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are food trucks a meme?

>> No.10787670

In general no. Hipster foodie trucks yes.

>> No.10787683

They're pretty great if you work on an industrial estate and can't be arsed to drive back to civilisation for lunch.

>> No.10787706

If its actual street food no but most of the time the city authorities get bribes from restaurants so it end up in failure because they sell expensive food but people want cheap fast food.

>> No.10787738

>>10787706
You are not sophisticated enough to appreciate kimchi tacos. Get out pleb, I want quality food not your grease food.

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>>10787738

>> No.10787746

POO
IN
THE
LOO

>> No.10787764

>>10787738
I would just go to a restaurant for that but regulations prevent food truck from existing and anyway they are only in the touristy part of town.

>> No.10787794

any food truck owned or operated by white people is a meme

>> No.10787826

>>10787738
there's literally nothing wrong with kimchi tacos

>> No.10787956

>>10787826
there is if they have tofu

>> No.10787970

SF food trucks tend to be decent but hilariously overpriced.
LA taco trucks are the real deal.

>> No.10788167

>>10787794
This.
Here we have a taco truck run by Mexicans and they serve great cheap tacos.
We also have a "gourmet sandwich" truck ran by this white couple and they charge almost $8 for a shitty "gourmet" grilled cheese sandwich.

>> No.10788176

>>10787653
I had the most incredible burger of my life from a van in Budapest

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>>10787653
>everything I don’t appreciate or understand is meme

>> No.10788185

>>10787653
>Curry Up Now Truck
>CUNT

huh?

>> No.10788212

>>10788167
I remember eating from this one taco food truck ran by white dudes. It was like...advertised as Chicago style or some shit with special beef. The tacos were four bucks each and were hard shells that came with jack shit for toppings. The ground beef was red, I assume because of sauce, but apparently not seasoned at all because it was the blandest fucking taco I had ever eaten. I've gotten way better tacos and far cheaper prices in nearly every other taco truck I ever ate at.

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>>10788212
>Chicago style
>The ground beef was red, I assume because of sauce

kek so the memes are true

>> No.10788241

>>10788212
sounds like you had a 'go 'co

>> No.10788246

>>10787653
Food trucks that exist for a purpose are not a meme. The food truck that posts up at a worksite every day? That guy has a customer base and is legit.

Food trucks relying on vegan movie night in the park? I hope they wallow in shame as the bank deposed their house and they have to live with grandma just so that little Sally can go to school.

>> No.10788283

Food trucks are most definitely a meme.

>> No.10788301

>>10787653
I’ve lived in Austin my whole life and I can say with certainty food trucks are not a meme. Some of the best food I’ve had came out of a mobile kitchen, I currently work in one myself. The reason why so many “hipster” ones have opened up is because property prices are so high in America good creative chefs are forced to rent a small block of land in a tiny kitchen. Ask any “trendy” mobile vendor and they’ll tell you they’d rather have a small restaurant with a full staf than a cramped box where everyone has to do every job. In fact when a food truck gets popular enough they the first thing they do is pivot to a permanent location.

>> No.10789890

>>10788179
This is the internet in a nutshell

>> No.10789967

>>10788301
Well good property for restaurants you mean, it isn't like a food truck doesn't have a comissary to actually make the food

>> No.10789979

Los Angeles resident here. Yes. An outstanding yes. I've never had food from a food truck in which I'd think was better than one from an restaurant. Food trucks are convenience for the working class if anything else. It just happens that Los Angeles has a huge working class community.

That said. PUSH CART or STALLS which only serve one dish do taste pretty great.

>> No.10789981

>>10787738
kimchi is pretty ass. not even spicy so it makes the cabbage just taste like ass muffins.

>> No.10790004

>>10787744
Why are korean tacos the official truck food now? How did this become the standard?

>> No.10790006

>>10789981
kimchi when made fresh is great

>> No.10791433

>>10787653
As soon as I saw stationary food trucks at theme parks and malls that are never moved from their spot I determined they are now a meme.

>> No.10791441

>>10791433
havent seen this but yeah that kills the concept real quik

>> No.10791465

>>10790006
Because hipsters like are suckers for shitty gimmicks that ruin the original food. Mark it up because they want to impress their foodie friends with how much they spend on novelty food. Easy money.

>> No.10791468

>>10787653
yeah they're mostly for hipsters. unless they're construction worker roach coaches

>> No.10791478
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>>10787653
Depends on the country. In my country, food is expensive, a lot of taxes, and high wages for employees. That means any food truck run will cost you a minimum of $10, and as such it's only marketed to middle-class hipsters. The food is correspondingly artisanal, locally sourced, all that bullshit. I just want some cheap fucking tacos, man.

>> No.10792307

a friend of mine wants to open up a dim sum food truck. i think its a good idea. his family is from hong kong. would anybody eat at one?

>> No.10792567

I never ate at one even though I've seen them downtown all the time. much like a fastfood place I assume the conditions are nasty as fuck. pass

>> No.10792621 [DELETED] 

>>10787683
The industrial section near me has a small strip mall of commercial in it. Had some of the best subs and surprisingly excellent sushi. Two different business operating in the same slot. The sushi place ended up moving to the hipster little town near me, changing it's name, and going upscale. (It's pretty nice, but seeing a black lives matter sticker in the window of a small ass house that costs a fortune in the good part of town as possible far as from the black and hispanic ghettos as possible seems pretty laughable.)

>> No.10792627 [DELETED] 

>>10792621
The town is nice but odd, I mean, the new sushi restaurant is really fucking good. Pricey though.

>> No.10792651

>>10792307
>>dim sum truck.

Clarify please. Are you using dim sum to refer to potstickers/gyoza/dumplings specifically? Or do you meant the general term--a massive variety of small, different, dishes?

If the former, sounds great. If the latter, hell no. It's too complex to attempt in a truck--too many things to do, too much variety. Plus, the stand-in-line-and-order concept of a food truck doesn't really match with the experience of eating dim sum at a restaurant with multiple waiters and carts that come to you.

>> No.10792665

>>10787653
I always wanted to own my own food truck. Also unrelated but we went to a hipster taco place at a convention and the bottom was covered in beard hair, I wish I was joking

>> No.10793077

>>10792651
I think they were gonna do the latter, and i think i agree with you. Didnt think about the atmosphere aspect of dim sum but its important for sure. I saw a foodtruck at a music festival that just did bao and i thought that was a good ass idea. Didnt try it tho wish i did.

>> No.10793231

Couple buddies and I went to this food truck In New York city. If i remember they had this sandwich called the fat beech or something, everyone called it the Fat Bitch. That Fat Bitch was damn good, then again we were stoned out of our minds but fuck that Bitch was good.

>> No.10793238

>>10792651
>reddit spacing
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>> No.10793555

>>10787653
Probably. Doesn't deter me from wanting to open one.

>> No.10793748

Shit idea for a business. No scalability and limited number of customers.

It's a "business" (read: glorified job) for stupid people.

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>>10787653
>is delicious food a meme

>> No.10793771

>>10787670
/thread

>> No.10793788

>>10793758
dont forget extremely overpriced and very inconsistent as well. cant forget the 2 golden rules of food truckery.

>> No.10793797

>>10793758
Nice try food truck, I'm not driving to Kearney just for some pizza.

>> No.10793802

>>10787653
They are basically a take-out only restaurant with one or two dishes.

I've eaten a lot of great mexican food trucks. I think it works cause they have the meat and beans stewing all day, and then they just have to fry up the tortilla and assemble everything.

>>10787670
I don't usually hate on hipsters, but if the food truck is just a gimmick it's not going to be good value.

>> No.10793808

>>10793758
>one of the top 27 pizzerias
lol let me guess, they were number 27

>> No.10793918

>>10793808
Number 4 apparently which surprised me, I read up on it and I might actually try it if I find myself in Kearney buying meth or selling copper scrap.

>> No.10794148

>>10793758
>Top 27
>In the Midwest