Happy Wednesday, Fresno foodies!

A round of applause, please, for Tacos El Mandilon.

Tacos El Mandilon is one of our faves around here — a long-time fixture at Fresno Street Eats events, one of the go-to options for our catering clients and just a truck we love working with.

Now Tacos El Mandilon can add Taco Truck Throwdown champion to the list. It won the Peoples’ Choice award at Taco Truck Throwdown 15 on Saturday night at Chukchansi Park. The first TTT title for the truck and a well-deserved rise in the ranks after finishing fourth last year.

If you want to check out Tacos El Mandilon, good news, you can catch them Wednesday night at Harlan Ranch from 5-8p and Thursday night at Tioga Beer Garden from 5-9p. 

Keep an eye on their IG and ours for more dates in the coming weeks.

🇺🇸 A fitting update for Veterans Day: The Dog Shack, a veteran-owned food truck that’s been with Fresno Street Eats for a few years now, has opened up a new brick-and-mortar location in NW Fresno. The Dog Shack is loved for its bacon-wrapped Sonoran-style hot dogs, loaded fries and lemonades. 

The new location is in the Zippy Mart at 6780 W. Herndon Ave. at Herndon/Riverside Avenues near the El Paseo Marketplace. They’re still running their food truck too. In fact, you can catch them at Crow & Wolf this Thursday night from 4-9p for our Bingo night.

OK, friends, last thing in my post-Taco Truck Throwdown rundown, I promise: 

If you missed TTT or you want more, I wanted to tell you about a special event happening this Thursday night. I’m helping Fresnoland with a fundraiser — because I’ll always love local journalism, going back to my days as a reporter. 

Fresnoland food editor Vince Mancini and I are leading a taco tour around Fresno for a small group. We’ll be hitting up both TTT winners this year, a past winner and just one of my current favorite spots. There are only a few tickets left. 

They’re $100. They include tacos and a trolley ride and the proceeds go to supporting Fresnoland and local journalism. Get more info here.