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It came from the Caribbean! Far From Home launching this fall

POSTED: Monday, September 20, 2010, 6:15 PM

Filed Under: On Wheels | Openings

For the last two years, Philly native Larry Comroe and his partner Wade Smith have run Far From Home, a comfort food-themed truck, in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Now they're back on contiguous soil and hope to roll out their operation on the streets of Philly within the next two months. The duo has called the Virgin Islands home on and off for something like 25 years, ever since Comroe fell in love with the Caribbean working as a a food/beverage manager for a Marriott in St. Thomas. But now they're back in the 215 to feed Philly a menu of "good, wholesome food, with a little bit of a twist." They'll offer the selection of burgers and dogs they did on the island, but now that they have greater access to ingredients, they plan on amping up their offerings, expanding to an international comfort food selection that will include, latkes, chicken soup to something called a "Brazili-Philly Cheesesteak Dog," a take on a popular Rio street snack that basically fuses the best aspects of a cheesesteak and a hot dog into one sandwich. Far From Home will be a food truck of the roaming variety, and Comroe promises they'll visit neighborhoods that don't usually get much love from the local mobile eats scene.

steve yassky

Posted 2010-09-26 10:58:01

Wow! Sounds great; a recipe for success. Can't wait to try.
                           good luck,
                           Steve Yassky ( habitual eater )

NOW OPEN: Chris’ Taco Stand :: Meal Ticket :: Food Blog :: Philadelphia City Paper

Posted 2010-11-08 13:01:15

[...] T for Temple U. , U-niversity… TACOS! Chris Allen has just pulled up Chris’ Taco Stand on the corner of 12th and Norris, next to the Engineering Building and across from the Boyer College of Music/Tyler School of Art on Temples campus. An Owl alum, Allen polished his cooking chops at the French Culinary Institute before working at Tinto. Dude also knows his cheese (that is evident by the awesome queso fresco he grates over your taco before handing it over) and has worked as a cheesemonger at Di Bruno Bros. here and Murrays Cheese Shop in NY.  Chris shares a kitchen with a stable of Phillys favorite trucks, including Honest Toms, Renaissance Sausage and the upcoming Far From Home. [...]

Scott Martin

Posted 2010-09-20 21:00:39

We sure do miss Wade and Larry down here in St. Thomas. Our loss is your gain Philadelphia..

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