This retro servo draws crowds with live music, fire pits and deep-fried lasagne sangas
Food pop-ups have come from Papi's Birria Tacos, El Cantina, Pho King Delicious, Messina, 2 Smoking Barrels, and many others, and he's hosted gigs for acts ranging from The Pretty Littles to Quivers, Elana Stone, Charm Of Finches and Mikelangelo and the Long Lost Friends. Spink has also developed a bespoke beer, PK Lager, a collaboration with Seeker Brewing from nearby Unanderra. Cracking open a can on The Servo's concrete forecourt between bites of Roy's juicy sandwiches may equate to heaven.
As Dog Trumpet take the stage inside the venue's mural-edged former workshop building, a storm lights up the evening clouds above plumes of steam billowing from the Port Kembla steelworks in the distance. The Servo's crowds sway to the music, Hendrickson and Gibbs sling more buns and cocktails and the steel plant's gas flame fires on.
Three more food trucks to try
Papi's Birria Tac o s
Fill-up into the night with luscious, and massive, birria and chicken tacos, quesadillas and ramen, rich consomme for dipping, and a superbly gooey cheese melt on brioche, from young chef Lawrence Diaz's hotly popular two food trucks.
163-165 Parramatta Road, Haberfield and 71 Jubilee Avenue, Carlton, instagram.com/papis.birria
Roman's Deli
Park yourself on a cushion-topped milk crate for towering salmon, fried chicken or falafel bagels, toasted pastrami or portobello mushroom, sandwiches or strawberry yuzu iced matcha at Serwan Roman and Andrew Vu's ever-popular one year-old servo-adjacent food truck.
250 Henry Lawson Drive, Georges Hall, romansdeli.square.site
Koshari Korner
On the edge of Addi Road's central car park, this food truck's wide-ranging Egyptian street food menu includes golden fried sambushek pastry (filled with sweet potato, cashews and spices), bisara (fava bean puree) and comfort food koshari, a mixture of fried rice, noodles, brown lentils, chickpeas and crispy onion.
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