Grilled Cheese Sandwich Vanagon on Valencia

Strollers down Valencia Street this weekend were greeted by a friendly individual hawking Volkswagen-made grilled cheese sandwiches.  Mozzarella and sharp cheddar on marbled rye with healthy slices of tomato and avocado.

How much do they cost? “However much you got, man.”  Well then, I happen to have $3.  “Awesome, have some extra avocado!”  I didn’t possess the constitution necessary to attempt the homemade absinthe, however.

It was a pretty classy setup inside, with linoleum flooring and various amenities including a sink and sizable hot plate grill.  Blue Oyster Cult blared from the speakers, completing the scene.  Even if I was possibly contributing to this fellow’s Burning Man fund, that grilled cheese sure hit the spot.

17 Responses to “Grilled Cheese Sandwich Vanagon on Valencia”

  1. Ian D says:

    hahahaha that is SO legit!!! we need more random hippie van grilled cheese down here in san diego…. or i need to move up there! :D

    • tacotron says:

      they’re everywhere in Santa Cruz.

      • moderniste says:

        and all over Maui with shave ice and lunch plates, only in old ass VW vans. i personally lurve me some street food–and the more “dirt” your gut accumulates, the better you get at eating it!

  2. yummy says:

    Mmm yummy we need more grilled cheese than just Tropicana. BTW, its Valencia *Street*.

  3. Bob Dole says:

    Great, now anyone can be a food cart guy.

  4. anna says:

    that’s amazing. mmmm……

  5. Ferocious Foot Odor says:

    “Yummy”and “mmmmm” are Yelp vernacular, annoying, and overused.

    As to random dude making grilled cheese sandwiches, more power to him, but I’ll pass.

    • How about “nomnomnom” (and variations)?

      I might try, but not on Valencia — other options. More likely, in Golden Gate Park, or, YES! at the ocean…

      • Ferocious Foot Odor says:

        Honey at this point I’m even cool with “awesome.” Because it doesn’t have blond hi-lites and a pony tail attached.

    • yummy says:

      “More power to him” is old and hackneyed, and in fact, is more applicable to the guy’s grill than to yummy grilled cheese sandwiches. PS: I have never posted on Yelp!

  6. Myboy says:

    Yea, great..food carts, no regulation. food poisoning. food anarchy.
    what’s next? a free jello shots out of a van?

    I know! pap smears out of a van.

    hipsters again trying to be cool and get away with anything.

    • Andrew Sarkarati says:

      that dude was waaaaaay more burner than hipster

    • boner honkfarts says:

      i read this post and all i heard was bob dole saying, ‘you god damn kids, get off of my lawn!’

    • lady kaka says:

      the day is fast approaching where hipsters force people to eat grilled cheese sandwiches in an attempt to be cool and get away with anything.

    • moderniste says:

      yah, those uber powerful hipsters that force our City’s veritable army of “just average guys” to do their every bidding and steal their women.

    • Rod says:

      your media-inspired paranoia has nothing to do with your hipness. it’s pretty egotistical to think some dude in a van is trying to poison you.

  7. grill cheese says:

    i am the grill cheese master…i sell in the bushes at GG Park, fuck a van, grill cheese is made on the ground…