Boomerang’s: The folks who brought flaky, handheld Australian meat and vegetable pies to Austin will be serving their Thai chicken pie, their “Bootlegger” steak and cheese pie, and for vegetarians, their spinach and mushroom veggie pie.
Ruby’s B-B-Q: Critically acclaimed Ruby’s B-B-Q will be serving all-natural Texas chopped brisket sandwiches, chicken jambalaya, vegetarian jambalaya, and vegetarian red beans and rice.
Snowie: In addition to serving shaved ice snow cones in a variety of flavors, Snowie will branch out into the two other carnival food groups: funnel cakes and nachos.
The Best Wurst: Already accustomed to working out of a 4-by-5 kiosk Downtown, the Best Wurst will be making bratwurst sandwiches, served with your choice of grilled onions and peppers, sauerkraut, German mustard, and curried ketchup.
The Woodland: This South Austin comfort-food mecca will be selling pulled pork sliders, made from slow-roasted pork stewed in Asian red pepper sauce, served on brioche.
Starlite: Known for its excellent, fresh cuisine and skilled kitchen, Starlite will be doing chicken hot wings, served with a baby blue cheese dressing and celery salad.
Cornucopia: This stand will be dishing up five flavors of its gourmet flavored popcorn: caramel apple, dill pickle, cinnamon toast, green corn (a vegan recipe with spirulina), and kettle corn.
The Parlor: Pizza is always a crowd pleaser, and the Parlor will be serving a variety of meat, cheese, vegetarian, and vegan pizza slices.
Daily Juice: Well-known for its healthful blended drinks and juices, Daily Juice will be serving smoothies and yerba mate.
The McGovern Sisters: These acclaimed local bakers will be providing vegan desserts: cookies, muffins, and brownies sure to please carnivores and vegetarians alike.
There will also be six bars operating at the event serving beer, rum, scotch, vodka, tequila, and nonalcoholic drinks.
This article appears in November 7 • 2008.
