Smetana Food Truck

Name: Smetana Food Truck
Address: 99 Summer Street, Bristol, CT, 06010, US
Telephone: +18604164515
Price range: $$
Rating: 5

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Smetana Food Truck

Sustainably Sourced
Modern Eastern European Fare
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08/31/2024

So incredibly stoked for cooler weather to return after all that heat and humidity 🥵 Come say hi when you get the chance!

📍Sun. September 1st, 12-4
📍Wed. September 4th, 4-8
📍Thurs. September 5th, 4-8
📍Sat. September 7th, 12-8
📍Wed. September 11th, 4-8
📍Thurs. September 12th, 4-8 .legitimus
📍Sat. September 14th, 12-8
📍Wed. September 18th, 4-8
📍Thurs. September 19th, 4-8
📍Sat. September 21st, 12-8
📍Wed. September 25th, 4-8
📍Thurs. September 26th, 4-8 .legitimus
📍Sat. September 28th, Private Event

08/12/2024

Sunday nights are for reflecting. So proud of how far this little truck has grown and nothing like old friends visiting to help you see that progress. It seems like only yesterday me and were working at while studying for wine exams before the pandemic. And now he’s a Master Sommelier and Smetana is almost 3! Looking at our sales, we have an average of 60% returning guests each and every outing. And tomorrow my folks are leaving to visit our relatives abroad for 5 weeks. Nothing could personally be a surer sign of success than them feeling confident enough to fully step away from production. So here’s to everyone new and old for supporting us as we continue to evolve and improve each and every day. Thank you! 🍻🙏🏻❤️

08/01/2024

Give that sun burn some relief and pay us a visit in between beach days with your loved ones! 🏖️🍦☀️

📍Thurs. August 1st, 4-8
📍Sat. August 3rd, 12-8
📍Sun. August 4th, 12-4
📍Wed. August 7th, 4-8
📍Thurs. August 8th, 4-8 .legitimus
📍Sat. August 10th, 12-8
📍Wed. August 14th, 4-8
📍Thurs. August 15th, 4-8
📍Sat. August 17th, 12-8
📍Wed. August 21st, 4-8
📍Thurs. August 22nd, 4-8 .legitimus
📍Sat. August 24th, 12-8
📍Wed. August 28th, 4-8
📍Sat. August 31st, 12-8

07/04/2024

Thank you for voting us one of the top food trucks in the state for the third year in a row! 🙏🏻❤️ We’re so lucky to have so many talented chefs putting out creative and heartfelt food in this community despite all the hurdles we inevitably encounter ☔️🛠️🤕 If you can, try to support all those small businesses that you believe in as often as you can! Every little bit helps! Thank you so much!!

07/01/2024

Summer menu in full swing ☀️😋

07/01/2024

’Tis the season for grillin’ and chillin’ and you know you’ve definitely earned it! 😎 🏖️ Come visit us while you’re relaxing…

📍Wed. July 3rd, 4-8
📍Sat. July 6th, 12-8
📍Sun. July 7th, 12-4
📍Wed. July 10th, 4-8
📍Thurs. July 11th, 4-8 .legitimus
📍Sat. July 13th, 12-8
📍Wed. July 17th, 4-8
📍Thurs. July 18th, 4-8
📍Sat. July 20th, 12-8
📍Wed. July 24th, 4-8
📍Thurs. July 25th, 4-8 .legitimus
📍Sat. July 27th, 12-8

06/20/2024

☀️🥵 Summer is officially here and with that comes our seasonal charred corn pierogi. Always starting with our base of house-made farmer’s cheese, creamy potatoes, and caramelized onion, we add fresh corn “polenta” and a touch of mushroom to balance the sweet. Served w/ our smoked house-cultured smetana and freeze-dried corn, it’s basically the flavors of corn and bacon with zero meat. We’re here at tonite till 8 so come try some! 😋 🌽

05/31/2024

School’s out and those veggies are really starting to pop off in our gardens, so come visit before it gets too hot and the Summer crowds form! ☀️🌱🍓😋

📍Sat. June 1st, 12-8
📍Sun. June 2nd, 12-4
📍Wed. June 5th, 4-8
📍Thurs. June 6th, 4-8
📍Sat. June 8th, 12-8
📍Wed. June 12th, 4-8
📍Thurs. June 13th, 4-8 .legitimus
📍Sat. June 15th, 12-8
📍Wed. June 19th, 4-8
📍Thurs. June 20th, 4-8
📍Sat. June 22nd, 12-8
📍Wed. June 26th, 4-8
📍Thurs. June 27th, 4-8 .legitimus
📍Sat. June 29th, 12-8

05/05/2024

It honestly doesn’t matter how good your food is if the hospitality experience is lacking. If there’s anything about our culture that I want to cement it’s that. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou

We’re here at today till 4—always rain or shine ☔️😋❤️

04/30/2024

After a rainy and cool April, it’s about time we get to fully enjoy the outdoors again. Stop by and say hello! ☀️ 🌱🚚😋

📍Wed. May 1st, 4-8
📍Thurs. May 2nd, 4-8
📍Sat. May 4th, 12-8
📍Sun. May 5th, 12-4
📍Wed. May 8th, 4-8
📍Thurs. May 9th, 4-8 .legitimus
📍Sat. May 11th, 12-8
📍Wed. May 15th, 4-8
📍Thurs. May 16th, 4-8
📍Sat. May 18th, 12-8
📍Wed. May 22nd, 4-8
📍Thurs. May 23rd, 4-8 .legitimus
📍Sat. May 25th, 12-8

04/28/2024

Sometimes cooking is mostly curation. The simple choices regarding what products you want to showcase and why. That’s why we’re so stoked to work with to show off their non-industrially farmed heritage pork kielbasa and top it with sauerkraut. We used to ferment our own but I haven’t tasted anyone’s that’s better, and their worker-owned structure is something I really admire. Put those on a toasted real butter brioche bun and top it with our black-garlic-whole grain mustard and it’s done. Just a couple tweaks to already perfect products 😋

04/22/2024

Happy Earth Day, everyone!! We’re proud to compost with our friends at and always try our best to make better decisions about what we do environmentally. We only use compostable cutlery and containers and never use conventionally-farmed meat. Together, everyone’s small choices can add up! 🌍❤️

04/15/2024

Among every dish we make, our Potato & Cheese pierogi will always be the cornerstone of what we do. Just simple, traditional ingredients done right in a way that sadly isn’t commonly found in the marketplace anymore. We culture our own sour cream, make our own full-fat farmer’s cheese, and fully caramelize our onions for hours on end. Then we cook each dumpling to order, searing them on only one side in clarified butter to show off our hand-made labor of love. Soon we hope to put them into the local market’s freezer section as well 🤞 Thank you for supporting us each step of the way over the last 2.5 years! ❤️

04/11/2024

🚨Staff Spotlight 🔦

Say hello to Elliot!

Elliot moved from Houston to CT with a passion for food, but most of all bbq and fishing. A lifelong skateboarder and musician, we instantly connected. There’s nothing more that I look for in team members other than curiosity and passion. That’s the culture that we want. And who is more self-motivated than a skateboarder who forces themselves to get up after each fall?? Let’s go!! 🛹 🔥❤️

04/08/2024

It’s all about balance! This is our seasonal, vegan and gluten-free salad made w/ butter lettuce, quick-pickled veggies, lemon-elderflower dressing, and crispy polonaise breadcrumbs 🌱😋

04/01/2024

So incredibly grateful for the unbelievable support we’ve been receiving as of late—rain or shine. Thank you!! 🥹☔️🌱☀️

📍Wed. April 3rd, 4-8
📍Thurs. April 4th, 4-8
📍Sat. April 6th, 12-8
📍Sat. April 7th, 12-4
📍Thurs. April 11th, 4-8 .legitimus
📍Sat. April 13th, 12-8
📍Wed. April 17th, 4-8
📍Thurs. April 18th, 4-8
📍Sat. April 20th, 12-8
📍Sun. April 21st, 12-4 Long View Ciderhouse
📍Thurs. April 25th, 4-8 .legitimus
📍Sat. April 27th, 12-8

03/21/2024

Spring Menu 3.0 🌱

03/21/2024

Ok, ok—it might be crazy cold outside 🥶 but does that mean we can’t dream of warmer days and Spring’s full bounty? 🌱 Isn’t that why we drink Domaine Tempier’s rosé even when it’s not sunny where we’re at? ☀️ Menu has been flipped…

- Spring Pea pierogi made w/ house-made farmer’s cheese, mint, caramelized onion, mushroom, and served w/ candied lemon smetana

03/03/2024

So excited to finally be getting out of this cold weather slog! Spring is around the corner and so is our seasonal menu flip 😋 🌱

📍Sat. March 2nd, 12-8
📍Sun. March 3rd, 12-4
📍Wed. March 6th, 4-8
📍Thurs. March 7th, 4-8
📍Sat. March 9th, 12-8
📍Thurs. March 14th, 4-8 .legitimus
📍Sat. March 16th, 12-8
📍Wed. March 20th, 4-8
📍Thurs. March 21st, 4-8
📍Sat. March 23rd, 12-8
📍Thurs. March 28th, 4-8 .legitimus
📍Sat. March 30th, 12-8

03/02/2024

Small batch winter special before Spring now that our duck pierogi are sold out:
- Gołąbki: stuffed cabbage rolls made w/ local acorn-fed pork, grass-fed beef, buckwheat, caramelized onion, and served w/ a smoked tomato-vodka cream sauce

01/31/2024

It’s cold outside but that’s the perfect excuse to get extra cozy with the ones you love and treat each other to some delicious food ❤️😋 I’m working on some specials this month with hopefully some heritage pork stuffed cabbage from just around the corner! 🥬

📍Thurs. February 1st, 4-8
📍Sat. February 3rd, 12-8
📍Sun. February 4th, 12-4
📍Wed. February 7th, 4-8
📍Thurs. February 8th, 4-8 .legitimus
📍Sat. February 10th, 12-8
📍Thurs. February 15th, 4-8
📍Sat. February 17th, 12-8
📍Wed. February 21st, 4-8
📍Thurs. February 22nd, 4-8 .legitimus
📍Sat. February 24th, 12-8
📍Thurs. February 29th, 4-7 (Ticketed Event)

01/12/2024

Unfortunately, I think the way Hearst Media (Connecticut Magazine) handles this by allowing people to vote every day really dilutes what this award may have meant in the past. Nevertheless it’s one of the few avenues some of your favorite establishments have to get noticed. So please take the time to vote for us and/or any other incredible businesses you believe in as often as you can. There are so many deserving spots that can all use your help! 🙏🏻❤️(www.connecticutmag.com/vote)

01/10/2024

Winter Salad 3.0. Refreshing and simple. I’ve really come to appreciate how New England’s seasons force me to be more creative with what’s available when it gets cold (I honestly can get overwhelmed with Summer’s bounty and a garden overrun by squash 😆)

- Green apple and cured celery root salad w/ a pungent buckwheat honey-horseradish vinaigrette, crispy gf breadcrumbs, and toasted walnuts. Fully vegan if you eat honey and gluten free by default! 🐝 😋

01/01/2024

Happy New Year, everyone!! 🥳🍾❤️ We wish you the best of all things, filled of course with the tastiest, responsibly-sourced bites 😋

📍Wed. January 3rd, 4-8
📍Thurs. January 4th, 4-8
📍Thurs. January 11th, 4-8 .legitimus
📍Sun. January 14th, 12-4 Tonn's Marketplace
📍Wed. January 17th, 4-8
📍Thurs. January 18th, 4-8
📍Sat. January 20th, 12-8
📍Thurs. January 25th, 4-8 .legitimus
📍Sat. January 27th, 12-8

12/20/2023

New year, new duck. This Winter’s seasonal pierogi are filled with duck confit, goat cheese, celery root, marjoram, and orange zest, and are served w/ a toasted black pepper and pickled cherry jam. We’re experimenting with a duck bacon crumble for texture as well. Duck bacon is super lean—more like Canadian bacon for the uninitiated. We’ll see how it goes but each day we promise to try to make things better!

12/20/2023

Winter Menu 3.0 is here! ☃️❄️ Yes it might be freezing out, but that doesn’t mean we can’t use delicious cellared veggies and stick-to-your-rib proteins to make it through 😋🍾

12/07/2023

One of the first dishes I wanted to make when I started Smetana was schnitzel after seeing elevate it at Batard. Quickly it evolved into a modern, allergen-friendly, street-fare version using Japanese rice panko, leftover whey from making farmer’s cheese, and Polish preserved cherries instead of lingonberries. Mine is in NO way traditional but I believe just as satisfying. Backhendl, Tonkatsu, Israeli schnitzel, whatever you want to call it—mine is pounded and breaded free-range, organic chicken made as tasty as possible and it’s never coming off our menu 😋

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12/02/2023

Just in time for our two year anniversary and the holidays in general, we finally have merch and gift cards for sale through our website (www.smetanafoodtruck.com - or pick up from the truck) 🙂 And lest we forget about those less fortunate, 20% of all merch sold in the month of December will be donated to who truly does an incredible job in our state. Thank you so much for your support, encouragement, and constructive feedback. As promised from the beginning, we will always strive to get just a little bit better each and every day ⛄️❄️🎁

11/29/2023

‘Tis the season friends! ⛄️❄️
(For proclitics too 🤓)

📍Sat. December 2nd, 12-8
📍Wed. December 6th, 4-8:30
📍Thurs. December 7th, 4-8:30
📍Sat. December 9th, 12-8 .legitimus
📍Sun. December 10th, 12-4
📍Wed. December 13th, 4-8:30
📍Sat. December 16th, 12-8
📍Wed. December 20th, 4-8:30
📍Thurs. December 21st, 4-8:30
📍Sat. December 23rd, 12-8 .legitimus

11/11/2023

Love this unstaged photo by one of our favorite guests because it showcases the type of menu I always wanted to have and how I like to eat—it’s all about balance! Vegan soup and a composed salad next to cheddar-stuffed hash browns and schnitzel?? Yes please! So excited when guests order the full array. Thank you!!

Address

99 Summer Street
Bristol, CT
06010

Telephone

+18604164515

Website

http://www.smetanafoodtruck.com/

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