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    Mac n cheese chicken sandwich
    Amber L.

    OMG i love this truck. I will follow them around. We had the chicken Mac n cheese. So delicious. Huge portions. Fries were good too. Im

    Mari K.

    I'm reviewing The Coop food truck, which happened to be stationed at the Housatonic River brewery on a Saturday afternoon. After a long day of rock climbing in 90+ degree weather, I was tired, sore, thirsty, and starving. I wandered into the first brewery I found and frantically looked around for a food or snack menu. I was told don't worry, there's a food truck! Now, food trucks at breweries can be hit or miss. Like the time I discovered that my lunch options consisted of 8 variations of fries. But lo and behold, The Coop to the rescue! Wings, hot chicken sandwiches, mac and cheese, and more! I ordered the nashville hot chicken sandwich, because I was craving meat and spice, and I thought it was less likely to irritate the open blisters on my palms (refer to comment about rock climbing) than actual chicken wings. I asked for a side of slaw to take home, recalling the pork carnitas I had sitting naked in my fridge. The sandwich was incredible. It's photogenic, yes, but the sex appeal is real. It was crispy and saucy and flavorful and exactly what I wanted with some cold beer. This place is legit. p.s. The extra cole slaw was great the next day with my carnitas.

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    8 months ago

    Fantastic chicken sandwich!! Best around, good service and good food. I will go out of my way just to stop in for a bite!

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    No matter what you order, its gonna be really good! Definitely try the sandwich first

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    5 years ago

    Very good food, fast service. Large chicken sandwich. Only downside is it's a bit pricey,

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    Regular food. Everything was ok. Service is good. Friendly owner. Mac and cheese was bland

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    Aurora's Gypsy Cafe - hungry customers

    Aurora's Gypsy Cafe

    3.7(6 reviews)
    5.7 mi

    Lightning strikes maybe once maybe twice Oh and it lights up…read morethe night And you see you're a gypsy You see you're a gypsy (Gypsy - by Fleetwood Mac) As we walked into today's "Made in CT Expo" at the Durham Fairgrounds, the first thing we did was check out the food trucks because we were starving. I made a beeline for Aurora's Gypsy Café, because I wanted something different and this truck was about as different as could be. Check out the "Psychedelic meets Flea Market" look of their truck. Check out the sweet gypsy costume worn by their very sweet proprietor. And check out their menu for some very, very different types of cuisine. Their website describes their food as "homemade eclectic gypsy food... from North Africa and the Middle East to Eastern Europe and the Native American heritage, we offer dishes inspired by the flavors found on the Spice Road centuries past." So what is gypsy food? Think locally grown exotic meats like Elk, Venison, Wild Boar, Icelandic Lamb, Goat, Galloway and Wagyu Beef, Duck, Quail, and Rabbit. Think lots of locally grown vegetables and beans. I ordered a bowl of Gypsy Stew - a delicious and exotic blend of pork, beef, chorizo, cabbage and three kinds of beans served over wild rice. It was $6 of exotic bliss, made even the more blissful with some of the Gypsy Woman's homemade hot sauce. I loved every exotic morsel... On a side note, the only reason we even heard of the Made in CT Expo was because of Yelp. So it was fitting that as we strolled the grounds, we said hello to four fellow Yelpers that were also there. Ah.... the Power of Yelp..

    We spotted this truck at the Made in CT expo today. As a food truck it was fantastic. Lots of…read morehealthy options and a Vegan option as well. You can get pretty much everything on rice or a salad. We got the elk burger on a bun. Delicious and full of flavor. We also had the duck and plum on a salad. Again delicious. We wanted to try the whole menu! The staff was friendly, helpful and answered our many questions. Come to Hartford!

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    Good Eats Grill

    Good Eats Grill

    3.8(16 reviews)
    40.0 mi

    Stop reading and go NOW! and get some of their Great Eats (they are being humble with calling…read morethemselves Good Eats) i was going to share as this was allot of Great Eats at beyond reasonable price, buuuuuut im not sharing jack. Go get it and message me back telling me you didn't share either. I went to their new brooklyn location at 1809 Flatbush Avenue corner of East 37th.

    A great new food truck has appeared on the scene! Come one come all! Come see Billy for your…read morebreakfast & lunch needs. Good food served with a smile always works in my book. Take note fellow truck drivers & foodies alike. This dude is throwing down on some good eats. He is conveniently located on a corner where there is room for trucks to park! Bonus in our world. So many places with good food miss out on big money because of lack of parking for trucks. Just saying. I stopped here with a friend of mines who ordered the grilled cheese because she's a vegetarian. But not I! I'm an omnivore all the way, leaning more to the carnivore in me. This is where Billy excels. Billy has great meat! Did I say that?! Yeah I did, but I mean it. His burger was delicious & he makes a mean cheesesteak hero. Also be sure to ask for his special sauce. Really, do it! I was wiping my plate clean. Although I cannot personally vouch for his sausage, because I didn't taste it, but it did look really good. He will be adding specials so stop by & see what the wonder chef is cooking. Hey Armani, I've told the masses now show them what you're made of! 5-29-2016

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    Good Eats Grill - Bacon wrapped shrimp, braised beef served w/ our infamous Mac and sweet & sour collard greens

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    TK's American Cafe - Bushwacker

    TK's American Cafe

    3.6(229 reviews)
    7.3 mi
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    As a proud, card-carrying member of the "Find the Best Wings in Connecticut" father-son tour, I…read morehave to start by tipping my hat to my fellow Yelpers... because you were absolutely right. My son and I rolled into TK's American Cafe with high hopes and empty stomachs, ready to see if this stop could challenge the reigning champions of our wing universe: J. Timothy's Taverne and The Groggy Frog. Punchline: It didn't dethrone the champs... but the experience itself was still pretty great. First, the atmosphere is fantastic. Old wooden booths, high tops, TVs right at the table, KENO(!!!), and that perfect slightly chaotic sports-bar energy that tells you wings are about to happen. The décor fits the town vibe perfectly and the place just feels like a wing institution. The service? Excellent. Friendly, attentive, and genuinely enthusiastic -- exactly the kind of crew you want guiding you through 70+ wing sauces like a sommelier of poultry. Now... the wings. The chicken itself was excellent quality and cooked perfectly. Crispy skin, juicy meat, great size -- everything you want when the wings arrive. When we saw the massive sauce selection, we were ready for wing nirvana. But this is where the prophecy of Yelp reviews past came true. The sauces were delicious in flavor... but thin in viscosity. Instead of lovingly clinging to the wings like a good sauce should, many of them staged a dramatic escape and formed a puddle at the bottom of the platter. So instead of eating wings, we spent half the meal doing a sort of wing-dunking relay, re-dipping each bite back into the sauce lagoon. To be fair, the teriyaki and barbecue-based sauces held on better, but if you're a classic hot-sauce wing person like me, you may find your wings swimming more than sticking. The blue cheese was excellent, the celery and veggies were fresh and crisp... although the carrots were so wide they looked like they were cut for a horse with impressive jaw strength. Credit where it's due: the steak fries were fantastic, and the nachos were surprisingly great -- the kind that taste like something you could make at home... except somehow way better. So where do we land? Great atmosphere. Excellent service. Very good food overall. But on the Connecticut Wing Power Rankings, the crown still belongs to J. Timothy's and The Groggy Frog. Would I come back? Maybe... but on the drive home we passed about six intriguing Brazilian restaurants and a Pepe's pizza, and suddenly my lunch decision tree got complicated. Still, I'm glad we tried it. TK's is a fun spot with a great vibe -- just maybe bring a spoon so you can scoop the sauce back onto your wings. PS: if you stick blend/emulsify some xanthan gum into the wing sauce when you're making it hot... It will stick perfectly to the wings... In case improvement is something you're interested in

    I'm continuing my tour of the great CT wing places. My latest first was TK's. We visited right as…read morethey were opening on a Tuesday around 11 a.m. on our way out of CT on vacation. The focus of our visit for me was wings, but I also tried some tasty cheese topped chili with chips. And my son's steak fries. They were gigantic! As for the wings, the chicken was high quality and had good texture. The blue cheese was above average, and there lots of pieces of celery and carrots. Most of my comments are about the sauce. I tried 3 sauces. The Hot Buffalo Sauce, which I understand is a CT favorite, was good, but it didn't really stick to the wing. Some of the sauce may have been absorbed in to the skin of the wing, but it wasn't that noticeable flavor-wise. There was a small pool of sauce at the Bottom of the basket rather than on the wings. I suspect the wings weren't adequately tossed in the sauce. Or maybe it was a thin batch of sauce and didn't stick for that reason. In any event, the sauce situation was not ideal for the Buffalo wings. My favorite sauce was the Fire & Ice, which consisted of TK's hot sauce, Ranch and Horseradish. This sauce stuck better to the wings. It had a nice rounded flavor. Mild heat, A bit of tang. A very good sauce. My third sauce was the Dragon. This sauce also stuck to the wing well. It consisted of Honeyaki, Ginger, Suicide sauce and seasoned seeds. The sauce was pretty good, but it didn't taste like I expected given the menu description. I didn't pick up any Ginger, which was what I found intriguing about the description. The sports bar/restaurant itself was cool. There were plenty of big TV's. And smaller TV's at the tables along the outside. Service was very good and friendly. I'd definitely check out TK's again. Next time, I'd probably try to visit at a later time when there were a few more customers there because I wonder if some of the sauce issues were related to it being an off peak time. 4.25 Stars

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