Dining news: Updated food truck locations in Phoenix, doughnuts in Gilbert
Familia Food Truck Friday underway in Phoenix
You certainly could make a well-rounded lunch with the food trucks at the new Familia Food Truck Friday events being held at the Parsons Center for Health and Wellness on Central Avenue just north of Roosevelt Avenue in Phoenix.
The lineup changes per participants in the La Food Truck Familia co-op.
Vendors featured during the May 6 kickoff included:
- United Lunchadores Street Gourmet (fusion quesadillas and specials like a chile relleno burger)
- Frosted Frenzy Cupcakes (Almond Joy or salted caramel sound tempting)
- Flyin' Hawaiian (coconut shrimp, teriyaki chicken plate)
- Smokin' Hot BBQ (brisket, pork, ribs and such)
- Pour Jo Coffee
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Slated to run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays through the summer, the gig takes place in the back parking lot of the Parson’s building, with free Wi-Fi and air conditioned seating inside.
And it’s eating for a good cause. Ten percent of each Friday’s proceeds are being donated to the Parsons Center, which works with the LGBT and HIV/AIDS communities, and the Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS.
Details: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Fridays through the summer. Parsons Center for Health and Wellness,1101 N. Central Ave., Phoenix. 602-730-4089, facebook.com/LaFoodTruckFamilia.
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Fractured Prune Doughnuts opens in Gilbert
Fractured Prune Doughnuts' Gilbert store is now open, its seventh location in Arizona. Let’s pause a moment to ponder the curious name.
It’s a salute to Prunella Shriek, an unfortunately named lady in the 1800s who competed in what were traditionally men’s sports, even as she aged into her 70s. Just as famous as her achievements was her knack for getting magnificently injured, be it in ice skating, skiing, tennis or ping pong, earning her the nickname "Fractured Prunella."
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So, the Maryland-based pastry company “celebrates her legacy with a doughnut as individual as the person ordering it,” according to the Fractured Prune Doughnuts website.
Regardless of the stretch in that story, Fractured is popular for serving made-to-order doughnuts, doughnut breakfast sandwiches, doughnut ice cream sandwiches and specialty coffees.
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Plain cake doughnuts can be dressed with a combination of more than 19 glazes and 14 toppings. Customers can choose flavors like Blackberry Cobbler, a blackberry glazed doughnut topped with crushed graham crackers and powdered sugar; or a Ms. Prunella, glazed with mixed berry and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar.
But really, guests are encouraged to create their own concoctions from glazes such as key lime, marshmallow or caramel. Then, they can add rainbow sprinkles, sea salt and crumbled bacon.
There’s everything, it seems, except prune flavor.
A Flagstaff store is scheduled to open mid-June. More than 25 locations currently operate in the U.S., and the company has announced plans to expand by 25 more through the end of this year.
Details: Fractured Prune Doughnuts, San Tan Village at Loop 202 and Williams Field Road in Gilbert. 480-625-4156, fracturedprune.com.