Miami Heat and Food Trucks: Two Places to Watch and Eat

Game two of the NBA finals is tonight and chances are you don't have a ticket. But you can still buy some from various resellers (courtside seats were going for around $14,000 on StubHub), or you can save your hard earned cash and watch the game at one of the...

By Laine Doss

June 2, 2011

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Game two of the NBA finals is tonight and chances are you don't have a ticket. But you can still buy some from various resellers (courtside seats were going for around $14,000 on StubHub), or you can save your hard earned cash and watch the game at one of the two new food truck roundups tonight (One's at the cool-o Seminole Hard Rock, so you can gamble too).

W.O.W. (Way Out West) debuts tonight at the College of Business Technology in West Kendall. From 6 to 10:30 p.m., watch the NBA Finals on a big screen as you chow down on food from over two dozen trucks. There's plenty of free parking, a bounce house for the kids and some picnic tables (though you're invited to bring your own).

Trucks serving are: BC Tacos, Big Kahuna, Catered Bliss, Che Grill, Chef on 4 Wheels, Clarabelle's Cupcakes, Del's Lemonade, Dim Ssam a Gogo, Divan Bakery, Dog Eat Dog, Esther's Caribbean Grill, The Frita Man, gastroPod, Guiseppes's Italian Sausage, Gyromaniakz, Kitchen Kebob, Kona Ice, Latin Burger, Moty's Grill, Muscle Truck, Pop Burger Love & Chocolate Love, Purple People Eatery, The Red Truck, ShaoRoma, Sugar Yummy Mama, Tango Grill, and Wing Commander.

College of Business Technology 8765 SW 165th Avenue, Miami

Seminole Hard Rock Casino is hosting food trucks every Thursday evening this summer, starting tonight. The Hard Rock will provide live entertainment, movies under the stars and free parking - all in the hopes that you'll mosey on over to the casino at some point. Tonight watch the NBA Finals on a large screen and enjoy food from 6 to 11 pm.

Trucks serving are: Aarons Catering Express, CheeseMe, ChurroMania, Daddy's Grill, Dim Ssam a Gogo, Dolci Pecatti Gelato, The Fish Box, The Flying Saucer, gastroPod, Grill Master Cafe, Jefe's Original Fish Taco, Latin Burger, Latin House Grill, The MexZican, Mr. Good Stuff, Ms. Cheezious, The Red Koi, The Rolling Stove, Sugar Rush, and The Yellow Submarine

Seminole Paradise Valet Parking Lot, Seminole Hard Rock Casino, 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood

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Laine Doss is the former food editor of Miami New Times. She has been featured on Cooking Channel's Eat Street and Food Network's Great Food Truck Race. She won an Alternative Weekly award for her feature about what it's like to wait tables.

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