The second time I asked the occupants of a conveniently parked state vehicle, who gave me both directions and an ad hoc review worthy of Yelp.)ĪDK Street Eats in Ray Brook is a new food cart run by two locals. (I did this, too, the first time I stopped for tacos. And many of those folks are hungry, some driving by and then pulling over once they register the “street food” sign. “It’s the gateway corridor.” Wilcox says about 15,000 vehicles go by a day, and he puts the number at around 11,000 in the winter. “This is the busiest road in the Adirondacks,” said Wilcox, a fly maker and fishing guide who bought Wiley’s Flies in 2013. He also accommodates his dishes for vegetarians and those who are gluten-free. “I learned a lot from him,” said Fleury, who imports chiles and other ingredients from Mexico and other parts of the country to pair the ingredients with the origins of each dish. Fleury also credits an El Salvadoran executive chef from one of the restaurants where he cooked. Regional items include a bacon-wrapped hot dog from Los Angeles a deep-fried calzone called a “Phat Bag” from Potsdam a Chicken Riggie, short for rigatoni, that hails from Utica a Chicago-style hot dog, and more. What Fleury was thinking about was tacos, burritos, hot dogs and sandwiches. “I had plenty of time to think about things.”
“I researched a lot during COVID,” he said.