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Jon's Street Eats brings gourmet grub to street dining

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Dara Kerr/OaklandNorth.net

On a corner of Emeryville's office park, a generator hums fueling an aluminum-sided truck serving up hot food. It's not your typical fast-food truck though: On one side of the grill are patty melts made with ground Niman ranch beef on marbled rye, with swiss cheese, caramelized onions and a secret sauce. On the other are "mac and cheese cakes" -- balls of macaroni and cheese, breaded with panko, grilled and topped with a gremolata.

The chef who created this menu is Jon Kosorek, who started up this truck -- Jon's Street Eats -- last August. An Oakland resident, Kosorek believes in using only the highest quality ingredients and makes everything from scratch except the bread. "I try to be proud of everything I do," he says. "There's no style of food that's a favorite of mine. I just try to do good food all the time."

Jon's Street Eats is one of several food trucks serving non-traditional food that have popped up in the East Bay over the past year. There's also a cupcake truck (CupKates), a Korean barbecue taco truck (Seoul on Wheels) and Roli Roti, which sells rotisserie meats including duck and lamb. Their loyal customers find out their constantly changing locations and menus through social media outlets like Twitter, Facebook and Yelp.

Read the full story by Dara Kerr, and see more delicious pictures, at Oakland North.

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Posted By: Oakland North (Email) | May 26 2010 at 11:16 AM

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