The Grease Trucks (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ)

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The Grease Trucks (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ)

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Want a coronary? You might have one after watching this episode of VendrTV where Dan visits The Grease Trucks at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ and takes a big bite out of a local legend.

The Grease Trucks at Rutgers University have been around since the 90′s and are open all the time, dishing out cheap eats to students and faculty alike. Their best selling sandwich is known as the Fat Darrell which is a hoagie roll with marinara sauce, chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, french fries, lettuce and tomato. It’s intense. Other favorites include the Fat Bitch, Fat Knight, and Fat Cat.

Learn more about The Grease Trucks online:
• Grease Trucks on Wikipedia

Learn more about Darrell Butler online:
• FatDarrell.com

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http://andyjacobson.com Andy Jacobson

Great episode! Next time I’m at Rutgers I’m getting the Fat Bitch with a side of Lipitor.
http://bakingbynumbers.wordpress.com Edd

oh my god! what ridiculous sandwiches, its like the fish finger sandwiches we had at university on steroids, with better names
http://pizzapartyonline.com Bear Silber

Man alive!!! Did you dig into those hoagies or what? Dan…you rock. I have to have you in my place when you come out to the West Coast….no question. I’ll serve you up some of the best pie this side of the Mississippi!

Keep up all the awesome work! My only complaint is that they don’t come quick enough (only because I enjoy them so much….I know how much work goes in to it all)
http://katrina-v.blogspot.com katrina v

mmmm! Sandwich all-in-one!
LD1105

That is not a truck for calorie counters.

Awesome sandwichs, good episode.

Keep them comming!
http://twitter.com/jsyi jsyi

insane. ridiculous. and not just a little disgusting.

I want one. of each.
http://forums.developerone.com/member.php?u=41739 Ex Girlfiend

Hey, nice tips. Perhaps I’ll buy a bottle of beer to that man from that chat who told me to go to your blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/heartburnhomeremedy Heartburn Home Remedy

After reading through the article, I just feel that I really need more info. Could you suggest some resources ?
Foodie4Life

Wow, that was an awesome episode. I live in NYC and drove down to The Grease Trucks after seeing Fat Darrell on a few other shows. Tell him to open a restaurant or make a cooking show of his own – that guy is a genius! By the way, those were some crazy bites you were taking Dan, lol, I thought you were going to eat your hands off! Great show – keep ‘em coming!
http://www.punkave.com Geoff DiMasi

When I was eating from the grease trucks in the late 1980s and early 1990s, they had the Fat Cat, but I don’t recall the other “Fat + other word” sandwiches.

However, they did have amazing Lebanese food. Best falafel, gyro, etc.

Not a big deal, but I think you have your dates wrong. The grease trucks were alive and strong in the 1980s. I don’t know when they started, but they could have started in the 1970s, 1960s… I don’t know. Worth checking into.

In the early 1990s, Rutgers coralled them all into this one parking lot on College Avenue and provided them power, etc. In the past, they had been parked along College Avenue. There were a couple of trucks near the dorms. One was owned/run by this guy Jimmy that invented the Fat Cat (as far as I remember.)

Many of the sandwiches were often invented in drunken innovation sessions as a collaborative process between students and cart owners. It was always entertaining.
http://viti-culture.blogspot.com Kristen

Nice episode! I had no idea these existed before coming to Jersey. They are quite the institution here. And damn, are those sandwiches crazy good!
Mallorie

Honestly, Grease Trucks is where is is at in New Jersey. I’m a fan of the Fat Cat and the Fat Bitch personally. Nice choice. Everyone should know about Grease Trucks. Everyone. You can also get Grease Truck type sandwiches at some other places [a diner called the Peter Pank Diner in Sayreville on Rt 9 and a Stewarts on Rt 18 I believe]. They too are good, but they don’t hold a candle to the actual ones.
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Paul D.

Fat Darrel!
Paul D.

Best Sandwiches ever. That was my second home for a summer…. Followed by the gym.
Aaron

Hahahaha the falaishio
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http://www.google.co.in Esther Scheaffer

Hi very best place in the world is this. finest in planet.I’ve no words for my country.. I like old forts.I\’ve lived in Indian Cities.
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