Food Truck Gathering in Downtown Baltimore

The owners of the myriad of food trucks in Baltimore are coming together for “The Gathering” on Friday, July 8, 2011 from 5-10pm at Harbor East!

The best part about the neat event? That some of the proceeds will go to “There Goes My Hero“, which is a non-profit organization that works to match leukemia patients with bone marrow donors.

As many of you know, I love the Kooper’s Chowhound Burger Wagon, and visit whenever I am in the area where it is serving customers.

Iced Gems Cupcakes will be there serving their cool, yummy desserts as wel, and now Creperie Breizh is a part of it!

A bunch of newer Baltimore Food Trucks who service Downtown Baltimore will be there as well. Miss Shirley’s, Souper Freak, GrrChe and Gypsy Queen are all confirmed, as is Silver Platter, who is in this location on an almost daily basis (and whose lobster roll I hear is FABULOUS!), and has been behind the planning of this event.

The location is 421 S Central Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21231 (google map with street view). It is a vacant lot just north of the intersection of Central and Eastern Avenues. There is a parking garage directly across the street!

So enjoy the wares that Baltimore Food Trucks have to offer at this great event! Beer and wine will be for sale too!

Charm City Circulator — Free Transportation in Baltimore City

Have you heard of the free bus transportation available in Baltimore City called the Charm City Circulator?

This is a new great idea from the City of Baltimore that will run three routes and transport workers, commuters, students, visitors and the like for FREE. The busses run every 10 minutes from designated stops on the lines.

The first one up & running is the ORANGE ROUTE, which runs from Hollins Market to Harbor East. It runs around Little Italy and along Lombard Street down to the University of Maryland Baltimore right by the UMD Medical Center, and loops back around and heads back to Harbor East going down Pratt Street. It has 26 stops in all, including the National Aquarium in Baltimore and the Inner Harbor, as well as the Convention Center and Camden Yards.

The Purple Route will run Penn Station to Federal Hill, and the Green Route will run run from City Hall to Johns Hopkins.

This is an exciting initiative set forth in Baltimore, and even more exciting is that the busses are DesignLine 2009 EcoSaver IV LF Hybrid Electric vehicles, which conserve gas and are good for the environment. The goal of the Circulator, per the Baltimore.org site,  is to “reduce congestion and greenhouse gas pollution by offering a convenient, reliable and eco-friendly form of public transportation.”

So, hop on the Circulator and help the environment while getting where you need to be in Downtown Baltimore quickly & efficiently.