{"id":200985,"date":"2026-05-24T00:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T00:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/200985\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T00:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T00:33:14","slug":"greater-pittsburgh-food-truck-festival-dishes-up-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/200985\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Pittsburgh Food Truck Festival dishes up fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldstandard.com\/news\/local_news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                &#13;<br \/>\n                    \/Local News                                                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            <\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>1 \/ 5<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Foodie-1-1024x967.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Four-year-old Archie Vasale carries the mac and cheese while dad (Chase) carries the umbrella . [Mark Marietta]<\/p>\n<p>2 \/ 5<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Foodie-2-1024x757.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hailey and Bryan Acanto of Washington brave the elements to carry dinner from RnD Curbside Kitchen. [Mark Marietta]<\/p>\n<p>3 \/ 5<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Foodie-3-1024x683.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>RnD Curbside Kitchen serves up a loaded pineapple. [Mark Marietta]<\/p>\n<p>4 \/ 5<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Foodie-5-1024x761.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Justin Gajewski, left, and Kyle Cardwell of Canonsburg dodge the raindrops for chicken and waffles at the food truck festival. [Mark Marietta]<\/p>\n<p>5 \/ 5<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Foodie-6-1024x715.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Crystal Fender of Washington gets dinner from Ash and Kris at the food truck festival. [Mark Marietta]<\/p>\n<p>            <a class=\"prev next_prev_slide\" onclick=\"plusSlides(-1)\"><\/a><br \/>\n            <a class=\"next next_prev_slide\" onclick=\"plusSlides(1)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>            [expand]<\/p>\n<p>        close<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The rainy weather didn\u2019t dampen the spirits of festival-goers who visited the Greater Pittsburgh Food Truck Festival at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, which kicked off its 10th year on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>The festival featured more than 50 of Southwestern Pennsylvania\u2019s best food trucks, which served up tasty fare throughout the three-day event. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to delicious food, people were able to sample spirits from area distilleries and vineyards, listen to top local bands and browse more than 50 regional artisans and vendors.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the festival will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 a.m. <\/p>\n<p>The Greater Pittsburgh Food Truck Festival is sponsored by the Observer-Reporter.<\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; \/Local News &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; 1 \/ 5 Four-year-old Archie Vasale carries&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[88119,73,75,74,437],"class_list":["post-200985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-greater-pittsburgh-food-truck-festival","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-washington-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}