PepperJax Philly Express

We eat here when the truck is parked at the Hastings Car Show every other Saturday in the Summer. As a family we’ve been going to the car shows since they started and it can get a little repetitive at times. Especially with the food. The arrival of the PepperJax truck was a welcome change. We now will go down to the car show just to get a sandwich and then leave. I’ve tried the regular steak, the steak gunner (double meat), the chicken, and my cousin tried the steak air craft carrier (triple meat). Somehow he ate it all. The steak sandwiches are awesome. The meat is high quality and cooked nicely. The vegetables are fresh and portioned well. I wasn’t thrilled with the chicken but thats fine. The steak more than makes up for that. The spicy ranch sauce is great. A bottle of Sriracha would be great as an option as well. Hopefully they’ll be back to the car show in 2016.

I had the veggie philly sandwich — tasty! Generous portion. I’d return.

I’ve tried a few of the food trucks that actually will park down by 2^nd and Marquette (not a high traffic area for food trucks) and have been disappointed over and over again. I though I would give getting lunch from a food truck one more try. .. and what a try it was!
I ordered the Veggie sandwich as I was planning on having a big dinner out with friends, so I didn’t want to get something big for lunch. .. all I can say is WOW!
The sandwich was crammed full of all kinds of veggies — grilled but still had texture, the bun was perfectly toasted and the pepper jack cheese lived up to its name. I also didn’t realize how BIG this sandwich would be. .. and all for just $ 7.00!!! (I’ve posted a picture of the sandwich)
I did take some of the spicy ranch dressing just in case — you know — when the sandwich doesn’t taste like really anything, so you have to use some kind of sauce. Well, I tasted the sauce — it was great, then I tasted the sandwich and realized that it didn’t need the sauce. .. it was flavorful just as it was. .. I brought the sauce home.
Yes, I ate the entire sandwich, no, I will not be having a big dinner tonight (probably just order a salad. .. mmmm. .. I’ll bring the sauce I brought home with me to put over that salad!), yes, next time I’m ordering the steak sandwich. .. and there will be a next time!

Wow. I’ve seen this truck parked out on 6^th and Marquette, but always walked by. Today it must have been upwind because the smell immediately made me need a Philly.
It’s an honest-​to-​goodness authentic East Coast style steak & cheese, with peppers, onions, jalapenos, and other yumminess. The bun was toasted perfectly, and the meat was not overdone. I topped it with some of their spicy ranch dressing, which was also top-​notch.
(One caveat, a co-​worker got their Chicken Philly, and was not very impressed. He said the chicken tasted okay, but it had some weird consistency he wasn’t expecting.)
As the weather gets warmer here in Minneapolis, I’ll definitely be making this place a regular stop on my lunchtime rotation.