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Taco Tones Returns

8/24/2022

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Green Bay has a blessing that is sorely lacking in many other cities in our country: access to Native Frybread prepared by natives themselves. Indigenous cuisine in the states has long been an under-represented area of our culinary history. At Taco Tones food truck, the frybread is the base upon which more familiar dishes and flavors are built as an introduction to the under-represented cuisine.

And, let’s face it, it’s just plain tasty. From a frybread taco to a ribeye sandwich to a burger, you don’t have to be a food history weirdo like me to appreciate what they’re doing. We tried them once during the winter while the proprietor ran deliveries when unable to do business in the Green Bay Streets. At the time, I tried their native nachos and their frybread burger. I remembered it so fondly that when I heard they were involved in an accident that rendered their food truck inoperable early in the season, I was crushed.

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Thankfully, it was not a goodbye when they shut down their original facebook page– just a see you later. Taco Tones is back, and we had our first chance to get their flatbread taco right out of the fryer at the Washington Street Block Party this past weekend. Under the warm sun with a cold beer, the slight crust on the exterior of the pillowy interior of the frybread worked hard to contain an overflow of delicious taco meat and the usual suspects. The small slices of tomato on top went down particularly refreshing with the heaviness of the overall experience. It was a perfect food truck meal.​

As early as I arrived at the event, the line was not long. The staff moved through those that did stop in immediately for their meal quickly, which is a good sign for their setup on the interior of the truck. For the hour and some that I stayed at the block party, it appeared that the quick service I got continued. Every frybread taco that I saw go by looked as good as mine. There’s something special going on in there. Don’t let the unassuming exterior of the truck fool you.

You can follow Taco Tones on facebook to keep track of their schedule, or you can check our own facebook page off and on as well. We do our best to repost when we see many of our area food trucks announcing their openings outside of regular events in town. Tell them Eating Normal sent you. I’m so glad to see them out on the streets again to share a unique food truck experience with the city. ​
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Blue Suede Foods at Noble Roots

5/19/2022

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The first weekend of 70 degree weather in Green Bay is a sacred one. If you waste it in your home, you’ve let the world pass you by. My husband and I couldn’t do that. We spent very little of our time at home last Saturday, and we found ourselves at Blue Suede Foods’ truck outside of Noble Roots Brewing Co. on our first visit to either business. There are few better ways to enjoy a warm afternoon.

Noble Roots has been around since 2016. I’ve sampled some of their beers at local bars since I first moved to Green Bay, but I never made the effort to take myself to the far eastern side of town and see their facility. Anything east of where I live somehow seems very far off. The closer to the college, the less it registers on my radar. Blue Suede Foods convinced us to make the trek, however, after watching their journey from sitting outside a bar just a few blocks from us night after night to making near weekly trips to breweries outside of town to serve.
So we went. The start of a true food truck season loomed for the first time really since we moved into town. COVID guidelines and precautions extending into last summer changed the way we might interact with a food truck culture in town, and let’s face it. Our food trucks have faced some hard regulations trying to do business in our downtown area. Supporting them through brewery stops is the best way to do it right now.
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We pulled up to Noble Roots and saw a full parking lot and yard. Extra tables had been put out to support visitors for the food truck, and there were even some folks that showed up with their own fold out chairs and picnic blankets to get cozy and have a beer or two in the overcast, warm weather we were having. My husband and I had to park a ways down a residential road not far from the brewery due to the amount of visitors they had at Blue Suede’s open.

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Event Special Burger celebrating the new stout release
The menu is stand out on its own. There are several dishes that employ the fusion of different cultural techniques to create something wild and new in Green Bay’s food truck scene. They’re also among the first I’ve been to that employ a beeper system so that you can return to the truck for your meal once its ready rather than wait around outside for the cooks to yell at you. This method let my husband and I sit and enjoy a whole beer in the meantime. Nearly every table surrounding us also had these beepers, so we didn’t mind the wait.
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Wisconsin Rolls served with Beer Cheese
Our food finished after a leisurely beer on the lawn, and when I opened up that styrofoam container, I looked down upon crunchy fries and Wisconsin Rolls. The Wisconsin Roll is one of their standout items on their menu as far as I’m concerned- an eggroll skin stuffed with grilled chicken, brats, cheese and bacon. They serve it with a cup of beer cheese for dipping, and I’ll be honest– I didn’t need it. The fat content in most of the fillings served to keep things moist and tasty. The chicken balanced it out.

A good french fry is a hallmark of a good cook to me, and these fries are among some of the best I’ve ever eaten from a food truck. A light batter helps keep the crunch even after a little time in a styrofoam container. I finished all of my fries before we left. They’re salty and crunchy enough to get you through a second beer.

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Blue Suede regularly opens for delivery via Eatstreet if you can’t make it out to their events that they announce on facebook. Keep an eye on their page to know exactly where they are and when they’re open, and you too can enjoy their innovative Wisconsin focused menu for yourself. My husband and I greatly enjoyed eating with them on one of the first nice days of the year, and we will be doing so more and more as food truck season ramps up properly.
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Captain Quesadilla Co. - Green Bay, WI

10/27/2021

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I became aware of Captain Quesadilla near the beginning of the pandemic when their charity work with Feeding America came across my facebook wall. Restaurants and food trucks working to feed their communities during lockdown was one of my favorite things to see. I set myself up to follow them immediately, and it has been more than a year since that point. I’ve seen a lot of opportunities to give them a visit pass me by. I feel bad for it.
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There was even a point where I was messaging with them every few days trying to figure out where they’d be next, but my health in the summer was so down that I could never get myself out the door. The last few months have improved dramatically. When I saw Captain Quesadilla on the vendor list for the Oktoberfest out of Revolution Market, I knew I had to be there. I’ll support the location until I’m dead or move from the area. The opportunity to finally give this food truck its due was too good to resist.

They very recently had their truck wrapped with their adorable little mascot, so I knew what I was looking for when I arrived. Feed Your Superpower is their tagline at the top of their menu where each quesadilla bears a name for values and traits such as kindness, honor, and integrity. Every quesadilla you eat provides a meal through Feeding America according to the little guy at the bottom of the menu. What’s better than enjoying a meal and helping other people in need?

​We arrived at the Revolution Market Oktoberfest to see Captain Quesadilla Co front and center in the parking lot. Their identifiable mascot was obvious on arrival, and we took our time before going up to get our own taste of what they do. My husband and I already had a cup of soup or two from the newest residents at Revolution-- Souper Day-- so we each ordered a half quesadilla to finish up what remained of our appetite. I ordered the Chicken and black bean and my husband ordered the chicken bacon ranch. No surprise there.

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Willow Park Food Truck Rally - Bellevue, WI

5/30/2021

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Unseasonable cold welcomed my father to Green Bay this past Sunday, and despite the threat of rain we spent the day visiting Lambeau Field and getting brunch at Stadium View. Most important about the day was the food truck rally sponsored by the Green Bay Food Truck Coalition taking place at Willow Park in Bellevue, not too far from where my husband and I live. Our food truck scene has been growing over the last year, and many of those small businesses started during the pandemic to serve customers outside in a safer environment still exist today. Some of our favorites that we visited at the start of the pandemic were there that day.

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Bay Burger Food Truck

1/26/2021

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We were busy the 23rd of January making some stops all over the East Side, and one of those stops was the 1 year anniversary tapping of Zambaldi’s Bourbon Barrel aged Vanilla Good Dog Porter. Bay Burger Food Truck was on hand to provide food for visitors to the distanced celebration, and I’ve got to admit, it was one of the strongest draws of the event for my husband and I. Bay Burger started service in early December 2020, and their facebook posts had been crossing my feed since their first outing at Zambaldi. They had been there many times since, but we hadn’t taken the time to go visit while we did mini quarantines for ourselves ahead of the holidays.

Those quarantines we imposed on ourselves are over now, and though I’m not able to receive the second part of my vaccine due to some complicated reactions, I’m still at least partly protected from the pandemic. For me, this means I can extend my restaurant coverage in the area with less to worry about and try to highlight local businesses doing amazing things, and Bay Burger Food Truck is one of those businesses.​


When you approach and see what some might consider a sparse menu, it may be a put off after years and years of burgers with absolutely insane topping combinations and enough meat to put a football player to sleep after dinner. Traditional hamburger, single smashburger, and double smashburger. Those are your options. They serve ‘em one way: cheese, grilled onions, dijon, mayo, and pickles. Basket of fries on the side, and that’s your meal. Simple? Yes. Perfect? Yes.

A completely untarnished burger experience is what we got from Bay Burger Food Truck that day over a special beer release and a few more minutes outside of our apartment. The smashburger is executed to perfection so you get that nice crunchy layer of meat on either side of the patty. The cheese melts right in. The grilled onion and the pickles play nicely together while the dijon and mayo provide smooth, saucy relief. I swear to god their fries are done in peanut oil, and it makes all the difference to the taste of well salted, thin fries like they serve out of that window.

This is absolutely a truck worth seeking out if you’re a burger person, and let's face it, most of us are. There is currently no vegetarian option on the menu, however, so that may dissuade some. Bay Burger Food Truck is out there doing business any day possible, including the NFC Championship game this past weekend where they set up on a corner and provided for the crowd and passersby from near the Resch center.

They update their Facebook every day they’re out, but you can also follow their schedule at their website. Some of their stops aren’t always scheduled ahead of time enough for them to be on the website-- like their stop today at Zambaldi! Experience the tasty burger with a nice beer from another Eating Normal favorite.

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