Looking for something to do over the Weekend, I was drawn to the Grand Opening of a new food truck park, Dallas’ first, The Cedars Food Truck Park, down in the Dallas Heritage Village on the south side of downtown.
I rode the DART train to the Cedars Station and walked across the no man’s land south of downtown to the park.
There were eighteen food trucks at the park for the grand opening. It’s a little scary how many of them I have already eaten at and written about:
- Good Karma Kitchen,
- Ruthie’s Rolling Café,
- Rockin’ Ricks,
- Rock and Roll Tacos,
- Café Con Leche,
- Four Seasons,
- Jack’s Chowhound,
- Enticed,
- Free Wheel’n Café,
- Three Lions,
- Cool Haus,
- Nammi,
- Gandolfo’s,
- Crazy Fish,
- The Butcher’s Son,
- Ssahm BBQ,
- Cajun Tailgators,
- Rockstar Bakeshop.
Since I was there early and it was still scorching hot – the lines were non-existent and I chose some sushi from Crazy Fish.
Music was provided by a three piece mountain-folk group, The Sicklies – that I know nothing about but will see again if I have the chance.
Liquid refreshments were provided by the folks from the nearby bar/club Lee Harvey’s – serving up some beer from the Deep Ellum Brewing Company. Their stout was as excellent a dark beer as I have had in a long time – really good stuff.

Beer from The Deep Ellum Brewing Company, served up by the folks from Lee Harvey’s. The beer lines were plenty long – a lot of thirsty folk.
The whole evening was a blast. As the evening grew long and the air grew cooler the crowd grew until there were long lines at the food trucks and even longer ones for the beer. I didn’t stay too late – I didn’t want to make the walk back to the DART station in the pitch of night.
Sometimes the big city shows you its good side – it did tonight. I’m not sure if it was the presence of all the old historic buildings, the comradeship of the past, or if it was simply a well-planned event, but everyone was smiling and talking to each other. A happy time… with food, and very good beer.
Love the blog! Dallas has some amazing Food Trucks and Art Also!!
Thanks! A lot of people think Dallas is only a bunch of highways and an airport – and while they aren’t entirely wrong – there is a lot more to the city. You just have to look a little harder.
Great piece. Do you know how often they have this event?
This was a grand opening – but the food park will be open soon on a regular basis. According to the website – http://cedarsfoodpark.com/
The initial hours are:
Thursdays 5pm – 10pm (starting Aug. 16th)
Fridays 5pm – 10pm (starting Aug. 31st)
They say they will extend the days and offer lunch once the weather cools off, including special Saturday and Sunday events. What looks nice is that they give free admission to the Heritage Village with a receipt from a food truck.
Awesome! Thank you so much for the information! I’m can’t wait to check this out!
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