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Local Food Truck Competing for National Title

April 21, 2015 By Lisa Grigsby

10623029_921601077854602_5492884280537304479_nOne of Dayton’s most popular food trucks has made it to the finals of the National Contest run by Mobile Cuisine.com.  In an online vote to find the hot dog vendor of the year, food trucks and carts from across the country have been nominated for this recognition.

Zombie Dogz, owned by husband and wife team, David & Lee VanArtsdalen,  have cultivated a cult following for their dogs topped with gourmet ingredients in the Dayton area and now needs your vote to capture the National title.  You can vote once a day through 11;50pm  May 1st.  No registration is required to vote and in literally takes 5 seconds.  As of this morning, Zombie Dogz has a commanding lead, but these contests can change leaders many times throughout the week long campaign.  The winning truck or cart will be profiled in  Mobile Cuisine and will hold the title of top mobile hot dog vendor for 2015.

Never had a Zombie Dogz? Here are descriptions of a few of their dogs:  Diced green apple, blue cheese, bacon and BBQ sauce make up the Dead Dixie, Pinepple habanero pulled pork, mandarin orange cherry and pine Apple salsa, topped with sesame seeds are on The Brain Daddy, white truffle mac n cheese, shredded cheddar and cracker crumbles are Calling in Dead.

Horseless Buggy Eatery, another Dayton based food truck, won the title for 2015 Best Burger and was a finalist in the best fish Taco Category this year in a similar online vote.

 

 

Here are the hot dog vendors in competition: 63040_612059602142086_368224167_n

  • Alamo Dogs – San Antonio, TX
  • American Wiener – Tampa, FL
  • Beez Neez Sausage – Portland, OR
  • Biker Jim’s Gourmet Hot Dogs– Denver, CO
  • Frank Gourmet Hot Dogs – Buffalo, NY
  • Good Dog Hot Dogs – Houston, TX
  • The Greasy Wiener – Los Angeles, CA
  • Love Hot Dog Co. – Harleysville, PA
  • Willy Dog – Hamilton, Ontario
  • Zombie Dogz – Dayton, OH

 

Zombie Dogz hasn’t updated their schedule for this week yet, but to find them and other area food trucks, just click on MostMetro.com’s Food Truck Finder Calendar.

Filed Under: Dayton Dining, The Featured Articles Tagged With: Food Trucks, zombie dogz

About Lisa Grigsby

Lisa Grigsby is a Special Events Director with over thirty years experience in promotions, event coordination and public relations.

Owning Jokers Comedy Cafe for 20 years taught Lisa to maintain a sense of humor under pressure. She credits Leadership Dayton for exposing her to the amazing assets of the region and Clothes That Work for being her reason she stayed in Dayton. Her proudest accomplishment as a past president of the Miami Valley Restaurant Association was creating Restaurant Week, a twice a year tradition that continues to grow and benefit local charities as well. As a foodie, it's only natural that she continues to promote local restaurateurs with DaytonDining.

As a Dayton Catalyst, her desire to have ONE community calendar and advocate for the amazing assets of the region helped create the vision for the relaunch of DaytonMostMetro, now Dayton 937.com


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