Mister Softee can be yours this (or every) weekend
A few months ago, I started hearing the unmistakable Mister Softee ice cream truck playing in my San Francisco neighborhood, which was a trip because I knew it to be an old-school East Coast thing from all my visits to New York City. I haven't seen anyone write about the arrival of Mister Softee NorCal and the fact that there's now a fleet of trucks that are going all over the Bay Area and beyond every day and that can be rented for private events.
If you're looking for a frosty adventure this weekend, Mister Softee trucks will be in the following areas:
Saturday, September 6
Alameda
Dublin
Fremont
Martinez
Newark - Birch Grove Park area
Pacifica
Palo Alto
San Jose - Los Paseos Park area
San Jose - Miner Park area
San Mateo - Beresford Park area
SF - Mira Loma
SF - Outer Sunset
SF - Outer Richmond
Tracy
Sunday, September 7
Alameda
Hayward
Martinez
Mountain House
Newark
San Carlos
San Jose - Alum Rock
San Leandro
San Mateo
SF - Richmond District
SF - Sunset District
Sunnyvale
Consult Mister Softee NorCal's real time map to see exactly where the trucks will be when you are ready to go ice cream hunting this weekend or any week day/evening. And here's the menu, so you can decide in advance between a Double Softee, cherry sundae, banana split, shake, soda float, or several other options.
This week's Good Taste column celebrates the return of Kitchen Table, a San Francisco event series about "food, writing, and food writing," and co-founder Paolo Bicchieri's upcoming political food writing workshop. Bicchieri daylights as the audience editor for Eater in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest.
Tamara Palmer
See you next weekend!
Tamara
