I took the road less traveled only to discover a woman-owned food truck of a lady named Maria, from…read moreChihuahua, Mexico. Chihuahua's cuisine relies heavily on premium beef, hearty ranch-style meals like discada (mixed meat dish), and premium local cheeses such as asadero. It is the birthplace of the Burrito in Northern Mexico, where wheat is grown and cattle is raised. Perfect for flower tortillas with meat which made for a mess-free wrap and the original burrito. The word "burrito" translates to "little donkey" in Spanish. One of the most popular stories in Northern Mexico traces the creation of the burrito to a street vendor during the Mexican Revolution named Juan Mendez, who sold wrapped food in Ciudad Juarez to keep them warm, carrying his ingredients and wares in a basket on his donkey. While traditional Mexican burritos were small, minimalist, and typically filled just with meat, beans, and chile, it exploded into a global phenomenon in the United States. In the 1960s the Mission Burritos were invented in the Mission District of San Francisco. These giant burritos wrapped in foil added rice, beans, sour cream, and guacamole to the mix. The California Burritos popularized in San Diego focused heavily on the meat and are famous for having french fries stuffed directly inside them. And the Breakfast Burritos most recently created in the 1970s at Tia Sophia's in Santa Fe, New Mexico, packing tortillas with eggs, bacon, and potatoes. At the Burritos Paso Del Norte Food Truck, Maria provided me with much of the above information which I later researched. It was fascinating to learn all these interesting facts about the burrito which are reflected in the food truck's name, but in their extensive menu they they also have other well known items such as Tacos, Tortas, and Tamales; and other less known items such as Platillo Norteno, Quesabirrias, and Machetes. I particularly was very impressed with the Machetes which I had never heard about. I found out that the machete is a massive, elongated quesadilla that measures 18 to 24 inches in length, and is named for its resemblance to the long, sharp agricultural blade. Originally hailing from Mexico City, this hearty street food has become very popular in Mexican fondas, taco trucks, and specialized restaurants. It is made with a thick, handmade corn masa (dough) giant oval tortilla. The bottom half is packed with a generous layer of Mexican melting cheese (queso Oaxaca or Chihuahua) along with meats (like carne asada, chorizo, or campechano mix). The empty half of the tortilla is folded over the fillings, and the giant half-moon-shaped quesadilla is cooked on a sizzling flat top until the cheese is perfectly melted and the exterior is crispy. As you can imagine, I ended ordering one of these with asada con chorizo (steak with Mexican sausage). To drink I ordered a Mexican Horchata, a non-alcoholic drink consisting of ground white rice, water, milk (or evaporated/condensed milk), cinnamon, and vanilla. It tastes like a sweet, cinnamon-spiced rice milk. Since it was a bit windy, I took the food with me to eat at home although there was a table with some chairs for dining there. The Machete was amazingly delicious but so big, that I couldn't eat it all in one seating. The food truck is a couple of days a week at 2901 Franklin Rd and also moves around to other locations like the flea market at 5411 Williamson Rd and others. Search for them on Facebook for information on where and when they will be. You also can request them to come to your home and serve the food for your party.

Best burger in the city. The fries are also amazing. If you like actual smash burgers (not…read moresomething called a Smash Burger that is still an inch thick), this is the place. Seek them out. You will not be disappointed. Bonus points: they're also super nice people who seem to genuinely enjoy what they do.

I attended the friends and family soft opening tonight and what a beautiful evening for this food…read moretrucks debut. There were many in attendance and with my family present, it was great to have such a smorgasbord to taste! For starters, all the ingredients are fresh - except the fries - and you can really taste the freshness. Smash burgers were on point and many options left you wanting to try each one. I think we had at least three different ones - including the classic smash, the Kenny smash and the plain smash. All served on amazing soft Martins potato buns. We also had a couple hot dogs - the manhattan and the Star City. Loved the Dr Pepper chili sauce and the NYC onion sauce was a mix of mustard, ketchup in onions and spices and blended nicely with the sauerkraut and spicy mustard. French fries are crispy and battered and cooked perfect. My brother in law ordered the Gahbage plate - a favorite from Rochester, NY and it is not for the lite eater! It is a packed meal of hamburger, hot dog, on top of the fries and topped with chili meat sauce, mustard and a side of macaroni pasta salad on top. Wow. A lot of food!! My sister had the chopped cheese and it was fabulous. We also purchase a couple of cookies that were being offered from a local bakery and they were gobbled up as well. Prices are amazing and felt we could have easily paid more for each item! This was the inaugural kickoff of the food truck and I easily see this as being a favorite in the area. Service was awesome - friendly staff wanting to make you full and hope you return. And yes - we will be following this truck and yes. we will return. Great job!

Just the other day as I was driving down Brambleton Ave, Southwest Roanoke, on my way to Brambleton…read moreImports to have my Lexus washed, after having experienced a snow and ice storm, I happened to pass by this lively color food truck with the name of The Rad Shack Shaved Ice. Then and there, I decided to stop and visit it on my way back. After having been selected as number 4 of Yelp's Top 50 most prolific Elites of 2025, a year when I also was awarded the Yelp Triad Squad Photographer of the Year Award at their Yelpies 2025 Award Ceremony, an event that honored the highest-performing Yelp Elites, and where last year I was awarded the Yelp Triad Squad Yelper of the Year Award, I decided that this year, as an All-Star Yelp Elite, I not only wanted to be the first to discover new restaurants and businesses, and bring them to the attention of the public, but also to uncover those found in hidden paths that for one reason or another have not reached the public in its totality. And The Rad Shack Shaved Ice in Roanoke, Virginia, is a perfect example. Established in 2023, by Sean W, who also teaches Church History at a Christian school, this veteran-owned food truck specializes in rad hot dogs and shaved ice. Sean and his wife started the business because they value the simpler times in life. Their vision was that "people would make memories by sitting back and relaxing without the cares of the world." And I had an opportunity to experience this first hand, when I stopped by and visited the place. Sean's welcoming and hospitable personality immediately made me feel at home there. He explained the menu, and I would have liked to order one of their Rad Chili Dogs, if it were not that I just had lunch not so long ago, and a Shaved Ice served as a dessert. I ended up having a medium Mango Shaved Ice with vanilla ice-cream, melted marshmallows, and sprinkles. By having it this way, they call it: "Making It A Rad Stack." I invite you to view my photographs accompanying this review to get a better sense of the place and the quality food and shaved ice. As I was enjoying my shaved ice, a friend of the owner ordered a Rad Chili Hot Dog and it looked so good. Next time I'll have one. While there, I also had the opportunity of meeting Sean's wife and learning about their favorite hobby of running, and his enjoyment of teaching Church History. I've eaten at many food trucks before, but I consider this one special, because it's one where you not only enjoy some quality shave ice or rag hot dogs, but hang out and enjoy some quality time with the owner, family, or close friends.

Wonderful Business. Best Shaved Ice, and so many flavors. Owner is nice and friendly, outgoing…read more We like the coffee shaved Ice with ice cream in the center. My partner will try the hotdogs soon. I highly recommend you try them. Every flavor shaved ice under the sun. With whipped cream, and or ice cream added if you choose. Made my day when I was trapped at a tire place for almost three hours. Go try them! Business is located in Fishburn park, so plenty of parking. Picnic bench outside.

This Food Truck is owned by a Honduran couple, Maximo and Jose, and named after Maximo's sister who…read morealso works there. On their time off they work driving for Lyft and one day that I had to take a Lyft, Maximo was my driver and mentioned the food truck, and gave me a copy of their menu that he had just picked up from the print shop. So today, since we are in Hispanic Heritage Month, I decided to go visit this food truck and try it out since the food in the color brochure looked very good and inviting. After being awarded the Triad Yelper of the Year 2024 Award at the Yelpies Award Ceremony last year, an event that honored the highest-performing Yelp Elites, I decided that this year, as an All-Star Yelp Elite, I not only wanted to be the first to discover new restaurants and bring them to the attention of the public, but also to uncover those found in hidden paths that for one reason or another have not reached the public in its totality. And La Cocina de Goyita Food Truck in Roanoke, Virginia, is a perfect example. Food Trucks are not easy to find. Not all of them are in the same place all the time. Sometimes they move around and advertise where they're going to be in certain dates. Oftentimes they don't have a website of their own for us to find their scheduled days and hours of operation or phone number where we can inquire where they can be reached. But La Cocina de Goyita has it's act together. It uses the address and is listed on the web as being located in the Fresh Asian Super Market off Williamson Road. This address can also be found in their Yelp site. The Food Truck is modern and huge size compared to others. It has plenty of parking and one can also park in the parking lot of a strip mall located next to it. If you're in the mood to eat outdoors, it has three picnic tables covered with a tarp to protect from the sun or rain. I invite you to view my photographs accompanying this review to get a better sense of the place and its food, which by the way it specializes in Authentic Honduran Cuisine. On one side of the Food Truck it has its menu with large pictures of the items and their phone number in large print, for I noticed while I was there that they had many customers that called in their order and then came to pick it up. Interestingly enough, I noticed that none of their menus had the prices listed on them. One had to ask before they ordered and if you paid with credit card they will tell you that you would be charged a dollar extra. When I arrived Jose was there and gave me a friendly greeting in the middle of cooking and preparing many phone orders which he had received for pick up. I ordered an Horchata to drink and a Chuleta dish (Pork Chop) as my main entrée. Then I went to eat it at one of the picnic tables. The pork chop was big and thick, well seasoned, and with only a small bone. It was served with rice, refried beans, Honduran cheese, and house salad. To my surprise he also included a large slice of avocado cut in half and a cooked jalapeño pepper. Everything was very good and the price was $16 including the extra dollar for paying with credit card. By the time I paid, Goyita had arrived and I got to meet her. I highly recommend this place for the variety and quality of their food, seasoned and cooked to perfection, and with very friendly service.

No hagan caso a esos comentarios negativos, la comida en la cocina de Goyita está deliciosa!!!!!…read moreCualquier platillo ahí lo preparan muy rico!!! Es comida hondureña, y las MEJORES BALIADAS DE ESTADOS UNIDOS. 100% Recomendable gente :)

Don't let the name confuse you. Taqueria Rosita is much more than a place where they sell delicious…read moretacos and Mexican food. It's a restaurant with an amazing Hispanic food menu, serving the most popular cuisines from Mexico, Honduras, and El Salvador. This local, woman owned restaurant had it's humble beginnings from a food truck, and now it finally has a location of its own. Conveniently located in one of the establishments on the popular Williamson Road in Roanoke, Virginia, the restaurant enjoys a large dining space as well as a nice size space along side it to rent for private parties as well. This room contains a music and disco lighting system, as well as it's being prepared with a full bar. The restaurant was easy to find because its front exterior is painted purple with a yellow and gray awning, and it's almost across the street from the 7-11 on Williamson Road. There are plenty of parking up front and around the restaurant. As you enter the restaurant through a couple of glass doors, there is small foyer painted bluishgreen with a large gold WELCOME sign high above on the wall, a mirror, a glass table with a lamp and a hand ornament doing the shape of a heart, and some kind of an artificial plant inside a long pot. Then as you senter the restaurant itself it is painted the same color with a long beautiful granite floor (the type you would find in Latin countries) with many live plants next to the front window. As I walked through the long and narrow dining room of the restaurant with booths on the walls of both sides and tables with chairs in the middle they was a family eating on one of the booths and another customer was leaving with a To Go orders. At the end there was a counter where a friendly young lady greeted me and told me to have a seat at any table when I told her I was eating in. I went and sat at a booth. The colorful menus were already on the table of the booth. All the main items listed had photos and descriptions of them which helped greatly for the customers who weren't familiar identify them. I was surprised to find many popular dishes of other Hispanic countries besides Mexico on the menu. Items such as Baleadas, Pupusas, Tajadas con Carne Molida, to name a few. Then my server arrived with a basket of Tortilla Chips, greeted me with a smile and asked what I wanted to drink. I asked her what fruit drinks they had and when she mentioned Mango, I asked for one of those, even if it wasn't on the menu. When she came back with it I ordered El Cipote as my main entrée. It seems like this is a popular Honduran dish. I invite you to view my photographs of the menu to read and see all the items it contained. I wasn't about to visit a Taqueria restaurant for the first time and not try their tacos, so I asked my server if they could prepare me a couple of pork tacos as an appetizer. She was so accommodating that she went to the kitchen and in a reasonable time brought the tacos to me. They looked beautiful and tasted amazingly delicious, full of plenty of meat, and accompanied by cooked onions and a slice of lime. Their Chips with Salsa were also very good and unique. The chips were thicker than any other I've ever had and the salsa had just the right thickness and flavor with little chunks of the ingredients as well. When my main entrée arrived it looked like a Culinary Masterpiece. It was served on a long circular wooden tray and contained: fried pork chunks served with rice with pigeon peas, beans, sweet fried (ripe) plantains, sausage (chorizo), pico de gallo, jalapeño, and corn tortillas. Each item tasted amazingly delicious and together they made for a wonderful dining experience. I believe any day can be made special with a wonderful meal. And this was precisely one of the few restaurants where I have experience this happen. For dessert I ordered a flan, after walking over to the dessert display refrigerator and seeing the size and look of the flan. It was the largest and one of the better tasting flan that I've ever had. While I was dining I noticed that the restaurant had an adjacent party room that they rented out for functions or parties. It had a wonderful music and disco lighting system, as well as a full bar at the end. (They are in the process of obtaining their liquor license). I asked if they could turned the lights and music on so I could get some video clips to include in this review. Watch the clips for yourself. Amazing music sound and colorful lighting system. After I paid the bill with my credit card at the cashier counter, I thanked the manager, who by the way had come by my table to say hello and to see that everything was to my satisfaction, and took my doggy bag they had prepared for me to take home with the food I couldn't eat there, and walked outside to take a look at a truck that I had seen parked their selling some type of fruits. It seems they had a custm In conclusion, I highly recommend this restaurant for all the above reasons.

Outstanding Mexican/Central American food made fresh! We've eaten in every Mexican restaurant in…read morethe Lynchburg area, have vacationed in Cabo twice and lived in San Antonio for five years. This is the real deal!! Th

Just when I thought I had seen it all, I hear about this locally-owned and operated business, run…read moreby the husband and wife team of Delicia and Teano Tucker, from a little blue box trailer. With the name of Delicia's Gourmet Ice, the business is a mobile Water Ice Company with a healthy alternative to traditional summertime frozen treats. The Tuckers started this business several years ago on a street corner with two coolers in the back of a Hyundai, with a simple plan: "That a friendly smile and great product would eventually succeed." Their product is a healthy, creamy and delicious Water Ice that is dairy, egg, and gluten-free. Their slogan for their delicious frozen treat is "It's not ice cream, just good ice," and their motto is: "We create smiles." They currently rotate 15 different flavors with some of the favorites flavors being Mango, Rainbow, Cherry, and Tye Dye. They also offer two sugar-free flavors, Lemon and Cherry. It was not easy to find them. Their phone number was answered by a machine asking you to leave a message. I sent them an email and luckily received a replay from Delicia telling me that their truck will be at the Food Lion parking lot on Shenandoah & Peters Creek today from 4 until dusk (8PM). I found out that the best way to find out where they will be next is to visit their Facebook or Instagram. As I arrived in my pearl white Lexus to the Food Lion parking lot, I felt a relief when I saw this little blue box trailer with Teano inside. He was a friendly gentleman with a true entrepreneurial spirit. We talked for a while and I ordered a small Mango Gourmet Ice. It had the taste and smooth, cold, creamy texture of ice cream, but was dairy free, gluten free, and kosher certified. While I was there several customers came by. A young gentleman, a group of young girls, a middle-aged lady, and a mother and her son. To let people know he was there he had a speaker that played loud music from his cellphone music collection. Once the customers arrived he turned off the music and served them. If a customer was a dollar short he let them have the gourmet ice. "How could you deny a kid an ice," he told me. My small Mango Gourmet Ice was $3 and I gave him a 5 dollar bill telling him to keep the change as a tip. Most of their business is private events. They do private events like birthdays, graduation parties, family reunions, company parties, and fundraisers, among others. Through perseverance and hard work their reputation has spread by word of month and they have been invited to fairs and public events like 4th of July celebrations. I highly recommend that you try their delicious Gourmet Ice and consider using their catering services for your next party or fundraising opportunity.

I pass by this business daily, and I never tried it. There's a wide variety of options so it was…read morehard to decide on my maiden voyage. I chose the banana cream. Considering how hot it was today, this outing hit the spot. The service was excellent, and the owner (I presume) was pleasant and cheerful. There are tables with shade available but I took mine to go. The custard tasted great. I loved my mid afternoon desert particularly on this scorching day. It may become a regular routine after trying the desert just once. I'll definitely be coming back. Maybe one day, I'll be the Duke!

Celebrating some of the best women small business owners, I can't think of a better person to…read moreinclude than the owner of Kippy's Kustard. I met her for the first time when my friend and I arrived at her amazing Kustard business, housed in a small, cute, yellow trailer, parked in a parking lot, high on top of a mountain next to a college, at 1819 Electric Road, in the corner of Keagy Road and Sugar Loaf Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia. As you well know "Frozen Custard is more creamy and flavorful on the palate since it's not as cold as ice cream. It also has a higher content of egg yolks and butter fat". For ten years she has been sharing this information with her customers, who she also considers as friends, through her amazingly delicious Frozen Custard. When we arrived to the trailer on a bright and windy sunny day, Keller quickly opened the window of the trailer and welcomed us with a warm greeting and a big smile. You could immediately tell that she was a people person and had a delightful personality. She genuinely enjoyed talking with us about her business. The business has also provided a means of her spending time with her twins - daughter Jordan and son, Noah - who have both joined her in the stand, as well as some of their friends. This and the people she interacts with daily have been one of the best things about having the custard stand. On the side of the trailer, she has posted several sheets of menus with an amazing variety of ways we can order her frozen custard. Since it was our first time there we both ordered a Vanilla Chocolate Twist in a Large Waffle Cone. Since it was extremely windy and somewhat cold, we ate the custards standing up next to the trailer. They we amazingly delicious: very soft and creamy. We looked forward to returning when the weather gets nicer and have another custard with more things on it, sitting at one of the tables with umbrellas provided in the area. I highly recommend this Frozen Custard Stand. It is an extraordinary sweet dining experience eating these amazing Frozen Custards and interacting with the friendly owner of the business who is so warm and friendly and such a wonderful personality that you would think you've known her all your life.

Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, David and his wife came to this country from Cali, Colombia…read morewith nothing but the American Dream, and after working hard to get ready, yesterday this dream began to become true with the opening of their "America Dream Food Tuck. After having been selected as number 4 of Yelp's Top 50 most prolific Elites of 2025, a year when I was also awarded the Yelp Triad Squad Photographer of the Year Award at their Yelpies 2025 Award Ceremony, an event that honored the highest-performing Yelp Elites, and where last year I was awarded the Yelp Triad Squad Yelper of the Year Award, I decided that this year, as an All-Star Yelp Elite, I not only wanted to be the first to discover new restaurants and businesses, and bring them to the attention of the public, but also to uncover those found in hidden paths that for one reason or another have not reached the public in its totality. And the American Dream little Food Truck in Roanoke, Virginia is a perfect example. Today while I was driving up Williamson Road I happened to pass by this new little food truck which immediately caught my attention. The truck is locally-owned and operated by a local entrepreneur named David and his wife, who specialize in bringing authentic Colombian street food to the Roanoke area. Their menu heavily reflects this heritage, featuring traditional Colombian late-night fast-food staples like "salchipapas," (a popular street dish of french fries mixed with pan-fried pieces of sausage) alongside with their loaded burgers and hot dogs. When I approached the food truck I had the opportunity of meeting David, a young gentleman with a passion of making his business successful through one-of-a-kind products and exceptional customer service. It was almost about to rain so after talking with him for a while about the menu, I ordered three of what seem will be his most popular items: his specially prepared hamburger, hot dog, and salchipapas. And I watched him prepare these from outside his little, but very clean, food truck. I invite you to view my photographs and short video clips accompanying this review to get a better sense of the food truck and the high-quality of their food. After he was finished, he wrapped up the items of my order in aluminum foil and pla ed them in a plastic bag for me to take out. I then paid contactless using my Google Pay which was accepted there. I wished him luck and drove back home to try the food out. It was amazingly delicious. This street food was the ideal example of amazing comfort food. I highly recommend this food truck and urge you to give them your full support.