The final event of American Craft Beer Week is almost here.  The Richmond Food Cart Derby will take place on Sunday, May 20th at the 17th St Farmer’s Market from 11am-6pm. Presented by Taste the Local, Style Weekly, Monkey Dish Media, 2BNB, Richmond 17th Street Farmers Market, Clear Channel, Radio Rubber Room, and Brown Distributing, the event will celebrate Virginia beer and local food. 

Take a look at all the trucks/carts scheduled to be on hand:

• Sustenance Truck  Fresh, local, seasonal gourmet sandwiches, soups, and chef’s creations
• Dressed and Pressed  Gourmet salads, truffled tater tots, gourmet paninis, and chef specialties
• Mister Softee RVA  Premium soft serve ice cream sundaes, cones, banana splits, shakes, and more
• Station 2  Gourmet burgers
• Crossroads Coffee and Ice Cream  Hot and iced gourmet coffee drinks, fruit smoothies, and Italian sodas
• Boka Truck  Asian-Mexican-American fusion takos with French technique and seasonal menus
• Rooster Cart Mobile Vegan from the folks that used to run Cafe Gutenberg
• RVA Vegan Bike Powered Cart  Vegan comfort food (tamales, cupcakes, hot dogs, Chili)
• Kenn-Tico 
• Papa Ningo
• Sausagecraft  Hand crafted artisanal meats
• Mobile Munchies  Beloved VCU cart going strong for 17 years
• Pizza Tonight  Mobile wood burning pizza oven
• Olio Food Cart  Zesty gourmet sandwiches, salads, and sides
• Chef Kelly’s Taqueria
• Hawk’s BBQ
• Chupacabra  “Nacho Ordinary Tex-Mex”
• Habeneros Tacos  Authentic Mexican tacos and burritos, chicken, steak, al pastor, and carnitas
• Dollop Desserts  Hand crafted desserts from premium, natural ingredients

The following Virginia breweries will be pouring their unique beers as well:

• Starr Hill  Crozet, VA
• Devils Backbone  Roseland, VA
• Hardywood Park  Richmond, VA
• Legend  Richmond, VA
• Midnight Goochland, VA
• Lost Rhino  Ashburn, VA
• O’Connor  Norfolk, VA
• Roanoke Railhouse  Roanoke, VA
• Mad Fox Falls Church, VA
• Wolf Hills  Abingdon, VA
• Bull and Bones  Blacksburg, VA
• Big Daddy  Roanoke, VA
• Blue Lab  Lexington, VA

This will be a great event you should not miss.  Come on out and get some local food and beer.  I will see you there!