Milk Truck @ Brooklyn Flea

I was out at the Brooklyn Flea at One Hanson this Sunday with Hot Blondies Bakery and there is so much to love about the flea – a beautiful building with soaring 60 ft ceilings, treasure troves of vintage and local finds, children skipping around in their puffy one-piece snowsuits, people from all walks of life mingling in pursuit of the perfect find.

Interior at One Hanson

But downstairs is where my interest lied.

Set within the bank’s former vault is a highly curated selection of some of the best, yet often least known, food vendors in the city. Between watching customer’s faces light-up with an undeniable child-like joy while sampling Laura and Lorin’s blondies and brunettes, I discovered The Milk Truck – a for now Brooklyn Flea-only operation selling grilled cheese and tomato soup.

Usually I am wary of proprietors who purport to be re-inventing the classics – they do call them Classics for a reason – but Milk Truck founder Keith Klein has managed to pull it off. Their all-day-breakfast sandwich (Aged Wisconsin Gruyere, Farm Fresh Fried Egg & Carmelized Onions on Rye) is out of this world.

True to their roots Milk Truck has an Americana branding style done by a Brooklyn-based husband and wife team – clean, fresh and consistent down to Keith’s white diner style apron, order tickets and packaging. Here’s hoping Milk Truck begins its life on 4 wheels soon but for now, you can catch them downstairs at the Brooklyn Flea every weekend.

Milk Truck's ham and gruyere. photo credit: Village Voice