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Old 11-14-2013, 08:21 PM
 
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One of my meetup groups is having a meetup at Boardwalk on Bulverde this Sat. :-) We will be trying the others in the future.

I do have to say though that I find it hard to believe that SA beat out Austin when it comes to food trucks!
You're right; there is no comparison. Austin has over 1000 food trucks, more variety, and spread all over. Austin stands with cities like Portland on food truck cuisine. You can run in to one just driving around. SA only has a few parks and they are not convenient to everyone.
The article is only saying SA would be the best place to START a new food truck, if you were so inclined. On that I agree; one only has to read the pages of posts when a new fast food place opens to see how important eating is around here. You could probably make a fortune.
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Old 11-14-2013, 09:07 PM
 
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Do people realize how similar these are to the food wagons of the early 1900's? They evolved into the diner-car restaurants of the middle 20th century. I wonder where these are going to evolve next. Maybe a "moveable" restaurant with a few small tables inside where people can come inside to sit down, but it's connected to a trailer and can be moved around. I don't know, just speculating.
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Old 11-15-2013, 12:52 AM
 
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A real food truck are the ones that go to construction sites and sell tacos. Those so called "gourmet" food trucks don't do that.
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Old 11-15-2013, 12:59 AM
 
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You're right; there is no comparison. Austin has over 1000 food trucks, more variety, and spread all over. Austin stands with cities like Portland on food truck cuisine. You can run in to one just driving around. SA only has a few parks and they are not convenient to everyone.
The article is only saying SA would be the best place to START a new food truck, if you were so inclined. On that I agree; one only has to read the pages of posts when a new fast food place opens to see how important eating is around here. You could probably make a fortune.
I'm sorry, what? Portland itself, the food truck capital of the US, has around 500 food trucks, give or take.
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Old 11-15-2013, 05:51 AM
 
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Let me make this easier for you to understand. Food trucks came about by bringing food to places. Not by people going to some park where a bunch of them gather.

So...taco trucks at the construction sites have been around much longer than these fancy gourmet trucks at the gathering sites. The original...the real deal....

I have nothing against food trucks, but it is like what another poster said...the food truck gathering thing going on right now is a big fad. It defeats the whole purpose when you have to drive to where they all meet.

You spend way too much time here pouncing on people you don't agree with.

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Old 11-15-2013, 07:12 AM
 
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I'm sorry, what? Portland itself, the food truck capital of the US, has around 500 food trucks, give or take.
Please don't feed that ....
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Old 11-15-2013, 10:05 PM
 
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Teenwolf80:

Let me make this easier for you to understand. Food trucks came about by bringing food to places. Not by people going to some park where a bunch of them gather.

So...taco trucks at the construction sites have been around much longer than these fancy gourmet trucks at the gathering sites. The original...the real deal....

I have nothing against food trucks, but it is like what another poster said...the food truck gathering thing going on right now is a big fad. It defeats the whole purpose when you have to drive to where they all meet.

You spend way too much time here pouncing on people you don't agree with.
I don't even think you fully know the history of food trucks. There weren't "taco" trucks in Chicago or New York in the 60s or 70s.

You understand this, right?

My problem with your "definition" of what constitutes a food truck is that, it's not only wrong, it's rooted it what seems to be faulty knowledge.

A food truck is simply an mobile structure that provides food to customers.

You not likely the evolution or current form of the food truck doesn't change what a food truck is.

Btw, most food trucks don't just camp out at a food park, they travel around the city and serve at different employment centers. Some of the big spots are Rackspace and Port San Antonio.
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Old 11-16-2013, 06:05 AM
 
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Some people did not get the chuckwagon either so stayed at home instead of coming to Texas.

Also, not wanting to debate but asking an honest question here, is it not the food truck capital LA?

They would have illegal gatherings of food trucks, BYOB, and it was about the people coming together to have a good time.

Food trucks came to greater prominence due to the back-to-the-city urban living movement and by extension a fascination with street food. Now it is being co-opted by mainstream corporations and has even found a place on the Food Network.
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Old 11-16-2013, 06:18 AM
 
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Teenwolf80:

Let me make this easier for you to understand. Food trucks came about by bringing food to places. Not by people going to some park where a bunch of them gather.

So...taco trucks at the construction sites have been around much longer than these fancy gourmet trucks at the gathering sites. The original...the real deal....

I have nothing against food trucks, but it is like what another poster said...the food truck gathering thing going on right now is a big fad. It defeats the whole purpose when you have to drive to where they all meet.

You spend way too much time here pouncing on people you don't agree with.
This is because of our code requirements: food trucks have to park in a place where they have access to a bathroom, and not within some distance (300 ft? 1000 ft?) of another fixed restaurant. And, they can't serve alcohol.

So, they're not allowed to just pull up randomly downtown in front of the Alamo. I guess at construction sites they have port-a-potties and a lot of people that are already gathered that are going to eat at the same time without other options. That is similar to Rackspace and other places like that, but for the rest of us, I'm glad there is a place we can go, and get a beer from the attached brick-and-morter bar.
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Old 11-16-2013, 07:40 AM
 
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All of this is interesting reading, but despite the origins or the evolution of the food truck, isn't one of the driving forces behind their growth is the economy it provides to would be restauranteurs?

Does anybody really care what city would be "#1"?
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