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Old 07-13-2021, 01:18 PM
 
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i remember i had moved to a new town with my job, and my grown son helped me with the move, and stayed with me for a couple of weeks. The deal I make with him for helping me move is that every day i will take him out to eat at whatever restaurant he picks for that day. This is great fun, i like having his help, he likes free food. So since it was a new town to both of us, he would go online every day on his phone to read reviews and pick places to eat. In this new town we had done sushi, and thai, and mexican, and African, all very nice sit-down restaurants because that is a treat for him he does not often get. And he decided on Indian for this day, and found the place with outstanding reviews, including mentioning some of my son's specific favorite dishes.

Well we were driving around and could not find the building, and kept checking the address, and then he started laughing and pointing and said there it is! and yes it was a food truck.
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Old 07-13-2021, 01:58 PM
 
Location: equator
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I sure miss the Mexican food truck that used to make the greatest breakfast burritos from scratch.

We had a printing co. in a small industrial park in Laguna Hills, CA. Boy did we look forward to their honk.

Long ago and no idea if it's still around, but I think about it fondly when reminded like this.

I thought they had gotten more common and more gourmet in recent years.
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Old 07-13-2021, 02:15 PM
 
Location: Middle America
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I haven't seen any apparent decline or decrease in them. Then again, I'm not hanging out at construction sites, etc.

They park in the usual popular spots on busy streets, and do good business.
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Old 07-13-2021, 02:39 PM
 
Location: Central Virginia
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I see them still in the DC metro area.
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Old 07-13-2021, 05:11 PM
 
Location: MN
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Originally Posted by Tzaphkiel View Post
i see them all over, at buildings, at offices, in parking lots, in office parks.
they are called food trucks and i see them every day
He’s referring to these.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ucumari/32037167828
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Old 07-13-2021, 05:54 PM
 
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yup, i see those regularly also
in the office parks and in town.
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Old 07-13-2021, 06:12 PM
 
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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I see them all the time.
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Old 07-13-2021, 07:17 PM
 
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Three reknown manufacturers in my area still have the contracted Consecco Serv truck. It's the same business used to fill their snack dispensers and coffee machines.
The prepacked tuna sandwich. The mystery hot sandwich. The fountain drinks.
With door dash most folks order and have it delivered to the plant.

We are lucky to have the taco truck ....God bless that family. They still kept prices low and the food quality is delicious!!!
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Old 07-14-2021, 10:51 AM
 
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I am Leary of food trucks. Here restaurants are inspected for proper food storage, preparation, no bugs or vermin. I don't think the trucks have any inspection a all.
They are. I've gone to a few food truck events, and there is always a county health inspector walking around, going into all the trucks to inspect their operations just as they would any other food establishment.

It seems like the food trucks are inspected more often, so I would consider their food storage and preparation to be even better than some restaurants. Restaurants around here typically only get inspected once a year, and most have a rough estimate of when that inspection is happening. So they might be extra cautious for a few weeks while they wait for the inspection, and then slack off again once it has been completed.
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Old 07-14-2021, 08:04 PM
 
Location: Sylmar, a part of Los Angeles
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I haven't seen any apparent decline or decrease in them. Then again, I'm not hanging out at construction sites, etc.

They park in the usual popular spots on busy streets, and do good business.
Where do you hang out then?
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