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9/24/08
[Que Crawl/Purple Truck] was mentioned in another thread (on boudin balls) recently but after getting an order to go on my way home Saturday night I think it deserves its own thread. It's great BBQ and more served outside Tipitina's when there's live music, starting around 10:30 or so. I had the ribs on one of the cooks' recommendation and they were amazing ... not fatty, great sauce, just the right amount of smokiness. Had to fight the urge to eat them all at once and have nothing leftover for next day lunch. There was an article on them a few weeks back in the T-P.

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It was 10 p.m., Aug. 28, steamy, still, a seemingly typical late-summer New Orleans night. Actor/rapper Mos Def was scheduled to appear at a benefit concert at Tipitina's nightclub. There was a line at the door. As usual the Que Crawl, a purple panel truck converted into a food wagon stood at the curb. A rectangle of welcoming light and savory smells poured from its side service door.

7-10-2008
"Located on the corner of Tchoupitoulas Street and Napoleon Avenue, just outside of Tipitina's, a popular live music club, this K&B purple truck serves weekend music lovers long into the night," Cowin says. "Chef and owner Nathanial Zimet offers classic barbecue and creative Cajun sides, including ribs, pulled pork, po' boys and duck gumbo along with grits fries and fried boudin balls, homemade from the traditional Cajun sausage." 504-232-9344

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12/31/2007
Favorite cheap eat The late-night barbecue truck Que Crawl parked outside of Tipitina’s nightclub on most weekends.

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5/1/07

Grub Crawl
A big purple truck serves some of the city's best barbecue after midnight

By Ian McNulty

After a day at Jazz Fest, you might just decide you've had enough of eating delicious food off paper plates, standing on your feet and juggling a drink and a plastic fork. But Jazz Fest ends at 7 p.m., and if you keep the party rolling for a few more hours you might just change your mind.

That's when you're most likely to fall victim to the carnival midway come-ons of Will Jenkins, the impresario, money-handler and general wise guy working the window of Que Crawl, the catering truck that serves as a mobile showcase for the barbecue and inventive Southern cooking of his friend Nathanial Zimet. The truck is painted K&B purple and can be found right outside the doors of Tipitina's late at night Thursdays through Saturdays and on Sunday afternoons.

"So good, you'll crawl for it," Jenkins screams out the truck's window, jacked up on coffee at the beginning of what will be a long night.

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12-12-06
On Que
No matter what's cooking on the stage at Tipitina's, there has lately been a new late-night street food option just outside its doors that is smoking. The Que Crawl is a purple catering truck operated by Nathaniel Zimet, who turns out worthy barbecue and other eats until the wee hours at the corner of Napoleon Avenue and Tchoupitoulas Street. The menu changes constantly but some mainstays include ribs, pulled pork sandwiches, nachos, sausage po-boys and a wonderfully dark andouille and duck gumbo. Offbeat items like fish and papaya egg rolls sometimes show up, but the reliable show-stopper is a $2 order of grit fries, which delivers deep-fried planks of cheese grits with barbecue seasoning. Catch them Thursday through Saturday from 10:30 p.m. or so until the Tipitina's crowd clears out and starting at 6 p.m. on Sundays for the club's weekly Cajun dance party. Que Crawl also provides on-site catering.

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To plan your very own Que Crawl
contact Nathanial Zimet
tel: 504-232-9344
or click here to email