Food trucks? I'm confused

Has anyone here eaten at a Las Vegas food truck? Where I live, food trucks aka "The Roach Coach", are a last resort. Am I missing something?

Apparently they're the latest fad around here, lol. They have regular competitions, including on the Food Network, I think.

In Chicago, they were also called "roach coaches" and were mostly found near construction sites.

There is a difference between a roach coach and a food truck, or there can be. The former is a rolling cafeteria/convenience store. The latter is a conveyance for a chef who wants mobility. Food truck's aren't quite the overnight sensation TV would have people believe. But all the hype apparently has been quite good for many purveyors of the craft.

Big article in today's paper -- https://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/oct/13/food-truck-business-bumpy-rewarding-ride/

Thanks guys. Interesting.

There was a "Moblie Food Emporium" OK, Roach Coach that used to park on Linclon Blvd in a particularly bad part of Venice on Saturday night. If we had the munchies, which happened from time-to-time, we would always stop and spend $10 each on soft tacos. Pretty good, especially when you're really stoned. . . I mean really hungry.

Food trucks a huge trend.
As Ken points out, real food trucks will specialize in certain types of cuisine.
My experience was Mexican food from them about 15 years ago. And it's been growing consistently since then all over the country. Hawaii, New York, Chicago, LA -- it's been happening everywhere. Las Vegas is late to this.
Certain ones get known, and people will go where they park on a regular basis.
Then they started specializing more. With twitter, people follow their locations.
Portland, Oregon even has parking lots to encourage the activity.

What TB said. If you guys haven't seen the truck ghettos in PDX, it's quite a sight. We noticed some of that in Austin, too.

Funny comment about Vegas being late: earlier today I was thinking just that, how late Vegas is to most things. But if what typically happens when Vegas spools up, the Strip could be one three-mile food truckery one day.

New York food trucks exploded on the scene a few years ago (like 5/6ish..)

I was infatuated with this Kosher cart- a mom and pa stand (rolling stand) where i got the best Beef Barley soup and falafal balls...

then a Mexican one came right across the street from my job for a good six months- breakfast and lunch w/ a flat screen TV to watch... they moved locations, I miss them.

There's the Big Gay Ice Cream truck which is very famous , a cupcake cart one...tons of Halaf/hafal? carts
and a Belgium waffle truck

I saw one foodtruck on Union Sq last week that had Lobster Rolls for $14.00.

Considering how pricey real estate is and how fickled trendy foodies are,-- it makes sense.

If you like paying twice as much for fast food ....MINUS the convenience of having somewhere to sit then then the food trucks are for you.

They are all over Indianapolis now. We get one that comes by the office every week. $3.50 for a slice of New York style pizza (think Dominos) plus $1.50 for a can of coke...no cup, no ice.....and no more business from me.

At least around Los Angeles, Food Trucks have become a (now relatively new) rage.

People even follow them around and get updates about where they will be going next.

For example, I've been hearing about one out here that people really rave about which is The Grilled Cheese Truck which from what I understand does Grilled Cheese sandwiches with the option of having differents kinds of bread and/or different kinds of cheeses in it.

There is even a Kosher Tacos one here in Los Angeles that I have heard of. It's called "Takosher."

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