Food Trucks?
Oct 14, 2011 | 8:37 am
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Oct 14, 2011 | 10:50 am
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Kensington???? I've only ever seen them in the industrial areas in the SE and at construction sites. One used to come by my old office in Foothills Industrial Park and Wed was pizza day from Coco Brooks. Good pizza.
Oct 15, 2011 | 12:06 am
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I remember the coco brooks type food truck roaming around at dealerships when I was in the Auto Publishing business.. I used to operate Motor World - Calgary's Exclusive Dealer Magazine.. until I sold it back in Oct 2003..
Oct 15, 2011 | 5:00 am
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And it used to be that you could get coffee at a gas station for a quarter just ten years ago. Once Starbucks made coffee cool, the gas stations just slapped a premium sticker on their swill and charge $1+ for it.
Oct 15, 2011 | 9:59 pm
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We let a food truck rent off of one of our commercial property parking lots for $500 per month.. lots of health violations..
But, Calgary now has a weekly gathering of these places.. not sure what's new about it.. except Calgary has issued for the first time a certain type of food truck permit..
Oct 17, 2011 | 6:46 pm
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Yes, and even then some of them had outstanding food. I ate lunch from one in Santa Fe Springs, CA every day for probably 3 months total (many breakfasts too) and it was some of the best Mexican food Ive ever had anywhere - and Ive had a LOT. Nowadays, they are even better overall.
Oct 17, 2011 | 7:46 pm
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Yes, and even then some of them had outstanding food. I ate lunch from one in Santa Fe Springs, CA every day for probably 3 months total (many breakfasts too) and it was some of the best Mexican food Ive ever had anywhere - and Ive had a LOT. Nowadays, they are even better overall.
You know a good food truck, if there are hoards of people lining up.. the chances of getting sick gets weaker.. and liking the food becomes greater..
Oct 18, 2011 | 8:34 am
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Yes, and even then some of them had outstanding food. I ate lunch from one in Santa Fe Springs, CA every day for probably 3 months total (many breakfasts too) and it was some of the best Mexican food Ive ever had anywhere - and Ive had a LOT. Nowadays, they are even better overall.
My point was not to long ago nobody thought much of these trucks, now they are all the rage.
Oct 18, 2011 | 8:31 pm
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and the convenience and location is a major factor..
Oct 19, 2011 | 10:46 am
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You don't need to use twitter, you just need to know the twitter page of the truck you are following so you can find it.
Just bookmark that page, and click on it when you want to find the truck.
You don't even need a twitter account to do that in most cases (though some trucks may make their posts private, so they can collect you name, but I think that's the very small minority).
Just bookmark that page, and click on it when you want to find the truck.
You don't even need a twitter account to do that in most cases (though some trucks may make their posts private, so they can collect you name, but I think that's the very small minority).
The other links look helpful too.
Detroit has one food truck that I know of (https://www.facebook.com/#!/jacquestacos?sk=info) and Ann Arbor has a group of trucks that take over a downtown parking lot (http://markscartsannarbor.com/index.php) at certain times. Other than those, the trend has yet to take off around here.
Oct 20, 2011 | 10:27 pm
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No shortage of food trucks in NYC. I especially enjoy one or two that make really good falafel. (Taim and Moshe's are two of my favorites). Like Analise said, if you see a line, that's a really good sign!
Oct 22, 2011 | 6:11 pm
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I've heard there are tons of Apps that track food cart locations as well...