was on June 11, 2019), Feastro’s jam is cuisine representing the eastern and southern Mediterranean. They make falafel, chicken shawarma, and beef kabab, which you can get in wrap form, or as a plate with salad, rice, hummus and pita.
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Fired Up
We are big fans of the crust and simple ingredients from this food truck that utilizes a wood-burning oven right on the truck (you'll often see one of the chefs come outside to grab more wood from the little cubby hole located near the window where you order). If you see their pear, cambozola and balsamic crema pizza on the menu that day you must order it! It's stunning. They also sometimes do a beet and kubasa pizza with a white garlic sauce that is pretty out of control too.
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204.791.2689
G. G. Gelati
Trailer/stand by the Italian gelato specialists that have been serving dozens of flavours out of their iconic shop at 705 Corydon since 1995. The mobile cart generally can be found at all the big summer festivals and -- on top of multiple flavours of gelato and sorbetto -- also serves milkshakes, various drinks, and popping bobas.
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Goldie’s
An old school food truck that seemed to be around before food trucks were a thing. They don't do much tweeting as to their location, but they are usually found parked beside the Cube Stage in Old Market Square blaring 80s-90s rock and serving up fries, burgers and such.
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Gourmet Concessions (three trucks)
Entrepreneur Derek Collins is building up a mini food truck empire here in Winnipeg. His original,
Poutine King has up to 15 kinds of gourmet poutine all served on fries that are right on the money. In 2017, he rolled out with Wiggle Chips and immediately won the "Most Original" category at ManyFest Food Truck Wars. Considering we are currently living in the golden age of chips, this should be a pretty good indication of how tasty these spiralizied-then-fried spuds are. They also do inventive corn dogs, like a Ruben, because life can only get better when you deep fry corned beef and sauerkraut. New to 2018 was Phat Dawgs, which will sling five or six styles of hot dogs, including Japanese (nori for the win!), Korean, Mexican, a Prairie Dog, and a Maritime dog utilizing east coast lobster. As well, there is also now a fully licensed Poutine King restaurant in the Village at 121 Osborne Street.
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Habanero Sombrero
Authentic tacos like you'd get down south featuring slow braised meats on six inch corn tortillas topped with queso fresco and pico de gallo. We're big fans of their carnitas tacos, while their homemade salsas are also good times. They also get bonus points for having the sauciest Twitter account for a local food truck. You can find them regularly at 325 Broadway, while you can also now buy their hot sauces at Black Market Provisions.
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Half Moon
This mobile extension of the Lockport drive inn (which was established in 1938) specializes in a diggity dog and other diner fare and can be found at festivals and events around Winnipeg.
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Healthy Eats
With arguably the lengthiest food truck menu in the city, Healthy Eats specializes in everything from salads, to wraps, to fruit and yogurt parfaits, to the bifana (a spicy Portuguese pork sandwich). You can usually find it under Winnipeg's tallest building at 201 Portage Avenue.
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204.890.5676
Iggy’s Family Doener (Steinbach and Winnipeg)
Since 2014 Iggy (Igor Georgijevic, who easily is one of the most interesting men in Manitoba) and his wife Candice have been serving up German-style döner like you’d get after the bar in Berlin, with slow roasted meats shaved from a spit served with a tangy cabbage salad on homemade thin bread pockets. While they now have their own storefront in Steinbach, they will still be periodically bringing the food truck to the streets of Winnipeg this summer.
We love these peeps.
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India Palace Express
This mobile extension of India Palace Restaurant (770 Ellice Avenue) just served its first customers on June 14, 2018 making it Winnipeg's newest food truck. The menu, like the restaurant, specializes in East Indian cuisine and serves up numerous curries, butter chicken, samosas, and more.
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204.774.6061
Island Fusion
Authentic Trini food and other Caribbean numbers like Jamaican patties that will take your tastebuds to the tropics. In 2015, their jerk sliders -- which featured jerk pork and slaw in between fried plantains -- had a great showing during Food Truck Wars taking Gold for "most original," while last year (2018) they won the Judges' Choice trophy. This April, Island Fusion also won Food Truck of the Year at the Winnipeg Nightlife Awards. They tend to rock out fun dancehall jams when their truck rolls up which adds extensively to the island atmosphere this fun food truck creates.
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204.291.4263
Jonnies Sticky Buns' Bun Wagon
Bun Wagon is really fun to say, while Jonnies' owner/baker Jon McPhail has also written a children's book called
Where Do Sticky Buns Come From?, making his dedication to the craft second to bun. On top of that, this mobile outlet of the popular bakery (941 Portage Avenue) has fun bun names -- like Straight-up Sticky -- while utilizing great local products such as Nature's Farm eggs, Bee Project honey, Black Pearl Coffee, and Prairie Flour Mills flour when making its cinnamon buns. They also make gluten free and vegan buns too. You can find the Bun Wagon at St. Norbert's Farmers' Market, Folk Fest, the Rainbow Trout Music Festival, and other special events/markets that could always use more sweet buns.
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Just a Little Squeeze
This lovely (and quite large) lemonade truck will be your main squeeze this summer when you are looking for a refreshing beverage. They only use real fruit with no syrups, while you can find them every Saturday at the St. Norbert Farmers' Market, along with at festivals throughout the summer.
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Kool Skool Bus
Owner Patty Toufanidis took an old mini school bus and turned it into a fully functioning ice cream shop. They do numerous soft serve ice cream cones, sundaes and "kool cones." The speciality is the salted caramel krunch sundae, while you can also get all manner of big ticket items like banana splits. They also do hard ice cream, milkshakes and slushies.
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KYU Grill
The perennial People's Choice ManyFest Food Truck Wars champions (2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018) are back for another season s with their robatayaki-inspired skewered Heroshima sandwiches. It's a bit like Vancouver's legendary Japadog, but with way more toppings -- like nori, fried panko, scallions, mango sauce, kewpie mayo and other salty/sweet things. Often found at 333 Broadway, while they also have a great food kiosk at
The Forks Market.
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204.615.8828 (Forks location for catering services)
Lemon Train
A dual purpose truck that specializes in lemonade and mini doughnuts.
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Little Bones Wingery
These bold folks are certainly not chicken when it comes to making big flavours fly. Now entering their seventh food truck season, they are doing more things to wings than you can imagine, from Alfredo sauce, to "poutinerized," to pineapple curry. Look for their 40-plus flavours of wings at festivals this summer, or head to their restaurant at 123 Regent Avenue West.
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204.777.2663
The Little Eggplant
The Little Eggplant specializes in Italian street food and was new to the food truck scene in 2018. They make their own dough for their panini, which are then pressed on the truck before being loaded with housemate pestos, cheeses and cured meats. They also serve Italian desserts like gelato tarts and cannoli. You can also find their paninis at
Modern Coffee.
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Lord of the Pies*
Aside from having a name that is pure butter — much like the base of their crusts (baazing!) — Lord of the Pies bakes a most excellent selection of savoury, mainly meat pies (and sausage rolls) which you’d be more likely to find in other parts of the Commonwealth. In fact, chef/baker/owner Dustin Watson first got into pies while living in Australia (as all of us pie and sausage roll aficionados do), while he ate many meat pies in his youth courtesy of his Scottish grandpa. Watson first started making a name for his pies in 2017, selling at local farmers’ markets and doing pop-up sort of events at local breweries. As of June 2, 2019 (making this the second-newest truck on the scene), the Lord of the Pies food truck has been hitting the streets of Winnipeg, mainly doing stints at Sookram’s Brewing Co., Stone Angel Brewing Co., Misericordia Health Centre, and the West End Cultural Centre, serving up flavours like butter chicken, Scottish meat, and sweet potato vegetable. As a bonus, he uses the hashtag #GetBaked, which we are now allowed to laugh at due to recent changes in Canada’s cannabis laws.
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Maxim BBQ World
Nobody is grilling and bringing the heat as impressively as Maxim's owner/operator Alex Levyy is. After rolling up in his white food truck he sets up an L-shaped charcoal grill where the embers are fed from a continuous fire stack in the middle. Levyy does Georgian-style Shashlik (which is popular throughout Russia and Eastern Europe; he himself is originally from Kazakstan) - which is skewered marinated meats like pork, beef, chicken and shrimp, along with side salads and other miscellaneous items. Find Maxim BBQ World at festivals in and around Winnipeg this summer, including at ManyFest Food Truck Wars.
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Mikky’s
This old school truck has stood the test of time, having been one of the city's original food trucks dishing out burgers (with fried onions), fries and various other comfort food items. Look for the white truck with red trim and fun food food pics at 333 Broadway.
204.668.1665
Mini-O's Mini Donuts (four trucks)
Owner/operator Marcel Petit pretty much has his own full fleet of food trucks, with four truck/trailers to his name, along with 18 years of food truck experience running his family company. The roster consists of three mini donut trailers, along with a new stand trailer called The Meltdown: Deep Fried Cheese (because, as we always say, "fried cheese? Baby, please!"). On top of that, Petit has also bought the franchise rights to Manitoba for Beavertails.
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My Heart Melts
Melted cheese and cheesy puns are the true dynamic duo, and this truck does it all in spades. Case in point: the truck itself states, "not your momma's grilled cheese" and "sweet dreams are made of cheese, who am I to diss a brie," while the menu features items like a five-cheese grilled cheese, a pulled pork grilled cheese, and turkey apple brie, with not a slice of American cheese insight. Last year you could find this cheesy number regularly at 333 Broadway.
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204.979.9568
Nawabi Grill Kabab*
Another newbie on the streets, Nawabi specializes in South Asian cuisine, with a very extensive menu that includes biryani, dosas, pakoras, chicken tandoori, puri bhaji and butter chicken.
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Pacific Spring Roll Catering
We once bought what seemed like a 27 spring rolls from these folks at the St. Norbert Farmers’ Market for like $4, which was terribly exciting (this might not be an accurate number, but the spring rolls were good, super affordable, and they came with sweet chili sauce for dip). They also do poutine, burgers, dogs and more.
204.229.2218
Pop Cart & Black Market
Ever since summer 2015, Angela Farkas and Alana Fiks have continued to hit home runs with their gourmet popsicles, which are now available all the time at their awesome new store on South Osborne, Black Market Provisions. Their innovative frozen pops come in a huge variety of flavours, utilizing fresh herbs and hand squeezed juices. On top of this, they have
Black Market Small Batch Ice Cream (also available at the store), with far-out flavours like Thai-Phoon (vegan, with a coconut base, candied ginger, lemongrass and dried mango), Butterbeer (you scared Potter?), and Sweetcorn (of which they only say, "trust us," which we will). Look for the jazzy little black cart at festivals throughout the year, and be sure to follow them on Instagram for locations.
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204.792.1271
PVG's Breakfast Club
Another entry from 2016, PVG's Breakfast Club makes a serious bid for coolest looking truck in Winnipeg with it's facade featuring the whole Brat Pack from the John Hughes classic. Owner/chef Paul VanGinkel's menu is all about fancy grilled cheeses and breakfast (as the name would indicate).
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204.997.8914
Rasa Indo (Taste of Indonesia)
This two-year-old truck specializes in authentic Indonesian cuisine, with a menu featuring corn fritters, satays, curries, Indo chips, beef rendang and a black sticky rice with coconut milk and vanilla ice cream for a sweet finish. Look for the vibrant green truck at festivals in and around the city this summer (full festival lineup available on website below).
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204.362.8353
The Red Ember
A perennial favourite during
ManyFest Food Truck Wars, chef/owner Steffen Zinn's massive red truck has become a thing of legend in Winnipeg (at last count, this converted shipping container that he built with his own hands was the second-largest food truck in North America). On any given lunch break you'll find people queuing to get some of Canada's best pizza (we're serious) along Broadway across the street from the Manitoba Legislative Building, while they also frequent the St. Norbert Farmers' Market. Their ever-rotating roster of wood-fired pizzas are incredible, while that crust -- made from organic wheat milled in Elie, MB -- is simply spectacular. They also use only locally preserved heirloom tomatoes, ethically raised heritage meats, and herbs and vegetables that they grow on the Zinn family farm. If you can't find the truck don't fret, Zinn and his chef/business partner Quin Ferguson also now have a location in The Forks Market, while by May 2019 they will also have a New York-style pizzeria at 753 Wall Street called Wall Street Slice where you can buy big slices meant for folding. Did we mention how much we love this pizza?
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R U Caribbean Me?!
I don't know what is better: the name of this truck, its stylish green and yellow facade (replete with the flags of the Caribbean and some palm tree silhouettes to boot), or its doubles, Jamaican patties and jerk chicken. Customer service bonus points must also be given to owner Dane Hope, as this guy always brings an extensive menu with tons of flavour to the streets. The spring rolls with mango sauce are the bomb -- but don't take our word for it, just
check out their reviews; these island flavours are legit.
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Simba Safari Grill
Representing foods from all over Africa (particularly the Serengeti), Simba specializes in grilled meats and
ugali. They are the 2016 ManyFest Food Truck Wars winner for "best bang for your buck." Find them at festivals throughout summer, while you also order pre-made dishes from them via email.
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204.299.4189
Sis & Me
The original food truck on the streets of Winnipeg, Sis & Me has officially been in business for 22 years now(!), operating on the corner of Broadway and Edmonton Street. They do all the standards from dogs, to burgers, to fries and pulled pork.
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204.791.8572
Stevee's Dogs
Regularly located in the the parking lot of Country Roots Market and Garden at Henderson Highway and Chief Peguis Trail, Stevee's serves all-beef hotdogs and smokies from Winnipeg Old Country Sausage, along with hamburgers and vegan black bean burgers -- all of which they cook over an open flame grill. They are open seven-days a week, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., while they also sling ice cream treats.
Tamale Time
Now entering its third year on the streets, Tamale Time (which we also like to call "Pupusas, Please!"™) is rolling out a new menu of Salvadorian and Central American delights. On top of the tamales and pupusas, you can also now find tostadas and tacos made with slow braised beef or chicken. Their red truck -- with its sombrero-ed senõr inside a clock face -- is easy to spot, while they are usually at 405 Broadway by the Manitoba Legislative Building.
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204.881.0249
Tia Maria's Taqueria
Authentic Mexican tacos (including everyone's favourite, al pastor), taquitos and ceviche are the staples on this Manitoba-based truck that will periodically be making appearances at Winnipeg festivals.
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431.777.8226
Tiki Dogs
While technically just a hot dog cart (which we normally don't list as the city has so many) these two fellas get an honourable mention for taking Winnipeg Old Country Sausage dogs and making them even more delicious with fun tropical toppings like mango salsa and sweet pineapple dijon mustard. Plus, their vibrant yellow cart is really quite glorious and they do specials for #WienerWednesday, which makes me laugh every time I think about it.
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Tokyo Rabbit
"Sweets from the streets of Japan" is how Tokyo Rabbit rolls (co-owner Hiro is from Japan), with creamy fruity crepes, katsu sando (fried pork sandwiches with shredded lettuce and a sinus clearing sauce), and mini Japanese cheesecakes, tarts and teas. While they won't regularly be on Broadway this summer, you will find them on the festival circuit.
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204.712.6576
Tot Wheels
I can't lie, I'm not a big car buff, but I am a huge fan of homemade car-themed tater tots. There is no way Napoleon Dynamite could have hoarded these tots in his pockets; they are so delicious that you have to eat them right away, while they are sauced and heavily topped with delicious ingredients like kalbi and kimchi, or local vegetables and slow braised meats. Their Outback, featuring barbecued shrimp, took top honours at 2015's Food Truck Wars for "best presentation" (I also had it at number one for taste), while in 2018 they took the Most Original trophy. You can find them daily at 275 Broadway.
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204.770.1887
Trendy Treats
Ice cream, you scream, we all scream for boozy ice cream! Trendy Treats specializes in hard ice cream and Swiss Ice (somewhere between a sorbet and a slushy). Adult (aka booze-infused) ice cream flavours include Bailey’s, Amaretto, port, Fireball whisky, and sweet bourbon, while for Swiss Ices you’ll find sangria, peach Bellini, Pina Coloda, and lemon gin and tonic. All of this sounds terribly exciting, while you can also purchase numerous kid-friendly flavours from the truck in both ice cream and Swiss Ice form. The truck is regularly on Broadway at Edmonton, Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. while you will also find them at festivals throughout the summer.
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Tulum Treats
Since 2018 Tulum Treats has been hitting the festival circuit along with the occasional appearance on Broadway at the Law Courts (where they’ve been spotted in early 2019) with their intriguing takes on tacos and a menu that puts a little bit of Mexican flavour in everything. They do an array of Mexican-inspired fries — including tater tots doused with anchor chipotle aioli, Mexican perogies, fried avocado wedges, pickle spears and salads, while they also serve an assortment of deep fried dessert items that are topped off with ice cream.
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204.510.5466
Up South Barbeque
This truck is huge and slick looking, with a faux wood panel exterior along with two separate window sections for ordering and pickup. They smoke their meat (brisket, ribs, chicken, sausage and pulled pork) using apple wood and hickory and sell it by the pound. They also do classic southern sides like gumbo, mac n' cheese, and slaw. Look for them mainly at festivals and industrial parks, while you can also have them cater events.
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204.612.9358
The Walleye Wagon
This truck immediately gets bonus points for referring to the correct name of the fish species it serves (pickerel is a form of pike, and not what you are eating on restaurant menus --
here's a nice chart for your reference) while the panko breaded and fried walleye is itself pretty good. It sells them in one and two piece options along with home cut fries and tartar sauce, and it normally can be found on the summer festival circuit.
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Wings N' Fries and Zed's Grill
From the owners of the Lemon Train come two newer trucks on the scene. The name says it all when it comes to Wings N' Fries (including poutine), while Zed's Grill specializes in burgers and dogs, with a signature Zed's Dog that features an all-beef hotdog studded in bacon crumble covered with nacho cheese.
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ManyFest Food Truck Wars takes place this year from September 6 to 8. You can find more info here.
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Know of a truck we haven't included? Email mike@tourismwinnipeg.com
