GROSSMONT COLLEGE — The best part of any celebration, in my opinion, is the food. During the 50th year celebration 12 different food trucks were stationed on campus, two on Friday and 10 on Saturday. Each one with a theme of its own. Each of the 12 had a good number of choices available to almost every pallet type. From a vegetarian point of view there were only a few that offered any tasty choices. My favorites included Food Farm, Operacaffe mobile, and Sweet Treats.
At the top of my favorites list was Food Farm. I was able to speak to the owner of the truck, Kari Rich, who informed me that “80-90% of the food comes from local farms.” She also mentioned that the beef she uses is grass-fed. In my mind that makes the food she produces that much better, because she supports local farmers. Additionally, the varieties of chips and sodas she had available were from San Diego companies. Of all the food trucks represented at the event Food Farm had the largest choice of vegetarian options. These ranged from veggie wraps to beef sliders. Lastly you could add bacon to any dish for a dollar more.
Number two on my list was Operacaffe mobile. This truck had the second largest selection of vegetarian options. This is a truck based out of downtown which specializes in Italian gourmet. I spoke with Kika and Tony, who were happy to list he vegetarian options for the day which ranged from fried ravioli to homemade pasta.
What is a day of celebration without the dessert? Even though it was the 50th birthday of Grossmont College there was no cake to be had. But to cure that sweet tooth there was a food truck that goes by the name of Sweet Treats. Sadly there were no vegan or vegetarian options, but I discovered that the bakeries that the truck orders its food from are all local bakeries and if given enough time and notice they will happily have quite the array of desserts. Even still their desserts looked too good for anyone with a sweet tooth to pass up. Their choices ranged from cupcakes, to cookies, and cakes.
All in all it was a day of fun activities, good food, friends and general celebration. One of the best things about the day was the fact that unofficially Grossmont College broke the record for the most signatures on a birthday card. Go Griffins!!
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Sanders is commentary editor of GC Summit. She may be contacted at [email protected]
