Today was an interesting Birmingham day. Unexpectedly, especially as it was below 30 degrees when I walked my dog this morning, we were pushing into the 70s by midday under beautiful sunny skies. This called for a trip to Railroad Park, which is good in and of itself, but today the Spoonfed truck was going to be serving, and it cried out for a sample.
During the week the truck stays mostly on the North side of the railroad tracks in the downtown core of Birmingham, but distressingly far from my lab and haunts on the Southside and Five Points. I know food trucks are old hat at this point, but Birmingham for all of its highlights, can be a bit behind the times.
The menu varies day to day, and today had 5 or 6 different options, all of which listed meat as an ingredient. But I was hungry and wanted to sit down and read so I ordered the burrito, but asked for no meat. To my surprise, they pulled some of the cost off the order, making my tab for a Chipotle sized burrito and some tortilla chips $6. I do appreciate that kind of accommodation.
Worth it? Most certainly. Roasted and sauteed vegetables, lettuce, rice, black beans, cilantro and a good helping of sour cream wrapped in a flour tortilla. Well balanced flavors, but with a bit of a homogeneous texture, some raw vegetables in there would help make it a bit more interesting to chew on. But that's a minor complaint.
I didn't get a drink, but they had a cooler of Coca Cola standards. They man taking my order said they were hoping to start carrying 'things no one else has' so that bodes well for people who like weird sodas and juices, and I certainly do.
Spoonfed would probably do good business on Southside, but probably not as well as they can do downtown, but with the Railroad Park cars shut down on weekends, they'll be a popular bunch should they choose to serve regularly on the weekend. You can find out where they'll be on Twitter.
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