BBQ-Themed Ice Cream Sandwiches; Bacon Truck Debut

BACK BAY — This Friday and Saturday night, from 11pm to 2am, Uni pastry chef Monica Glass is offering a special treat along with the usual late-night ramen menu: barbecue-themed ice cream sandwiches. Yes, really. Try smoked brown sugar cookies with tomato peach sorbet or corn cookies with brown butter ice cream ($3 each), this weekend only. [Official Source]

ALLSTON/BRIGHTON — The Bacon Truck will be making its debut at the upcoming Charles River Food Truck Festival on September 21st, 11am to 5pm at DCR's Artesani Herter Park. Other participating trucks include Bon Me, Mei Mei Street Kitchen, Taco Party, and many more. Here's more information and tickets on this as well as other upcoming food truck festivals. [Food Truck Festivals of NE]

BACK BAY AND SALEM — Lolita Cocina & Tequila Bar is expanding to Salem; its existing Mexican sibling restaurant in Salem, Red Lulu, will move to a new location and be rebranded as Lolita. It's business as usual at Red Lulu's original location through the end of October, and then it will close and reopen at 118 Washington St. in downtown Salem as Lolita. [Official Source]
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