The Rooster Cart

Creative, unique, delicious, spectacular vegan food. Menu changes frequently… but I had a trio of tacos — and each one was completely different. I love that I can get a wide variety of GOOD vegan food. Served out of a truck! The people who own/​operate the truck are super friendly and eager to answer questions. Can’t wait for the next food truck rally!

I ordered the Dill Perez which tasted okay. Not the best I’ve had but certainly not the worst. My biggest issue was the fact that the guy making the sandwich didn’t put on gloves and there is no sink in the cart to wash your hands. I could understand maybe if it was a food truck and there was running water but the guy was wiping sweat off of his face and touching all parts of the cart. The cart itself didn’t do much for me either. It looked like they had just found an abandoned cart and taped there name on it. With a little work I hope they can step it up.

Yeah, boy. Rooster!
For a meal from a nontraditional kitchen (a food cart behind the Historical Society) with dietary restrictions that I don’t follow (vegan) and a tiny staff (two siblings), Rooster Cart packs a PUNCH. Mock duck banh mi sandwiches! Sweet pea mac and cheese! And TOTS!
But the end-​all be-​all Rooster menu item is the tofu. There’s nothing in the whole city that even comes close; it’s the sauciest, most flavorful grill-​smoked soy cake I’ve ever eaten. I had to muster up some courage to write this review, because it’s going to result in me feeling deprived until I can eat it again.
Why 4 stars and not 5? They’re only open 2 days a week (Tuesday and Friday evenings, 6 – 9). I would prefer that the world’s best tofu be available 24 HOURS A DAY.

I have heard the food was really good but the staff is not hygienic at all! I saw the staff wipe the sweat off their face, sneeze (into their hands) and never wash their hands or put on gloves before making the food. I got so grossed out I left. How hard is it to wash your hands, people?

Ate the Tofu Bahn Mi at a wedding catered by the rooster. Best wedding food ever. Recommended.

Arlo (my dog) and I took a trip to Rooster Cart today. I’m not a vegan (uh, which is obvious from my blog) but I appreciate vegan food. I’ve seen a few Facebookers and Twitterers going on about Rooster Cart so I thought a little trip to the Museum District would be fun for us.
It’s an unpretentious, blank red wooden food cart, parked behind Bandito’s today. Maybe it said something on the back, I didn’t check. They seemed to have most of their Facebook menu up on the board. Everyone was really friendly, in fact, the gentleman in the plaid shirt who took my order asked me about the shirt I was wearing and we traded Tom Waits impressions and anecdotes while I waited for my food: the jade chorizo tacos with avocado, sriracha, and cilantro. $ 8 for three of them. The girl making my tacos was playing the Darkness on an ipod and comparing notes on them with another guy waiting for food.
I got my tacos and I could have sat at one of the folding chairs, but I had already gotten a «bye» from them so I decided to just go back to my car (awkwardness, ha). Delicious! My dog couldn’t tell it wasn’t real meat… he gobbled up the bits of chorizo and balked at the lettuce. The taco «shells» were soft, and made of something gluten-​free. Tasty but a little prone to falling apart. All the taco innards ingredients were very fresh.
I gave Arlo his own taco. He gobbled it up instantly, including the lettuce. Arlo probably has no idea he ate a vegan lunch.
Bathrooms: None. It’s a food cart. They’re lucky to have a counter.

I had heard about Rooster Cart through the interwebs grapevine and went to their limited opening. I had the Rooster Bahn Mi and the flavor of the sauce was spectacular. That added with the fresh bread and fresh veggies made it worth the bike ride between classes at Monroe Park to the parking lot behind banditos.
The second time I came I got the El Presidente which are three tacos with soy chorizo, avocado, cilantro and jade sauce. They were out of this world good. I would recommend anyone, vegan, vegetarian, half-​ass vegetarian (like me) or straight carnivore, eat at Rooster Cart.

I had quite a refreshing lunch break today at the Rooster Cart over by Bandito’s & Black Hand Coffee. The owners of the former Café Gutenberg (now, Arcadia) have started the all vegan cuisine food cart called the Rooster Cart. They are currently serving a number of sandwiches, including the Mock Duck Rooster sandwich and Tofu Bahn Mi (classic Vietnamese street food). Rice bowls and vegan sweet pea mac and cheese were also on the menu today.
The sibling owners, Jen Mindell and Luke Mindell, hope to have the Rooster Cart open for business in the VCU area and eventually downtown. Today and most of this week though, they are set up in the parking lot behind Bandito’s Burrito Lounge from 12p — 3p. The service was warm and the food was incredible. I will definitely be tracking down the Rooster Cart on a regular basis. Follow them on Facebook and twitter to get updates on where to find them posted up each day.