These guys have been at the CrossFit Games all week and their grub is so great. We've been grabbing the bacon and egg panini with a smoothie every morning and it's great fuel to start the day. Pretty bummed this will be the last day having this food truck until we venture back to Wisconsin. Absolutely recommend if you spot this anywhere. read more

Toast - Bacon & Egg Panini, smoothie - Food Trucks Near Me - Madison, Wisconsin

A decent panini at jacked-up food truck prices. Clean, fresh food if you're in a pinch, but only good for convenience. Skip the lemonade.

My FAVORITE food truck! I love it when they come to my work parking lot, because I always have to fight the urge to go back down and grab another panini. The turkey panini is my favorite, although they are all delicious. Definitely be sure to try their homemade garlic aioli- what a yummy treat! read more

Yummi! Love their paninis! Always fresh and tasty, The staff are always super nice. Madison has so many wonderful types of food ! read more

We've had them two times to serve our employees and they loved it. The fresh ingredients along with the flavors can't be beat. If someone says they are too expensive - they don't understand how the economy works. They are great and I can't wait to have them again! -Patti Aztalan Engineering read more

Always great service. The sandwiches are pretty delicious but more often than not almost taste the same. Favorite sandwich - Turkey pesto panini and the Veg grilled Cheese Lesser known fact- They serve a mean Pineapple Lemonade! Truly refreshing for a hot day. Its a great place to get a panini on the run! read more

My friend recommended it to me (**) The sandwich is fine, but "extra spicy" is not spicy at all. One perk is that they accept credit card. I won't come here for lunch again considering the sandwich size and price _(:」)_ read more

Toast - Panini - Food Trucks Near Me - Madison, Wisconsin

Great sandwiches and great people. My favorite is the spicy panini. My wife loves the Pollo panini. A grilled Cheese for the kids and everybody has a fantastic meal for a great price. I especially appreciate that delivery is an option. read more

My favorite part about toast is that they have a large selection of meats, cheeses, sauces, toppings, etc. However, they don't seem to put enough of the toppings on there, which is sad. I generally order a pastrami + roast beef sandwich, and I like the flavor of the meats. I also get garlic mayo, pesto, and all the toppings. They're really nice to warn me that the peppers are really spicy (I have a high spice tolerance so I don't mind haha). The service is good, but agreeing with other yelpers, the sandwiches are overpriced ... read more

Awesome! A fantastic food truck. Excellent panini and very friendly staff. One of the only food trucks on the Library Mall to accept credit/debit, so A+ for you, Toast! The "build your own panini" option is great. I really enjoyed the ham, mozzarella, pesto, and garlic mayo panini. It was "da bomb!" The only thing that would make the food truck better would be prices that are a tad lower. But overall, this is a fantastic restaurant. I will definitely be visiting it again! :) read more

Toast - Toast Paninis!!! - Food Trucks Near Me - Madison, Wisconsin

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These guys were great! Just started out and put on one of the best food trucks at Madison's A la Cart food fest this past weekend. Super nice people, great food, and gave generous portions. Also one of the last ones open at the event. Great start, keep up the good work! read more

Gili, the owner of the cart, wrote me and clarified a couple of issues. I love how Yelp provides a channel for concerns to be voiced to the owner, and together we hope we can make the experience better for others! I learnt from Gili himself that all of the food in the display case is in the refrigerator and is kept at the proper temperature, that makes me feel a lot at ease about the ingredients. It is also great that their open-concept cart lets customers see how their food is prepared, since most typical food carts have small windows and you cannot watch the food preparation. So this is a great distinction from other food carts. That said it's almost impossible to stop flying insects completely. I am fine with that as long as they don't get onto the ingredients or onto the food. Now that I feel a lot more comfortable I am looking forward to going back to try their paninis again. read more

Hadn't tried Toast until today- I thought $7 was a little too pricey for a sandwich, but I had a Yelp coupon and I'd heard rave reviews. The hype set my expectations high-and I wasn't disappointed. I ordered the Veggie panini and got a side of the Dill and Sriacha dipping sauces. Although the sandwich wasn't huge for the price, it was SO good- no wonder theres always a substantial line. The panini was loaded with fresh spinach, onions, olives, other veggies, and melted provolone-the garlic mayo sauce was delicious, and the sandwich was perfectly pressed. I loved the spicy Sriacha dipping sauce, and the Dill sauce was addicting, creamy, and herb-y. The guys in the cart were super friendly and nice, and they even gave me a coupon for next time. Great experience, will definitely be going back. read more

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Great experience!!came by last week for lunch,all the ingredients are extremely fresh,friendly service and the panini was delicious. Give it a try...you won't regret that! read more

Best grilled cheese panini I have ever had! Try it with the dill dipping sauce. A must have!

It's not often that you come across a food cart with such a diverse and flexible menu. Toast offers great variety and always-changing daily specials, and even gives you the option to make your own panini from the ingredients they have available! Additionally, it's very rare for food carts to have such an open window through which you can see basically everything that happens in the cart-- no feelings of "what the heck are they putting in my sandwich" at this place. There aren't many negative aspects to Toast, but I'm not always so impressed with the flavor of their sandwiches. The portions are filling, wholesome, and generous (and I'm in love with the bread!), but the ingredients taste similar to what you'd find at a fast food place. Overall, though, it's a fantastic food cart! read more

Got the chance to experience this little food cart today when it parked outside my employers building. I ordered the Cuban Panini and made sure to get a side of dipping sauce they have sitting out, there were 2 kinds. 1 was a pesto and the other was a spicy mayo, I opted for the mayo. The price for the sandwich was $8 and while it had a decent amount of meat on it, I feel like $8 is a steep price for just a sandwich. I will still hungry when I finished it. For an additional $3, you can add a can of pop and small bag of chips. I opted out of this because I didn't feel it was a good enough deal. Service was ok, I guess. I was never thanked for my purchase and wasn't greeted when I walked up. read more

Toast! Man this is an awesome truck. In fact it was the only way I could get my husband to come to the Art Fair on the Square by telling him Toast would be there. These paninis are amazing with such interesting combinations and flavors. Very friendly staff too. read more

As a student as Madison, I look for something fresh, fast, and friendly and over all the food carts I always choose Toast. Great and fresh paninis always! You need to check it out if you haven't already! read more

I look forward to my paninis every summer that I come home to Madison! My favorite is their homemade pesto & red bell pepper mayo...they add great flavors to the paninis! They have delicious, soft, fresh bread and I love that they have the option to build my own since I prefer to customize what I'd like on in. Usually I load my panini with cheese and veggies and go the vegetarian route, although my big meat eater friends love combining different meats and switching it up all the time. They have a great variety of recommended menu items to choose from as well! I love this food cart and would definitely recommend it to any food lover! read more

I booked the Toast truck for catering during the filming of my short film in Middleton and had such a great experience. The booking went smoothly and they worked with me on my timeline, budget, etc. Everyone enjoyed the meat and vegetarian options and the lemonade was a nice bonus. We were filming outside in 35 degree weather, so it was great to have a warm, easy to eat option for the film crew (they even offered me hot chocolate since I was freezing!) Definitely recommend for catering or for lunch on the go! read more

I ate here sometime in March/April this year while taking classes at the university. I ordered the Turkey Panini. Honestly the panini had hardly any toppings on it. I think the flavor ideas of this place are great but the sandwiches are seriously overpriced for what you get. read more

I ordered the Turkey. The guys in the cart were very friendly, and the veggies on top were fresh and plentiful, but it was still lacking any pizzaz. Also the bun was bleh, kinda like eating cardboard, they needed more mayo or something on the bun for my tastes. The onions were chopped and kept falling off my sandwich, slices would have been easier to eat. There wasn't much cheese, I should have ordered chedder instead of provolone since it was hard to taste it, and chedder has a bolder flavor. All in all I wasn't really impressed with my $7.50 sandwich, I think I could find something I like better for the same price. read more

Gili's Paninis are FANTASTIC! Made to order as good as it gets! In addition to having a ton of flavor, mine was hot and fresh! Gili is super friendly too! You can really taste the quality he puts into his work. read more

I ordered the mixed meat panini and it was delicious! The staff were all very friendly and looked like they were having a fun time being there! The new combo meal is a great deal! I will definitely be going back soon! read more

These guys are great, I hope for the best for them, but their food sucks. It looks and taste like cheap food. The cheese they use are those plastic looking squares you buy in a service station. The chicken chicken they use are those round thin crap that you get in plastic wraps from Oscar Meyer. The bread was OK, but the sauce was heavy and sweet. The accompany pickles where cheap tasting as well. Overall, I will probably will not go back unless I am very hungry and no time to go to....Well Subway will have been better, at least not as unappetizing. I wish I can place a photo I took of the whole meal, you will have seen what I mean. Did I mention it cost me $9.50? read more

Babe and I ate paninis from Toast yesterday and I don't believe I've ever had a better one. Babe had a veggie one which she said was very good. I got the omelet one from their specials menu and will, with zero thought, get the same one every time I'm on the mall -- it was that good. The panini was lightly toasted, the omelet was firm, there was plenty of ham, and the cheese, tomatoes etc were very flavorful. Get a little cup of sriracha/mayo along with whatever you're eating -- super stuff. read more

The lemonade was good. The panini cost $7.50, took 20 minutes (there were all of 4 people ahead of us), and tasted flavorless and dull, a little like what I would expect licking a dusty shelf would taste like. Never again. read more

Great Panini. A friend and I do laps around the square and stopped by for lunch on Tuesday. Two bread choices...then choose your toppings...meats and cheese. The salty goodness of green olives appealed to me but I wasn't sure it would really work with my sandwich choice. I was assured it would. The Panini was done pretty quickly and was really good. The lemonade was refreshing. They are very flexible with the ingredient combinations. It would be nice if they featured a sandwich of the day for when you want to try something different. Oh, and they take credit cards which always helps. I would go there again. read more

One of the best food carts on the square! These sandwiches are always fresh and delicious, and the lemonade is awesome! Check this place out, you won't be disappointed! read more

When I went to the annual Elver Park firework viewing, I had low hopes for the food being served there. However, I was pleasantly surprised. As someone who loves sandwiches, I was immediately drawn to one of the food carts, which read "Toast-Gili's Paninis". When I approached, I saw a welcoming, clean food cart and the woman who welcomed me was very pleasant and put together and seemed to appreciate my business. There were samples of their homemade lemonade by the front window and the cart was also decorated for the annual Fourth of July festivities. The menu, which was extremely easy to follow showed step by step on how to make your perfect panini. Healthy choices were available, so I chose multigrain bread instead of white bread and being a vegetarian I was pleased on the appetizing array of vegetables which were labeled for me. They had a multitude of sauces, including, barbecue, pesto, and Sriracha sauce. Meats and cheeses were also available to choose from and everything looked fresh, like it had just come from the grocery store. Sides were available, such as chips, Mediterranean pickles. But, the real treat was their homemade lemonade. This lemonade was fresh, clean, and tasted delicious. There was a hint of mint, which added a zest of flavor to this wonderful drink. The panini was grilled to perfection, and I kid you not when I tasted it, it tasted like heaven. There was no grease weighing it down, it was clean and was healthy. I could not have been more impressed. The staff was warm and welcoming and catered to my needs and best of all the prices were reasonable. I give Toast-Gili's Paninis 5 stars. It is home cooking food cart style. read more