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A Moveable Feast will be returning to this year’s End of Summer Food Truck Festival. (WKTV)

By Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

The City of Kentwood will host one last hurrah to summer as it brings in more than 30 food trucks for its second annual End of Summer Food Truck Festival.

Set for Saturday, Sept. 16, the event is scheduled to run from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the parking lots of the KDL Kentwood (Richard l. Root) Branch, 4650 Breton Rd. SE, and the Kentwood City Hall, 4900 Breton Rd. SE.

The event is definitely bigger than last year, said Kentwood Parks and Recreation Marketing and Events Coordinator Laura Barbrick. This is partly due to a partnership with GR Loves Food Trucks which helped to bring trucks from all over West Michigan and even a few that are based further away. Barbrick noted there is even a truck coming that will be selling Lularoe clothing.

“The popularity of food trucks continues to grow in West Michigan,” said GR Loves Food Trucks President Alan Stone. “Our partnership with Kentwood is about bringing the community together for something everyone enjoys ‘eating delicious food.’”

Blue Spoon also will be at his year’s End of Summer Food Truck Festival.

Barbrick agreed with Stone about the growing popularity of food trucks which is part of the reason the Kentwood Parks and Recreation Department decided last year to host the End of Summer Food Truck Festival. Because both the food trucks and Parks and Recreation Department have such busy summer schedule, it was decided to have the event in the fall, she said.

“With food trucks ranging from barbecue to seafood to desserts, we’re confident everyone will find something they like,” Barbrick said.

Also new this year, according to Barbrick, is a beer tent which will serve a variety of beer and cider along with selections from Railtown Brewing Company. The beer tent will open at 11 a.m.

Local live music will be featured onstage throughout the day with bands Jesse Ray and the Carolina Catfish, Elroy Meltzer, Blue Nan & the Household featuring Stan Greene, and Kari Lynch. Guests are encouraged to bring blankets and chairs. There also will be cornhole tournament open to teams of two from noon to 4 p.m. To register, call the Parks and Recreation Department at 616-656-5270.

Food trucks attending this years End of Summer Food Truck Festival include the following:

Blue Spoon Catering & Event Planning
Patty Matters
Daddy Pete’s BBQ
A Moveable Feast Truck
Saladino Smoke
Dalty Raes Your Great Lakes Ohana
Do Your Wurst
Pizza Parliament
Pizzaiolo Wood Fired Pizza
D & D’s Gluten-Free
PorkFat Slim’s
The Maine Dish Food Truck
Cheese & Company
Rise and Grind Mobile Coffee
Coffee Rescue
Ice Box Brand Ice Cream Bars
Fire and Rice
Pie Hole Pizza Truck
Howdy Doodles Ice Cream Coach
The Nordic Grille
Grand Food Truck
Ananda Ice
Moochies Dream Cream
Tony’s Tacos & More
Eaton Good
From Scratch Food Truck
LuckyLunch
Silver Star Cafe LLC
Lazy Man BBQ
CheSa’s Gluten Tootin Free Food Truck
Lularoe Kaylee Lockwood
Phat Matt’s Food Trailer
Nolo’s Soul

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Because of the positive feedback to having food trucks at its summer concert series and Fourth of July event, the Kentwood Parks and Recreation Department has decided to host a Cornhole Tournament and Food Truck Rally Saturday, Oct. 15.

“Since the food trucks and the Parks and Recreation Department had such a busy summer schedule, we decided to plan something for the Fall instead,” said Parks and Recreation Marketing and Events Coordinator Laura Barbrick. “We thought it might be fun to have another activity to draw an audience, so we came up with a combination Cornhole Tournament and Food Truck Rally.”

The event runs from noon to 4 p.m. at the Kentwood City Hall Lawn, 4900 Breton Ave. SE. Live music will be provided by Just Cuz and Barbrick noted that just like the concert series, guests are welcome to bring their own beer or wine to the event.

Seven area food trucks have signed up for the event so far. Those trucks are:

Big Baby’s Bar-B-Que: Just as the name implies, this truck offers barbecue: chicken, spare ribs, rib tips and Big Baby’s Gourmet sausages along with baked beans, cole slaw and potato salad. Full rack of ribs is $23 with prices going down from there.

Blue Spoon Catering: Operated by Goodwill, this food truck offers a wide variety of menu options from a classic Tex-Mex to its signature “Kabob Bash” menu. There is also unique side dishes such as vegan black bean hash, tomato bruschetta, and the truck’s signature spinach and artichoke dip. Menu option prices range from $3 to $9. Special dietary options are also available.

Gettin’ Fresh: This truck features a bacon burger and beer brats from Bob’s Butcher Block in Jenison. Bob mixes the bacon right into the ground beef. Also availabe are turkey pesto panini and Italian beef panini along with Nantucket breads, an assortment of salads, a variety of snacks such as the Nantucket Soft German-Style Pretzel and assorted desserts.

Patty Matters: This truck offers a variety of gourmet burgers such as the Señorita Cha Cha with a chorizo patty, cheddar cheese, chipotle aioli and back bean salsa wrapped in a tortilla and grilled along with traditional burgers such as the All American classic a burger with American cheese, mayo, mustard, lettuce, tomato, onion, and pickle. Also available are variety of sides such as sweet potato fries and potato bombs and deserts such as salted caramel pretzel bars.

Rix Stix Pronto Pups:This truck offers Pronto Pups, hot dogs, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and French fries for $3 to $5.50. Combos that include chips and drink are $8 and $9. Also available are deep fried Twinkies (two for $5) and deep fried Oreos (six for $5).

River City Cup & Cake: We’ll call this the desert truck as it offers a variety of sweet treats such as cookies, brownies, Danishes, cupcakes, cinnamon rolls, chocolate croissants, and an apple frangipane tort. Also available is a variety of coffees, teas, hibiscus and hopps sodas. Note, nothing at this truck is more than $4.

Two Scotts Barbecue: This truck offers pulled pork, sliced brisket, pulled chicken, burnt ends and sausage in both “Just Meats” and sandwich offerings. There is also St. Louis ribs and jumbo wings. A Scott #3 Combo features three meat choices, two sides, bread, pickles and a drink for $16. Sides range from pimento mac and cheese to cheddar biscuit and homemade tots. And of course there are plenty of sweet treats.

The event is free and open to the public. There is a $20 fee per team (of two players) to participate in the Cornhole Tournament. If you are interested in participating in the tournament, you can register online at www.yourkprd.org or call 616-656-5270. Prizes will be award to the winning teams. There will be some other yard games as well.

For more information, visit www.yourkprd.org.