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Who Doesn't Love Truckeroo?!

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The semester was over and it was time to PARTY! We headed down to the Navy Yard area of Washington, DC (right by Nationals Park) to Truckeroo in May for some tasty fun in the sun. Truckeroo is a monthly, outdoor festival held on Fridays in the warm months of the year featuring approximately 25 DC-based food trucks, tasty drinks, and live music, and it is free to enter! We both had the day off, and it couldn't have been a nicer day outside (finally!), so we really lucked out! We arrived to Truckeroo a little before noon and thankfully there weren't too many people there, which meant we had the time and space to really enjoy the experience.

After scoping out all of the food trucks that were there, we decided to go to Swizzler first. Both of us had seen Swizzler pop up on a few Instagram accounts that we follow, so we were excited to finally get to try them. We ordered the Leonardo Dog Vinci and the Feast Mode, and shared the Parmesan Truffle Fries. The fries were great, but the dogs were definitely the stars. These aren't your average hot dogs that you might have at a cookout. These gourmet hot dogs, which were 100% grass-fed beef and served on gourmet buns, were well crafted and absolutely delicious. If you are a hot dog fan, you need to check out Swizzler.

We also visited the Big Cheese Food Truck. Who doesn't love a good grilled cheese sandwich? We shared the Thrilled Cheese sandwich with bacon added to it. The sandwich comes with guacamole on it - notice a theme yet? We are both secretly made of guacamole. Every component of the sandwich really worked well together. The sandwich was gooey, spicy (but not too spicy), and incredible. The added bacon was a great decision and gave the sandwich wonderful taste and texture.

We then stopped at DC Empanadas to grab a few different empanadas, including the El Toro, The Badass, and the Speedy Gonzalez. The empanadas were hot, full of meat and cheese (the Speedy Gonzalez is all cheese, though), and delicious, so they were basically heaven. The Badass is definitely one of Damien's favorite things ever.

We ended our day at Truckeroo by getting some tacos to go from Surfside Food Truck. Simone likes to get their Fish Tacos anytime she can visit their truck. The Fish Tacos are topped with guacamole, a creamy lime sauce, and corn salsa, and were just yummy. Damien ordered their Shrimp Tacos, which were their special tacos of the day, and they were bomb.com good. The shrimp was cooked perfectly, and Surfside made brilliant decisions with the toppings.

Seriously, don't sleep on Truckeroo. It really is a fun way to spend a Friday after work or during lunch time. Plus, the location of Truckeroo is easily accessible off of the Green Line on the Metro. Bring your appetite, and we promise you will have a great time!

The Leonardo Dog Vinci with Parmesan Truffle Fries from Swizzler
The Feast Mode from Swizzler
The Thrilled Cheese sandwich from Big Cheese Food Truck
Empanada #1: The Badass from DC Empanadas
Empanada #2: The Speedy Gonzalez from DC Empanadas
The Fish Tacos from Surfside Food Truck
The Shrimp Tacos from Surfside Food Truck
Simone & Damien enjoying the sun after so many days of rain!


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