Customers waiting to indulge on TaKorean food. Metro track maintenance, cloudy skies, swampy weather and rain drops didn’t seem to stop people from trickling into and staying at this year’s Curbside Cookoff at RFK Stadium. Forty trucks were at the mobile cafeteria from newcomer José Andrés’ Pepe to the grandfather of food trucks Fojol Brothers, surrounding almost the entire parking lot. Aptly called “Trucko de Mayo,” the event had many patrons evoke the spirit…

Last Thursday and Friday, over 18,500 people stood in long lines at the Curbside Cookoff in order to get a taste from D.C.’s favorite food vendors. At that time, they were asked to text in votes for the vendor they felt deserving of the first-ever 2010 Curbside Cookoff Curby Award. The lucky winner? Curbside Cupcakes. The runners-up were (in order): Red Hook Lobster Truck, BBQ Bandidos, District Taco and Pleasant Pops.

The Curbside Cookoff kicked off yesterday. If you’re planning to stop by today, word from BYT is that Friday’s crowds have been even bigger than yesterday, so expect trucks to start selling out by 7 p.m.

The Curbside Cookoff will be held tomorrow and Friday at CityCenterDC from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. – though we hear the majority of the festivities will be winding down around 7:30 p.m. It’s your chance to try the top 20 vendors as selected by voters (or just 19 if you count the yellow truck and the yellow cart as doubling up). We’re definitely going to check out some of the vendors making their…

Voting is over and the District’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs announced Friday the 20 food carts/trucks voted into the 1st annual D.C. Curbside Cookoff. More than 4800 votes were cast in online voting, picking the finalists from more than 500 registered street food vendors in the D.C.-area. The 20 favorites will gather October 7-8 at the CityCenterDC, formerly known as the Old Washington Convention Center. After the jump, the list of 20….