Alfresco Mobile Cafe

Food Tried:
— Gourmet Grilled Cheese: Mozarella, Tomato and Basil ($ 8)
Okay, to start, I have to say that I can’t find the exact item I had on their website menu, so I can’t fully describe the amazing ingredients and the way they complimented each other. However, I will do my best with my memories to paint a picture for you.
Grilled cheese is one of the best ideas in the world, and it’s so simple: take cheese, slap bread on either side, toast and wham!, you’ve got a meal. The gourmet grilled cheese from Alfresco Café took this brilliant idea and made it outrageously amazing. Basically, they took bruschetta, and made it into a melty, gooey sandwich. The mozzarella was perfectly stringy, the basil and tomato were fresh and flavorful, and the bread… THE BREAD IS WHERE IT’S AT. I ate even the ends of the crust where there were no longer insides in the sandwich, that was how good this bread was. You know that scene in the movie Ratatouille where she talks about bread? THAT WAS THIS BREAD.
I will seriously never approach grilled cheese the same way. The best starting place is not the cheese or other ingredients. It is the bread. It all starts with a flavorful, savory, and crunchy bread. Alfresco Café has perfected this. Truly, the best grilled cheese I have ever eaten.
The prices at Alfresco Café were higher than the prices at other food trucks, and I struggle with this. I mean, this was seriously one of my best food truck experiences, and you expect to pay more for a better experience, but I worry that in settings like the First Friday Food Truck Fest, people will be deterred by this. And honestly, it deterred me only in the way that the little voice in my head said aw man, I don’t quite want to spend that much! All in the name of food trucks though… I’m not sure I can think of a good way to resolve this though, but I want to point it out: you will pay more, but you will enjoy you food more. That’s a tradeoff if my economics training taught me anything.
Other thoughts:
1. Recyclable containers, cheerio!
2. Standing tables around, a nice touch, as the FFFTF has been notorious for not having enough space to eat in months past.
3. Your website does something wonky with my browser, where the social network buttons cover the «about» part of the menu… I use a netbook, so my resolution often messes up large-​format websites, but is there a way to move those so there’s no danger of overlap?
4. What drinks do you normally serve with your food? The FFFTF regulates drinks, but I’d be interested in a great lemonade or something equally refreshing with my next meal.
Yes, there will be a next meal. Few trucks have had the privilege of my patronage more than once (mostly because there are so many damn trucks!), but in my last six weeks, Alfresco Café is a priority.