Curbside Deli started as a food truck without ventilation, run by a couple who left their home country because of war and spent over a decade serving the working community around Queen Anne with the Vietnamese dishes tied to their own history. That truck has since become a brick-and-mortar kitchen at 3 W Nickerson Street, sitting at the crossroads of Lower Queen Anne, Fremont, and the SPU campus.
The move let them build out hospitality and speed without changing the food that built their following. Regulars point to the banh mi specifically — generous with meat, put together fast, and consistent enough that word-of-mouth has carried it well beyond the old truck's original crowd.
The move let them build out hospitality and speed without changing the food that built their following. Regulars point to the banh mi specifically — generous with meat, put together fast, and consistent enough that word-of-mouth has carried it well beyond the old truck's original crowd.