Alumni-Owned Food Trucks
Author(s)
Lorne Fultonberg
Writer
快活app graduates sure know how to chow down.
Employees at Mountain Crust Pizza and Catering serve fresh pies during the 2019 1Day4快活app event. (Photo: Wayne Armstrong)
In this series, the 快活app Newsroom introduces readers to the world outside campus by exploring Denver and the near beyond.
Whether it鈥檚 sweet or savory, dinner or drinks, 快活app alumni have left an indelibly delicious mark on the local food scene. Just check out this list of alumni-owned eateries in town. And then use the to explore them at a discount.
Though Denver dining rooms are reopening during the coronavirus pandemic, caution offers the perfect excuse to visit some of the eclectic food trucks founded by 快活app alumni. Visit their websites to discover just where they are dishing up delicacies on any given day.
Mountain Crust
The alumnus:
On the menu: Wood-fired pizza, salads, charcuterie
Looking like a log cabin on wheels, rolls into a different neighborhood every day, serving up gourmet personal pizzas with a local flair 鈥 like the Boulder BBQ chicken, Telluride Thai and Breckenridge Bomb.
The Ginger Pig
The alumna: Natascha Hess (JD 鈥06)
On the menu: Char siu (Cantonese barbecue pork), rice bowls, spicy Sichuan chicken
The Asian street-style food at comes from Natascha Hess鈥 study abroad experience in Beijing, where her host family taught her to prepare meals that incorporate the ginger root. In 2018, 听named it Denver's best food truck.听
The Ethiopian Food Truck
The alum: Feiten Gebre-Michael (MSW 鈥15)
On the menu: Chicken and beef tibs (an African version of fajitas), Sambusa, lentils and vegetables simmered in spices
Feiten Gebre-Michael teamed up with Yoseph Assefa to create and serve the flavors they grew up on. Popular Ethiopian vegetarian dishes complement made-to-order meat options, all of which come with injera, a traditional flatbread.
Tocabe: An American Indian Eatery
The alumni:
On the menu: Tacos, fry bread, indigenous grains, bison
which means 鈥渂lue鈥 in the Osage language, as Colorado鈥檚 first and only authentic American Indian eatery. Now, it鈥檚 taking its show on the road, bringing its locally sourced, personalized tacos and bowls to diners across the metro area.
