Slippin’ Sliders has been one of the more elusive trucks around town, not coming to Durham very often. But that is about to change as one of Slippin’ Sliders’ owners just bought a house in the Bull City. This past weekend they made appearances at both Sam’s Quik Shop and Motorco Music Hall.

We got the chance to try four of their sliders at Sam’s Quik Shop’s craft beers in cans event. Of the seven sliders offered, we chose the Teriyaki (beef, pineapple, cheddar, teriyaki sauce), the Diablo …

(Updated on 4/11 with pictures and thoughts from contributors TIF and MEZ after Pie Pushers’ debut.)

Pie Pushers, the much anticipated new pizza truck, will make its debut at Motorco this Friday night (4/1) for the Hammer No More The Fingers CD release show. Pie Pushers is the brainchild of Becky Casico and Mike Hacker, both of whom have worked around the food scene in Durham including stints at Watts Grocery. We had the chance to sample a slice of their Pace Car at the CPSFC’s Save …

Zulayka Santiago, former owner/operator of the much loved and missed Liberacion Juice Station smoothie bus has turned over her keys to the youth of Durham.

Santiago, Elena Everett and several others are working hard to turn the bright green, winged juice dispensary into a grilled cheese bus. But unlike other area trucks, this one will be “powered by community” and it will be not-for-profit. Similar to the SEEDS model, youth from the community will be taught the skills necessary to run a food truck. According to Everett, they …

More good news for Durhamites! Every Sunday for the foreseeable future Motorco Music Hall is holding Sunday “brunches.” Every month a different band will do an artist residency at Motorco playing shows on Sunday afternoons. The shows will be free, bloody mary’s will be served and – most importantly for Carpe Durham readers – the Ko Kyu BBQ truck will be parked outside.

Ko Kyu BBQ is an international-inspired food truck run by “Flip” who, when not dishing out awesome food from the …

Blue Sky Dining seems to have a different business model than most of the other trucks around town. It’s a mobile caterer/busy family take-out option. Every day Blue Sky offers a different meal. The daily meals are posted online at the start of the week and made up of a meat dish, two sides and a dessert for a set price, usually in the $9 range. Meals are also posted on twitter and facebook. If a meal is posted that strikes your fancy, then you just call and order …

Klausie’s, the newish pizza truck based out of Raleigh, has started to venture to Durham on occasion, showing up at Full Steam and at a few Duke events.

We got a chance to try their slices at the Big Boss Harvest Food Truck Rodeo
extravaganza. At this Raleigh event, all the Durham trucks were overwhelmed
with long lines and tapped supplies but, lucky for us, the Raleigh-based
trucks like Klausie’s weren’t as popular.

Klausie’s serves thick slices of deep dish square-shaped pie that has been
cooked in cast iron pans. This lends itself to …

The Farmhand Foods Sausage Wagon premiered to a large, enthusiastic crowd at Fullsteam on Wednesday. The line wrapped to the corner of Geer and stayed that way for most of the night. The three guys working the truck did a nice job keeping up with the crowd and everyone seemed in good spirits despite having to wait sometimes more than an hour for a sausage.

On their first night they had four sausage offerings and one veggie sandwich option. We tried all four of the sausages, all four were …

So it’s a long time coming and by now most of our readers have probably checked it out for themselves, but a CD review of the big red Indian Truck/Bus seemed essential for the complete Durham coverage we strive for here on Carpe Durham.

We’ve eaten there a few times and enjoyed everything we’ve had, especially the Chicken Curry and Chicken Tikka Masala. The Naan has been a little skimpy and limp, but other than that no complaints. The menu varies but the regulars seem to be the chicken dishes, …

Joey D’s NY Dogs is a new food cart offering freshly grilled, Sahleen brand hot dogs and sausages from Buffalo. Joey’s website declares that they are traditionally “garnished with fewer toppings than in other cities. Why? When grilled, these hot dogs taste good enough to enjoy on their own.”

Joey hopes to expand to more carts and a food truck in the future, but for now, the operation is limited to a portable grill cart and lots of coolers.

Those umbrellas in the back are where Joey D’s NY Dogs are for …

There’s a new way to beat the heat and a new truck on the mobile scene in Durham - Don’s Italian Ices. Former Park Diner owner Don Mazzia has started churning out homemade, fresh, semi-healthy (lots of agave and organic options) Italian Ices and selling them around town.

Flavors include classics like blueberry and strawberry ($2 for a large cup) and fancier options like organic kalawi peach, tart cherry vanilla and more ($3 a cup). This Saturday at the farmer’s market, Don had a total of nine flavors and was more …