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    First Friday

    4.1 (20 reviews)
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    Maine Lobster Truck: Connecticut Roll
    Ruby H.

    This First Friday is so quintessentially Venice, in all of the good ways. One year, it was the height of summer and the evening was balmy and cool. Our group of friends were just coming back from a day at the beach in Santa Monica and we planned to meet up with another group of friends for the event. It was just before the July 4th party weekend. We enjoyed a great walk from our parking spot in Santa Monica all the way to Abbot Kinney. We checked out the food trucks that lined the street and covered the empty parking nooks in between alleyways, as well as all of the open businesses. Venice is Venice during regular days but it's nice on a First Friday because you feel it in the air, and everyone makes it out for a round or two. At some point we all met up in a large parking lot filled with food trucks and lines of people, eating off the curbside, benches, walls, you name it. I had an outrageously delicious buttery lobster roll, seasoned fries, and new age tacos throughout the night. Plus rounds of drinks. The food just kept coming. All in all, a fun evening of wandering, laughing and eating. You can't beat that. Parking sucks so if you want to get a ride there, that's probably better. Or you could get there earlier and park a little further out. The walk any way over will be nice.

    Pinch of salt truck.....lobster tacos overpriced and average
    Johnny R.

    The premier monthly food truck festival in the trendy hip area of Venice beach lined up in the Abbott Kinney block this event is a great way to catch up and meet with friends to even meeting new locals and individuals of all walks. They have the staples like the grilled cheese truck to the kogi Korean BBQ taco truck and baby's bad Ass burgers. There's a truck and taste for every appetite. They also have numerous dessert and concept trucks for the sweet tooth and sugar lovers! If you can think of it and imagine it and craving it your likely to find it. The parking it horrible the food is overpriced and long lines and crowded but I love and enjoy the monthly tradition in Venice much more than just food good to meet and greet people and fast different foods and fusions. Definitely come with an appetite and some time to spare plenty of great food and people!

    Street performer playing the electric violin! Not a drum circle in Venice Beach for once!!!
    Halo G.

    Oh my god! Either the universe was kind to me or I'm the luckiest person in California! No lines at the any of the food trucks I went to. That include the Grilled Cheese Truck the holy grail of life! I highly recommend First Friday to any tourist and foodie out there. Yes it's packed, yes its hard to find parking but that's the whole First Friday adventure! The vibe the people, the atmosphere was short of amazing. So many beautiful people and cool people. This was my first time and certainly not my last. See you all at first Friday April 4th

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    If you like people and crowds, this is the place to go. We love tasting all the different varieties of food.

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    Many options but very crowded! Made me consider going somewhere else to eat instead of wait in the long lines.

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    Crowds of 16 year olds and diarrhea inducing food

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    Let your nose lead the way! This place has a couple of basic plastic tables for standing,…read moreotherwise you can also take to go. They take cash or zelle (for transactions at least $10). $2/taco I got chicken, al pastor, and chorizo, all delish although the chicken was slightly dry.

    I've been to this taco stand & never had a problem. But after getting a carne asada quesadilla and…read morecarne asada taco ($16), that I was unable to eat, because the meat tasted like gas. I had ingested several bites of it, (with hot sauce), but I couldn't take another bite. The meat was chemically contaminated & I got sick not long after for the whole night. It was important for me to tell the person that runs the stand. I had the best of intentions to help this business and wanted nothing in return. I walked up to the stand & asked the woman who takes the cash, (with the sharp eyebrows), if I could please speak to the person in charge, (or owner). At first she ignored me & then said, "I don't understand - no speak English." I asked who speaks English and she sent me to the back of the line by the cooks. I stood there for another 10 minutes and no one wanted to talk to me or answer my question. I told them that there was a big problem with their meat the night before & had brought back the entire meal, so they could try the meat. No one did anything except talk to each other in Spanish, (which I understood). The cook graciously offered me a replacement meal & tried to problem solve. The tall man, who spoke English, (as shown next to cashier Karen in the photo), was going to give me a replacement meal. I waited 15-20 minutes. I asked for the chicken quesadilla, and the vitriol that came out of cashier Karen, who said she didn't speak English was unbelievable. She refused to give me any food and said I had to pay $6 for the replacement taco. I tried to tell her that it was a replacement and she kept yelling aggressively at me and said, "no - you pay $6. You're not getting anything " and that I, "never bought any taco." She became angry and verbally abusive because I was getting a replacement meal, as a solution to my getting chemically poisoned. She was a bully and aggressively yelling at me to humiliate me in front of the other customers & personnel. By this time she had no problem speaking English. (A group of young ladies started talking to me, felt bad that I was the focus of cashier Karen's rudeness. They complimented me & wished me a good night.) The guy next to cashier Karen handed me the bag with the quesadilla. I asked cashier Karen for her name and she ignored me. Then I asked the guy next to her what her name was and he put his hands together like duck lips and rudely opened and closed his hand at me, (meaning that I'm talking to much) This was extremely inappropriate & as soon as I left, I threw the food out, because I didn't trust or hold it past any of them to have put something nasty in my food. By the way, there was never a possibility that I would be refunded. By this time I was so upset, I was sorry that I had generously tipped them the night before. Even cashier Karen's response to the tip had been of surprise; but then I remembered she had not even acknowledged it or said thank you, after receiving it. What this staff does not, is that I owned and operated a successful fine dining restaurant & wedding venue for 17 years. I have done consulting for small restaurant businesses, pro bono, in order for the businesses to financially thrive. I know how food is cooked, how it should be stored, when the oil needs to be changed, marketing, accounting, et al., as well as the health dept's requirements, in order to keep the public healthy and well. What I believe happened to the meat and reason I took my food back to the taco stand; is because they had been out of chicken. Since there was a meat shortage, more carne asada needed to be barbecued quickly. An abundance of lighter fluid was used to quicken the process & it possibly got on the grill, where the meat is placed; and the cooking process started well before the coals were ready. It shouldn't matter whether you go to a restaurant, food truck or taco stand, customers should be treated with respect, kindness & consideration - and it's called customer service. A customer shouldn't be lied to, yelled at, insulted and humiliated by any employee of the business. It should be run in a transparent and professional manner. I'm 64 yrs young & have never written one negative comment or review about any restaurant. Nor have I ever been treated with such disrespect, malice and ill intent. I felt it important to tell my story because nobody should experience what I did; in eating compromised food and then being made to feel like I did something bad. This is what bullies do and I've never had a problem in clarifying right from wrong, as well as responsibility and accountability. I didn't have a choice and had to give a star.

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