I visited Wildfire Park in Leander yesterday and WOW was I impressed. I’ve seen this little collection of airstreams in Old Town Leander before, but I hadn’t paid much attention. I saw some posts on instagram recently about a Farmers Market that is getting off the ground there, so I went to check it out! They hope to have the market running by March, but there’s still plenty to check out in the mean time.
I went to Bare Pops first. They’re serving handcrafted paletas with only the BARE minimum ingredients. They have water-based and milk-based pops to choose from. I went with the milk-based chocolate and it tasted just like a delicious fudgsicle (only without all the preservatives of my childhood treats 😆).
Next, I picked up some honey from one of Peanut Hill’s partners. Finding local honey is so important because it builds immunities to allergies caused by pollens in your area (Right? I’m no doctor, but I’m pretty sure that’s true??). So when I found honey that was collected a few miles from my house, I was pumped. I also perused through Wildfire Artisans adorable airstream. They’re selling art, pottery, jewelry, clothing, and bunch of other cute trinkets.
Then, I checked out two new food trucks – Britos and Matinee Coffee + Concessions. Britos is serving modern street food with influences from Venezuela. The Britos menu is packed with delicious options. They also make their own brioche buns, arepa, and bao, offering items like fried chicken bao, bacon, egg and cheese brioche, brisket arepa, and MORE. I tried two menu items (but it was sooo hard to choose):
Torrijas and raspberry cream cheese. This was SO good. This Spanish-style of French toast is meant to be crispy on the outside and have a custardy, bread pudding center. It was perfect! The raspberry cream cheese offered a perfect, non-sweet tang to contrast the sweet toast. 10/10 will order again.
Avocado Tostada. Their homemade sourdough is stacked with avocado, cheery tomatoes, onions, and garlic aioli. The ONE downside to this tostada is that the crispy toast is really hard to cut with the flimsy plastic knife and fork you get.
A food truck with old school horror film font, a giant alligator mascot, and nothing but memes on their instagram. Ah yes, that’s the spot to get your coffee. Do you believe me? You should!
Matinee Coffee + Concessions is a coffee food truck serving up delicious drinks and small local snacks. The menu is great. The espresso is exceptional and so any regular espresso drink would be delicious, but Adam also has an extensive menu of fun, sweeter lattes, including matcha and chai. I ordered a matcha rose latte and an affogato. The latte was SO beautiful, I just wasn’t expecting it.
As I listened to owner Adam talk to customers, it was clear to me Matinee Coffee + Concessions has some loyal regulars. He knows their names, drinks, and how they like their sweetness levels. It makes sense – he’s literally the only human running the truck.
Once I got over the beautiful LOOK of the latte, I drank it! The flavors were perfect. Beet powder enhanced the rose and it wasn’t too sweet (I just got regular sweetness). I might even try less next time because that’s usually what I like.
Adam makes all his own syrups and shops small for everything else. The matcha is Matcha Nude from Asheville, the gelato in the affogato is from Teo Gelato right here in Austin, and the coffee and espresso is from Panther Coffee in Miami.
When I go out on foodie content crawls, I make it a point to bring Tupperware with me, bring ice packs, all kinds of stuff to NOT eat or drink everything in it’s entirety (I’d fill up at the first stop! And/or be loaded with caffeine 😆). Welp, I failed at Matinee Coffee + Concessions.
I drank the whole latte and ate the whole affogato.
If you’re in the Leander area, these trucks at Wildfire Park are MUST VISITS for you!
