There’s something special about food you can find on the street. Noshing on freshly cooked fare in the fresh Muskoka air is delightful, and food trucks have been popping up all over the region. In addition to preparing tasty dishes from often locally sourced ingredients, food truck owners can usually give you the down-low on other local fun while you wait. Here are five of them that also have a unique offering.

Sully’s Muskoka

Location: 345 Ecclestone Dr in Bracebridge

On the menu: Local fresh ingredients with a gourmet twist – Sully’s Gourmet Burger, Ensenada Fish Tacos, Cauliflower Taco, Fried Buttermilk Chicken Sandwich, Fish and Chips, Poutine, an ever changing featured item, plus lots of yummy sides

Fun fact: This food truck is on the move – you can always check and see where they are on their Facebook page.

 Frenchie’s Crêpe Café

Location: Huntsville at the corner of Main Street East and Centre Street North

On the menu: Crêpes both sweet and savoury. Locals rave about the honey garlic chicken crêpe (seasoned chicken, spinach, roasted peppers and feta smothered in honey garlic sauce and served in a warm, freshly made crêpe). But there’s also La Marquise with brie, chicken, spinach, strawberries and toasted almonds, or the sweet Muskoka crêpe —Frenchie’s take on ‘smores—with Nutella, marshmallows, chocolate sauce, Graham crackers and whipped cream. Yum.

Fun fact: Chef Thibaut Bellenoue has adapted his grandmother’s crêpe recipe for this new venture.

Mystery Diner

 Location: In the heart of Bala, just north of Bala Falls on Muskoka Rd 169

On the menu: Everything but the kitchen sink. The Mystery Diner offers a dizzying array of choices including Dam burgers (it’s just down the road from the dam at Bala Falls), Omeletacos, Cheezy Queso-dillas, Indonesian-style Fried Noodles, Deep-Fried Chicken Burgers, Poutine and fruit smoothies.

Fun fact: The ‘Bala bog monster’, the sculpture formerly called Koilos, guards the diner. It has been around: it sat on a dock on Lake Muskoka for a while, and before that was in Toronto’s Distillery District. It was originally created for the Burning Man festival held annually in the Nevada desert.

Cheesus Murphy and the Grateful Bread

 Location: 2611 Muskoka Rd 117, Baysville

On the menu: Possibly the best grilled cheese sandwiches you’ll ever taste. This food truck elevates a kids’ classic to a whole new adult-appropriate level. (Although who ever said that cheesy goodness was just for kids?) And with offerings like the Lord Tunderin’ Cheesus with heaps of shaved ham, Swiss and mozzarella, the Weeping Cheesus, named for its crispy cheese ‘skirt’, the Sweet Cheesus with granny smith apples, Havarti, cream cheese and vanilla fruit dip, or the heart-stopping 4:20 burger which uses grilled cheese sandwiches in place of buns, you won’t go home hungry.

Fun fact: The truck’s name is a play on rock band the Grateful Dead—fans used to make grilled cheese sandwiches in the parking lot while waiting for the concert to start.

Grillicious Gourmet Food Truck 

Location: Sawdust City Brewery (397 Muskoka Road N), Gravenhurst

On the menu: You really can’t go wrong with anything on this menu, but the smoked trout poutine or bulgogi beef poutine are to-die-for options that you’re not likely to find anywhere else.

Fun fact: The name of the adjacent craft brewery, Sawdust City, is a throwback to the late 1800s when lumber was big business in Gravenhurst.

The Frying Dutchman Co.

Location: 72 Main Street West, Huntsville

On the menu: All-vegan choices that everyone will love. The Pulled Jackfruit Sandwich is so much like meat, you’d swear it was pulled pork! Or try the Chunky Helper Monkey fries topped with BBQ jackfruit, gravy, fresh onions, bell peppers and tomatoes. The Frying Dutchman also has vegan baked goods to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Fun fact: The Frying Dutchman is Muskoka’s first plant-based food truck serving a traditional chip truck menu.

 

There are other food trucks across Muskoka, too, of course. Summer is the perfect time to get out and explore them all and decide for yourself which one is best. (But maybe not all in one day. Your waistline will thank you.)