This Saturday: 1st Annual L.A. Street Food Fest

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • February 11, 2010
Normally, we wouldn't post on food happenings in L.A. But this L.A. Street Food Fest, which brings together just about all of L.A.'s hip food trucks, seemed a notable exception. For one, it seems to be the event that coalesces the craze into one...
The full article can be read on the OC Weekly website.

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