Food & Drink

See who’s coming to SC Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival

2Fat2Fly is one of the 38 food trucks participating in the SC Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival at the State Fairgrounds April 30
2Fat2Fly is one of the 38 food trucks participating in the SC Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival at the State Fairgrounds April 30 THE STATE/File photograph

The South Carolina Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival is noon-7 p.m. April 30 at the State Fairgrounds on Columbia.

Presented by Food Truck Festivals of America, this year’s festival will feature craft brews and 38 of the area’s best food trucks — up from 25 food trucks last year. In addition to live music, face painting and fun for the entire family, the festival is partnering with Harvest Hope Food Bank and attendees are asked to bring canned food donations.

Ticket options include: FOX 102.3 VIP Hour, allows early entry at 11 a.m., unlimited complimentary bottled water and free dessert, $20 in advance, $25 at gate; General admission, $5 in advance, $10 at gate; Unlimited Beer Sampling (3-7 p.m.) for ages 21 and over, provides unlimited 2-ounce samples of all craft beers as well as admission to the Food Truck Festival. Tickets available at eventbrite.com.

Participating food trucks:

1. 2 Fat 2 Fly: You know ‘em, you love ‘em. Stuffed chicken wings

2. A Matter of Taste: BBQ, Corndogs, and wings

3. Brain Freeze Italian Ice

4. Carol and Lorraine’s Grill on Wheels: Grilled treats from fish to hot dogs

5. Casey’s Big Dawg BBQ Barkmobile: Barbecue, tacos, sandwiches and more

6. Country Boys Fish & Grits: Southern fish fry cuisine at a fair price

7. Cupside Down Café: Paninis and baked goods

8. Cuzzo’s Cuisine: Gourmet Southern Cuisine

9. Diggity Doughnuts

10. Dinky’s Cuisine: Pulled Pork, Burgers and Shrimp

11. Doggy Bagz: Hot dogs, pulled pork, chicken

12. Eric’s Que: Classic Southern BBQ

13. Fishin’ Fellas: Fresh seafood

14. Goldfingers: Comfort food sweet and savory alike

15. Hog-N-Around BBQ

16. Jive Turkey Legs

17. Jones-Zee Mobile Concession: Burgers, hotdogs, nachos galore!

18. Karen’s Mobile Kitchen: Chicken, fish, and sausage

19. King of Pops: Uniquely flavored popsicles

20. Laboo’s Finest Turkey Wangzzz

21. Low Country Creamery

22. Low Country Lobster: Lobster rolls

23. Palmetto Polar Snow

24. Pawley’s Mobile Eats: Hot and tasty burgers and sandwiches

25. Rayz Concessions: Funnel cakes and loaded chilli dogs

26. Ruthies of Charlotte: Fried chicken, cornbread and okra, all the Southern greats

27. Scott Benny’s American & International Cuisine: Mex Bowls, gyros and jerk chicken

28. Size Matters BBQ Bus

29. Sno-Hut

30. Street Sides Southern Kitchen

31. Tacos Rick-O: Authentic Mexican food

32. The Donut Guy

33. The Moroccan Cookbook: Specialty Moroccan food

34. The Plated Palette: Something for everyone; Tacos, wings, grilled sandwiches and more

35. The Wurst Wagen: Authentic German wursts, sausages

36. Tropical Paradise (1): Delicious Philly cheesesteaks and fresh lemonade

37. Velma’s Kitchen

38. Yo’ Cup: Frozen yogurt for the health conscious with a sweet tooth

Breweries and distributors:

Anheuser Busch: Bud Light, Michelob Ultra, Watermelon A Rita, Lime A Rita Splash, Presidente and Montejo

Best Dam Root Beer: BDRB bottles, Best Dam Cherry Cola

Blue Point: Toasted Lager, Blueberry Ale, Summer

Bold Rock: Carolina Apple, IPA

Catawba: White Zombie, Mother Trucker, Farmer Ted Cream Ale

Conquest Brewing: Artemis Blonde, Sacred Heart IPA, Porter

Elysian: Space Dust IPA, Blood Orange Ale

Goose Island: Green Line Pale Ale, Sofie, 312 and 4 Star Pils

Kona: Big Wave, Lemongrass Luau, Longboard Lager

Narragansett Beer: Lager, Del’s Shandy

Palmetto Brewery: Huger St IPA, Lowcountry Pilsner, Palmetto Amber

Redhook: ESB, Summerhook

Shock Top: Belgium White, Lemon Shandy

Stella Artois: Stella Cidre

Stone Brewing Company: IPA, Graniac

Swamp Cabbage: Sabal Palm, Dunkel, ESB

10 Barrel Brewing Co.: Joe IPA, Riding Solo

Widmer Brothers Brewing: Widmer HEFE, Widmer HEFE Shandy

This story was originally published April 20, 2016 at 6:04 PM with the headline "See who’s coming to SC Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival."

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