WASHINGTON — Two popular D.C. food trucks are setting up shop along M Street in Georgetown for the remaining warm weekends this summer and fall, but they’re not on the street.
Georgetown Park is hosting Swizzler and Captain Cookie off street at a loading dock between H&M and T.J. Maxx beneath a cinder block archway.
Swizzler, a gourmet hot dog truck that bills itself as “Old dog, new tricks,” and Captain Cookie, which serves cookies, local creamery milk and made-to-order ice cream treats will be parked there Saturdays and Sundays through the fall.
“With the end of summer sales and back to school shopping, Georgetown is bustling with people,” said Michael Phillips, president of Georgetown Park owner Jamestown LP.
“These food trucks provide an additional and simple dining option for hungry Georgetown’s visitors. While there are numerous restaurants in the neighborhood, we wanted to offer shoppers an on-the-go alternative,” he said.
Swizzler, whose dogs include the Leonardo Dog Vinci with pesto, mozzarella and balsamic glaze and the Buffalo Soldier, with blue cheese slaw and fried onion strings, was founded by three Wake Forest University graduates.
They call the hot dog “America’s greatest culinary tradition,” and serve their beef hot dogs spiral-cut and flame grilled.
Captain Cookie’s founder, Kirk Francis, started his trucks on a mission to perfect the chocolate chip cookie, and partnered with local creameries for his truck’s dairy products.
Francis says he made his first cookie at age 4, and has been perfecting the recipe ever since.
You’ll also notice a little more sidewalk wiggle-room for pedestrians in Georgetown on weekends.
After using barriers to claim part of M Street’s curb lane to add additional pedestrian walkways for special events in recent years, it is now something the Georgetown BID is doing every weekend, at least for now.
