Schmuck With a Truck: Food Truck, Catering + Maybe a Brick-and-Mortar Deli

Categories: Food Trucks

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Big Bear burger
The name of your food truck is almost as important as what's inside of it. Entire blog posts have been dedicated to the topic. There is Me So Hungry, Great Balls on Tires (currently on hiatus), The Greasy Wiener, Grill 'Em All, Nom Nom Truck and the list goes on. Here to outdo them all is Schmuck with a Truck, which rolled out in late April. "Who would of thought being a schmuck would be a good thing?" says owner Matthew Koven. The native New Yorker is focusing on more than just feeding the meter: Koven's ultimate goal is opening a brick-and-mortar deli (preferably in Beverly Hills) and expanding his catering services to the masses.

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Fiddler on the Reuben
"It's a tough business," said Koven, "but it's been great." While in New York, Koven owned Mediterranean restaurant Pyramida Grill. But since the Los Angeles food truck scene seemed over-saturated with ethnic cuisine, he decided to go deli-style. "It's more mainstream. Something people can eat every day," he said. Menu items include the Oy Vey Wrap, the Lean Schmuck, Bubbeleh's Brisket (our favorite) and the Schmuck Special Hooked Up Triple Decker.

Need some schmucks to lighten the mood at your next office lunch meeting or baby's bris? It might not be kosher, but the prices are. Platters range from $13.95 per person depending on the order. And, there's peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with bananas and award-winning lemonade. For more information, call (310) 321-8714.


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, Los Angeles, CA

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mdorvil
mdorvil

Some of the names are really interesting and it helps you remember who they are (and even better when the name hints towards the food you are eating).  That said, I am not a big fan of the names are boarder on offensive.

Dave_Lieberman
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Another person who doesn't actually speak Yiddish trying to invoke that New York Jewish nostalgia. Imagine opening a restaurant and calling it "Penis with a Previa," because that's pretty much what this expression means.

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