Gourmet Food Trucks

First Graders and Food Trucks

Ross Resnick | Posted 04.28.2012

Ross Resnick

I find it tough to swallow that banning food trucks proactively encourages our kids to eat healthier.

Keep On Trucking!

Mary Rose | Posted 01.08.2012

Mary Rose

Got to take a couple bites out of the Big Apple recently and it's always a pleasure to taste something new or revisit old standards. New York, to me, is San Francisco's culinary godmother, and I love going back to our roots.

Sabor'a Food Truck May Re-Open As Brick-And-Mortar Eatery

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.27.2011

WASHINGTON -- Start looking elsewhere for your midday arepa fix -- Sabor'a Street, a Latin-flavored food-truck operation that's been celebrated since ...

Are Food Trucks a Fad?

Ross Resnick | Posted 11.12.2011

Ross Resnick

According to a recent study by Technomic, a food focused market research firm, 91% of respondents in their recent study said food trucks are here to stay.

Food Truck Names That Should Be Banned

The Daily Meal | Posted 09.18.2011

The Daily Meal

Food trucks are everywhere. Sure, some cities lag behind, and in others, laws prevent nascent scenes from taking off. But in major cities, odds are ...

PHOTOS: Brooklyn's Ten Best Food Trucks

Top 10 Brooklyn Food Trucks | Posted 05.25.2011

Top 10 Brooklyn Food Trucks ...

LA Approves Health Ratings For Food Trucks

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES (AP); Foodies in Southern California will soon find out whether the trucks where they grab a quick lunch to go are as clean as their brick...

Food Truck Battle Heats Up As City Council Hears Testimony

The Informer | Posted 05.25.2011

The Wild West era of Los Angeles mobile food trucks is likely coming to an end, as a City Council committee heard testimony today on how to regulate t...

LA Food Trucks To Carry Health Letter Grades?

Posted 05.25.2011

From the LA Times: Get ready, food truck owners: Those letter grades certifying cleanliness at restaurants may be coming to you. Los Angeles County p...

A Tale of Two Counties

Ross Resnick | Posted 05.25.2011

Ross Resnick

The orange curtain has been lifted. This past Saturday, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, fifty (yes, 50) food trucks converged on one spot in north Or...

Comme Ca's Michael David Launches Great Balls on Tires Truck

la.eater.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Last December, Comme Ca's executive chef Michael David (note, he had been on board since the inception of the restaurant) left the French brasserie, p...

Food Fight: Backlash Begins As Councilman Propses Food Truck Limits

LAist | Zach Behrens | Posted 05.25.2011

On Friday, Councilmember Tom LaBonge proposed two motions to limit how food trucks operate in Los Angeles and it didn't take long before a movement we...

Chicago Food Trucks: Chef Trying To Change Chicago's Street Food Laws

Chicago Tribune | Monica Eng, Tribune Reporter | Posted 05.25.2011

Barring any last-minute delays, Matt Maroni will open a tiny sandwich shop in Edgewater this week. He's calling it "gaztro-wagon." The 13-seat shop...

So Much for the Food Truck

Mike Miley | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Miley

The food truck fad isn't as populist as it seems. In fact, it may be more elitist than so-called "elite" restaurants. You won't be rubbing shoulders with construction workers. These things do lunches at prep schools.

Hey Brother, Can You Spare a Quarter?

Ross Resnick | Posted 05.25.2011

Ross Resnick

While New York and Los Angeles are in the middle of a food truck throwdown, Vancouver and Disneyland are welcoming street food options with open arms....

NYC Considers Draconian, Permit-Revoking Food Truck Law

Midtown Lunch | Posted 05.25.2011

Since the first new school trucks started appearing in New York 3 years ago we've worked hard to shine a light on all the tough barriers to entry they...

Where Are Chicago's Food Trucks?

Claire Bidwell Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Claire Bidwell Smith

Chicago's tough laws state that for a food truck to be in operation no cooking, cutting or food prep of any kind can take place on board.

LA Street Food Fest: Coming to a Street Near You

Squid Ink | Posted 05.25.2011

If your idea of a good Valentine's Day weekend leans more towards sampling antojitos, saba and parsnip fries with black garlic aïoli and Japanese-sty...

Next Up Mobile Pizza From The Slice Truck

la.eater.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Now this one was bound to happen. And frankly, it's a shocker it took so long. Along came the Slice Truck serving, well, slices of pizza. The truck is...

Santa Monica Food Truck Lot Day 2: Shut Down By City Officials

Posted 05.25.2011

We sent our intrepid reporter to check out the much heralded Gourmet Food Truck Lot which opened in Santa Monica yesterday on a former used car lot. T...

New Site Maps Food Trucks, Finds Use For Internet

Posted 05.25.2011

Keeping up with LA's ever-growing armada of gourmet food trucks is no easy task. While other sites have popped up to aggregate all of the twitter feed...

Umami Truck Launches Tonight Plus: More Food Trucks to Track

LAist | Lindsay William | Posted 05.25.2011

It's official: The mobile location of Umami is hitting the streets tonight. Just this morning they announced via Twitter: "The UMAMI TRUCK will debut ...

Food Truck Lot to Debut Today in Santa Monica

LAist | Lindsay William-Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

The Santa Monica Food Truck Lot (so far) has only issued one Tweet: "Get ready for a new place to eat in Santa Monica," they declared on the last day ...