From what have long been referred to as “Roach Coaches” comes the new wave of food trucks. Fleets of mobile catering trucks have emerged on the Los Angeles scene, taking the crowds by storm with sleek new designs and specialty food options that keep them lining up for more.
Spin-offs of the well-known taco truck standard provide new cuisines to adventurous eaters. Some of these new trucks have profited by using media like Twitter for exposure keeping patrons in the know as to where exactly they stop and deliver. One of my favorites so far is the ever-so-conscious Green Truck that is powered by vegetable oil, and serves up delicious gourmet organic food while buying ingredients locally when they can.
Last December I was at a party that brought in the Hearts Challenger truck. My eyes opened wide like a kid in a candy store to behold this traveling store of sweets on wheels. This refurbished ice cream truck was filled with old school ice cream, goodies and nostalgic toys like slinky, ring pops, nerds, glitter guns. What ever your kid-heart desires, this truck has something for you.
So what’s your ideal truck? I know what mine would be.... But ssshhhhh! I have to leave some things a mystery.
Perhaps you’ve a truck-theme idea of your own that you’d like to pursue…here’s some links to provide you inspiration:
http://www.greentruckonthego.com/
http://www.heartschallenger.com/
http://www.nomofarmtruck.com/
http://www.barbiesq.com/
http://www.letsbefrankdogs.com/
http://www.grillmasters-chicken.com/
http://kogibbq.com/
http://divinenourishment.com/
http://localiyours.com/ The Locali Icycle (a custom built adult tricycle)
Other favorites of mine in the LA truck scene that have no web links include: Koo's Catering truck (Japanese),
Sprinkles Cupcake truck, In-N-Out Burger truck.
