Austin played host to the first Gypsy Picnic Trailer Food Festival on Saturday at Auditorium Shores.

The festival featured over 30 mobile food vendors, local live music and a cook-off. With new food trailers appearing almost daily in different areas of Austin, it is no surprise that a variety of these vendors seized the opportunity to come together for an afternoon to let Austinites experience a selection of trailer food cuisine.

Admission to the festival was free of charge, allowing local foodies to spend their money on the unique cuisine, which ranged from cherry doughnut holes to green chili chicken empanadas and crawfish pie.

Some of the most popular trailers at the festival included:

Gourdough’s

Big fat doughnuts are the exact words to describe these delicious treats. Whoever thought to put bacon and maple syrup on a big fried doughnut (known as the “Flying Pig”) won over the hearts and stomachs of many at the festival. Apart from offering their popular “Flying Pig,” Gourdough’s also offered “Cherry Bombs,” sweet little doughnut holes covered with cherry sauce and cake batter.

Short Bus Subs

Short Bus Subs features some of the most celebrated hot sandwiches in Austin. One of their most popular deli offerings is “The Bully”: salami, pepperoni, capicola, provolone cheese, lettuce, tomato, oregano, and peperoncini all on toasted wheat bread. Short Bus Subs is always on the move, driving to local businesses for lunch, downtown for late night snacks and other various Austin locales. Locations by day can be found on the Short Bus Subs website.

Mmmpanadas

The pumpkin-filled empanadas from Mmmpanadas were the big hit of the day, selling out quickly. Customers then turned to the green chili chicken empanadas, which combined a fresh and spicy chicken and chillies inside a warm and flaky crust. The soy chorizo with Brie empanada was also a popular option, and could fool meat eaters with its hearty soy filling. Mmmpanadas also offers pineapple cinnamon, mango ginger, s’mores, spicy black bean, and BBQ chopped beef empanadas.

Coolhaus

This roving ice cream trailer offers delectable and original ice cream flavors in between freshly baked cookies for an unbelievable ice cream sandwich. Some of their flavors include “dirty mint,” butter bacon, lambrusco, balsamic fig, mascarpone, and chocolate chipotle.

With 30-plus vendors at the event, it was difficult for festival-goers to try everything, but these trailers stood out by serving some of the most creative trailer food cuisine.

Festival-goers were also privy to the news that the well-known barbecue restaurant Salt Lick will be going mobile and serving their famous meats out of a trailer located at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Rio Grande Street.

The trailer will also offer sloppy nachos, tacos, quesadillas, and beef or smoked chicken grilled cheese sandwiches, and is set to open Nov. 10.