milford morsels

Walnut Beach Creamery

www.walnutbeachcreamery.com

While food trucks might be expanding the realms of mobile cuisine, there’s nothing like returning to the simple delights of childhood, and nothing makes people happier than the sight of an ice cream truck coming around the corner. In this case, when people see the bright avocado green Walnut Beach Creamery truck pulling up, they know Susan Patrick has come to bring the yum!

Expanding the reach of the Walnut Beach Creamery in Milford, Patrick has been driving her gourmet ice cream truck to weddings, birthdays, and graduations from Westchester to Northern Connecticut for a decade. With unique flavors like Lavender and Fig, Sour Cherry and Peach, as well as staples like Cookies & Cream, the popular Walnut Beach truck keeps Patrick and her staff on the road and her customers coming back for more.

The Rambling Inn

www.ramblinginn.com

While ice cream may always make our hearts go pitter pat, as we become big boys and girls something else begins to tickle our fancies… booze. If you enjoy the odd drink, there’s a truck right up your alley.

The brainchild of Damian Cashman and Troy Stuckey, The Rambling Inn is a mobile Irish pub that rolls up to your house or function, opens its doors, and let’s the good times and the Guinness flow. A native of Tipperary, Ireland, Cashman was a consultant for Irish whisky companies when the idea of a mobile pub began knocking around. He and Troy renovated an old camper in the style of an Irish Pub, threw some sawdust on the floor, and opened it up. With a kitchen for Irish foods, music, whiskies, and beer, The Rambling Inn can fit up to 26 people and is aways ready to deploy for weddings, birthdays, funerals, and any other function a mobile Irish pub is necessary.

The choices available for both food truck owners and customers are always expanding. As long as someone can dream it up and fit it on wheels, the whole idea of dining out or creating a new food experience for customers is limitless. Whether it’s a French patisserie on wheels or an Irish pub rolling down a highway, there’s something fun and special about food trucks. It brings us back to that first truck and buying that first Bomb Pop, with enough change leftover to get a piece of Bazooka Joe.

BY SHAILEEN KELLY LANDSBERG

TThere are two kinds of people in the world: those who live in Milford, and those who wish they lived in Milford. Our Small City with a Big Heart has so much to offer it’s no wonder people fall in love with it. As the past few years have brought many new faces to town, we began thinking about why they chose Milford to make a home. So, what do newcomers to one of Connecticut’s oldest communities think once they arrive? As these folks can attest, Milford has much to offer and is a great place to move to!