Thanks to some arcane provisions in Atlanta, food trucks were basically illegal except by special event permit before 2011. But thanks to a band of dedicated entrepreneurs, mobile chefs, fanatical foodies, and a few politicians sympathetic to the cause, there's an entire fleet of grub wagons pushing everything from tacos and arepas to popsicles and barbecue now. Here are 11 of our favorites on the streets right now. More
Though the truck is on the east side of Los Angeles, it has not succumbed to the "into it before it was cool" movement. I've been coming to La Estrella's truck since I first moved to Los Angeles four years ago, and they were parked in the same spot long before that. There was a line to order before I got there; there'll be one when I leave. This is why. More
Off the Grid, San Francisco's mobile food truck market, has expanded in its second year to ten weekly events in nine locations (including San Mateo and Berkeley), six days a week. Check out photos of all 23 foods we tried from the market. And if you find yourself in the Bay Area September 10th or 17th, you can catch the final two weeks of Off the Grid's extra-special event at Golden Gate Fields for the largest gathering of mobile food trucks in Northern California. More
Cook the Book: 'Food Trucks': cheeseburglar, Merna, Jimmy P, www.kelly-lai.com, and coody. Winners have been notified by email and also appear on our Contest Winners page. Thanks to all who entered! More
Regardless of whether you prefer new-school street food or the old guard, Food Trucks has plenty of recipes to help you recreate these mobile meals at home. For anyone who hasn't made pilgrimages to food truck meccas like Portland and Austin, this week we'll be sharing a selection of their greatest hits including Street Food Profile favorites East Side Kings' Thai Chicken Karaage, arepas from the famous Arepa Lady of Queens. Enter to win a copy here. More
Over the last two years, it seems like everyone and their moms, and their mom's hairdresser, are launching food trucks. Over at the AmEx OPEN Forum, Erin talks about challenges of launching a food truck business. Check out the article and tell us what you think. Have you considered launching a mobile food business? More
You might spot the Biscuit Bike riding around Portland, Oregon, serving vegan biscuits and gravy and Kombucha on tap. It combines many very Portland elements: food carts, bicycles, vegan food, and Kombucha. More
Renaissance Sausage is kind of like the organic, locally sourced version of the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile. Dan Samko, the founder and head sausage-maker of the Philadelphia-based truck, sources beef, chicken, and lamb from nearby farms like Lancaster Farm Fresh and Jamison Farm. "Everyone's eaten a sausage in their life, so you have to make some of the best sausage for people in this town to really take to it," he said in this video from Liza de Guia's Food Curated. His Mediterranean Sausage is gyro-inspired, made with lamb and beef sausage and topped with hummus, tzatziki-dressed cukes, and a red onion and tomato salad. Watch the video after the jump. More
If you needed an excuse to eat cupcakes for breakfast, here you go. The red velvet pancakes from the Buttermilk Truck, which serves breakfast and late-night food around the Los Angeles area, are essentially cupcakes, but flat. Even the cream cheese butter is more like frosting than actual butter. They're fluffy, cakey, insanely moist, and filled with chocolate chips, a nod to red velvet's usual cocoa element, that melt inside like a fresh-from-Mama's-oven Toll House cookie. More
It's time for another street food profile. Today, we chat with Joe Phillips and Joanna Torok of Oh my! Pocket Pies in Houston, Texas, where you'll find pies sweet and savory, burgers, and more. More
