Auburn welcomes a new food truck to campus and none other than from the beloved Amsterdam Cafe. Now the once too far dishes are brought to a convenient location on campus with a variety of options for lunch.
Amsterdam Café, a popular place for Auburn residents to eat lunch or dinner is located on South Gay Street about a mile or two from campus. This distance often kept on-campus residents or students without cars from enjoying the meals of one of Auburn's hotspots.
“There’s a lot of students that like our food [at Amsterdam Café] but they don’t have to time to walk over here,” Food truck Manager Blake Cleveland said.
“It seemed like a really good idea to expand our brand.”
Though the food truck’s menu is, of course, not as diverse as the restaurant’s, it does offer some of the restaurant’s most popular dishes. These dishes include the famous “Crab Cake & Avocado Sandwich” which was voted as one of the “100 Dishes To Eat In Alabama Before You Die."
The goal of the food truck is to “serve some of our staple sandwiches and salads and dishes just on the go,” Cleveland said.
As a healthier option, the food truck will offer the 'Rum Salmon Salad' which includes a salmon fillet added to a salad filled with pecans and mangos while drizzled with rum vinaigrette. Like the sandwich, this may seem like an odd combination but has continuous positive feedback and agreements with the pairing of flavors.
For those with a with a sweet tooth or a craving for caloric food, the food truck offers 'Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Egg Rolls'. This roll is packed tight with a combination of cookie dough and dark chocolate.
Finally, for those who want to grab a deli classic, there is the popular Amsterdam Turkey Wrap.
The Amsterdam Cafe Food Truck is new and is likely to change its menu options to adapt to demand, but it will undoubtedly keep these famous and well-liked meals.
The prices are of the mobile truck are less than the actual restaurant, but, like many food trucks, is still more than other fast-food options.
The food truck has seen limited action in its time thus far on campus which is believed to be contributed to longer than average wait time. Fortunately for those caught in the line, the speaker set up beside the truck has a selection of music playing for waiting customers to nod along to.
The food truck will be a part of the Tiger Dining system, and information about hours and location can be easily accessed on Tiger Dining’s webpage.
Amsterdam Cafe’s Food Truck shows great promise for providing delicious meals and snacks this fall. For anyone looking for trendy dishes and creative pairings of flavor but does not have time for a sit-down restaurant, this new development is the solution they have been waiting for.
Do you like this story? The Plainsman doesn't accept money from tuition or student fees, and we don't charge a subscription fee. But you can donate to support The Plainsman.
