The thread title is short for "Food Trucks - Great Food or the Greatest Food?"
So yes, I've been on a major food truck kick, as of late. (I blame Anthony Bourdain and his profile of the Ludo Truck) And between amazing mobile culinary treats like the Ludo Truck, the Lobsta Truck, and the Cool Haus truck, I may never go back to fast food again.
So are there any of these mobile trucks in your neighborhood? And what are some of your faves that I could potentially add to my growing list of mobile goodness?
We have 3 different ones that are in the same one block area. One of them is there really late at night, I've seen it at 1-2 AM on my way home from being out. I believe they're all taco trucks, although one occasionally does offer BBQ.
I'm no longer there, but I have a younger friend (mid-20s) who lives on food trucks in Chicago.
We'll be back right after order has been restored here in the Omni Center.
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I work at 53rd & Park - right in the area where restaurants & police have made it next to impossible for the Food Trucks to park here. We used to have Korilla (The Food Truck Race Cheaters) outside our building twice a week.
and It's False is right - CoolHaus is worth the wait in line.
Yeah, LA, SF & PDX are supposed to be awesome for "food truck scene". Here in Phoenix/Scottsdale, we apparently have some annoying laws on the books that get in the way of a thriving food truck community. However, it's become enough of a food phenomenon, that we have some, & they're very good. Biggest problem for me is that they're mostly downtown Phoenix, & I'm something like 20 miles away. I'll drive for a destination restaurant, but driving to a food truck just seems wrong!
Sadly Chicago is very behind in the whole food truck scene due to overregulation and an uncooperative city council. Essentially there is no prep allowed on a truck in Chicago as all food prep has to be done in a licensed brick/mortar kitchen.
The closest thing to a food truck I've ever experienced is the sausage and peppers cart outside the Boston House of Blues. What a delicious end to a night of dancing, and in the winter it's just enough to keep you warm for the walk back to the subway.
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Originally posted by spfSadly Chicago is very behind in the whole food truck scene due to overregulation and an uncooperative city council. Essentially there is no prep allowed on a truck in Chicago as all food prep has to be done in a licensed brick/mortar kitchen.
You mean Happy Endings isn't totally realistic?
I haven't felt like this since Mr. Pembroke on Charles In Charge complained about his wife using self-service at the gas station all the time, even though they lived in New Jersey (which *still* doesn't allow self-service all these years later).
Originally posted by spfSadly Chicago is very behind in the whole food truck scene due to overregulation and an uncooperative city council. Essentially there is no prep allowed on a truck in Chicago as all food prep has to be done in a licensed brick/mortar kitchen.
DC is trying to have a food truck scene, but Metro PD is being accused of harassing the trucks for being illegally parked and being singled out for tickets while other obvious parking violations right next to them go unnoticed/unticketed.
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My friend says he has had chicken cordon blue, barbecue, frozen yogurt (apparently, many times) as well as the more common things like dogs.
I just texted him. - Culture is the name of the Yogurt truck.
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We'll be back right after order has been restored here in the Omni Center.
That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy - Swift
Austin has a lot of supposedly really good food trucks, but I mostly hear that from others or see them featured on food tv shows as I don't live or work close enough to downtown where most of them are to bother eating at them.
Unless you count the roving neighborhood taco trucks.
-For each food type, there's usually an innovator truck and a bunch of copycats. Find out who the innovator was (Kogi, for example) and stick to buying from them. -No truck food is worth waiting more than a few minutes for, although a lot of times the food is quite good. -You will almost always feel regret over spending 8 to 10 dollars on a sandwich, hot dog, tacos, etc. -Local brick-and-mortar restaurants/food vendors kind of get screwed by these trucks that show up, take all their lunch business, and leave. Support them too, if you can.
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