The list of food vendors for Tucson Meet Yourself is now online, so before the chaos hits downtown and you're trying to figure out what to eat for the six meals you'll end up eating at the festival during a four hour period, make some notes. Plan ahead.
Pro tip: one of the Laotian places was a real revelation for me last year. Super cheap and crazy delicious.
The full list is below the cut:
2011 TUCSON MEET YOURSELF FOOD VENDORS:Alliance Francaise of Tucson — French Crepes & croissants
Ausperitea — Teas from the World, teamonades
American Culinary Federation Chefs’ Association of Southern Arizona — Iron Chefs ‘Taste the Results’
Ballet Folklorico La Paloma — Pico de gallo, chicken or bean & cheese burros, nachos, horchata
BBQ 4 U ** — Santa Maria style Tri Tip BBQ sandwiches, burros and whole tri tip to go
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha — Native American Fry Bread Taco, frybread with chili, beans or honey
CeeDee Jamaican Kitchen — Jamaican jerk chicken, curry chicken, oxtail stew, rice & peas, plantains, festivals, fruit drinks
CHISPA Foundation — Mexican nachos, bean burritos, aguas frescas, pastries, pico de gallo, snow cones
Club Colombia de Tucson — Tamales, papas chorreadas, empanadas, cocadas, jugos tropicales, coffee, hot chocolate
Club Costa Rica - Tamales, gallo pinto, pollo tropical, mango drink
Club España De Tucson - Paella, gazpacho, churros
Croatian Wagon — Chicken paprikash, grilled sausage, Croatian strudel, potica (pastries)
Cuban Grill — Cuban grilled sandwiches, plantain chips
D’s Island Grill - Jamaican / West Indian jerk chicken, curry goat, oxtail stew, fruit drinks
DaKine Hawaiian Shave Ice
Danish Club of Tucson — Aebleskiver, kringle (pastries), coffee
Daughters of Penelope / Order of AHEPA — Greek gyros, salad, spanakopita, baklava
Desert Lightning Booster Club — American BBQ burgers, brats, sauerkraut, baked beans
Don Pedro’s Peruvian Bistro — Maracuya, chicha morada, papa rellena, lomo saltado, anticuchos, salchipapas, cancha
El Guero Canelo — Sonoran Hot Dogs
Filipino American Sampaguita Club Of Tucson (FASCOT) — Pancit, chicken adobo, turon, lumpia (egg rolls), rice
Filipino American Student Associaton UA — Pancit, lumpia (egg rolls), melon juice
Foundation for Inter-Cultural Dialogue — Turkish/Mediterranean — Turkish doner kebab, stuffed grape leaves, kisir (bulgur salad), gozleme with cheese, baklava
Frost, A Gelato Shoppe — Italian Gelato
Gethsemane Cogic Womens — Southern BBQ ribs, beans, cole slaw, sweet potatoe pie, peach cobbler
Hawaiian Shave Ice
HUB Ice Creamery — HUB Made Here super premium ice cream
Hungarian Gourmet — Hungarian Goulash, grilled sausage, crepe suzette
India Society of Southern Arizona *Best of Fest 2010 Award: Founders Award — Chickpeas masala, samosa, papad & chutney, rose water, mango juice
Isabella’s Ice Cream — Hard scoop Ice Cream & Sorbets
KborK - Sonoran carne asada / barbacoa tacos & burritos, quesadillas, caramelos, hot dogs
King Corn — Roasted corn on the cob
La Guelaguetza — Oaxaca Mexican Huraches, sopes de chicharon (gorditas), burros carne asada, carne con chile, chile rellenos, tamele, aguas frescas
Lajkonik Polish **- Kielbasa sausage, Hunter’s stew, golabki, potato pancakes, pierogi, bigos
Lao Student Club — Chicken & beef sticks, fried rice, papaya salad, lao tea
Lao American Veterans — Rice paper vegetarian egg roll, Curry chicken skewers, beef skewers, jasmine rice, lao tea
Las Cazuelitas — Sonoran tacos, burros and tamales
Lil’ Orbits — American mini cinnamon donuts
Los Chiquilines — Sonoran Aguas Frescas, chicken & beef tacos
Los Eloteros — Mexican Coctel de Elote, roasted corn, tostielote
Mama Joy’s Catfish ** — Southern Fried Catfish, fried shrimp, chicken tenders, peach cobbler, sweet potatoe pie, sweet tea
Maranatha Church ** — Southern Vegetarian Soul Food, BBQ veggie sandwich, mixed greens, quinoa, peach cobbler
Planet of the Crepes ** — French Sweet & Savory Crepes
Peddler On The Path — Coffees, cappuccino, fruit smoothies
Pin-Up Pastries — Southern & Mexican Pastries, cup cakes, whoopie pie, cake pops, paletas
Safe Mission Caribbean — Jerk chicken, curry chicken, rice & beans, carrot juice, lemonade
San Ignacio Yaqui Council — Yaqui Indian taco, fry bread with red chili, beans, or honey
St. Patrick’s Day Parade / Scottish Highland Games — Corned beef, pasties, sweet breads
Smoke Signal BBQ — Southern style Pulled Pork sandwiches & burros, roasted corn, cheese nachos
Southern Arizona Korean Association — Korean BBQ Beef & Chicken, seaweed wrapped rice, vegetables, chapchae, kimchi, shaved ice, drinks
Thai Tucson — BBQ Chicken satay, fried rice, fried noodles, cheese puffs, vegetables, Thai tea
Thriratana Tucson Buddist Temple — Pad Thai, BBQ chicken satay, Thai yellow curry, fried banana, Thai tea
Tucson Chinese Association — Steamed BBQ Pork & chicken buns, stir fried vegetable lo mein, Cantonese fried rice, dim sum, pork shui mai, shrimp dumplings, Taiwanese Boba milk tea
Tucson Chinese Christian Church — Mongolian beef, teriyaki chicken rice bowl, pork egg rolls, orange chicken rice bowl, Boba tea
Tucson Japanese Association — Takoyaki octopus pancake, Salmon Onigiri, gyudon beef rice bowl, yakitori grilled chicken, imagawayaki pancake/sweet red bean, inari sushi in fried tofu
Tucson Tamale Company — Green corn, Pork & cheese, blue corn, roasted plantain tamales, organic green salad
VASA Lodge #691 **- Swedish Meatball & red cabbage, cucumber plate, rye bread, rhubarb cake, apple cake, spice cake, coffee
Vietnamese Alliance of Tucson — Vietnamese sandwich, Pork skewer, spring roll, Boba fruit cup, iced coffee, Boba ice tea
Vietnamese Students Association — Chicken & Beef skewers, egg rolls, veggie fried rice, Boba fruit juice & tea drinks
Wat Buddhametta Thai Temple ** — Pad Thai stir fried noodles, BBQ Chicken Satay, stir fried vegetables, Thai egg roll, fried banana, Thai ice tea
Western Smoke BBQ — Santa Maria/Sonoran style BBQ Tri Tip Steak sandwich or burrito, organic salsa, chips
Yoeme Bario Libre Community Council — Yaqui Indian Taco, frybread with honey or red chile or beans
