Atlanta food truck park (Reynolds: neighborhood, live in, legal) - Georgia (GA) - City-Data Forum

brownhornet · 06-26-2012, 07:01 AM

How many of you have been? I went this past weekend and the set up is really nice. There's some really good food out there as well. The one thing I think they need do more of is advertise considering most of the people I told have no clue it's even there. Seems to have gotten popular pretty quick as The Travel Channel well be there filming today. I recommend it, great place to go hang out for a few hours...go check it out.

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red92s · 06-26-2012, 07:21 AM

I've been once. We enjoyed it. It was on a weeknight the first month they were open. There was a near gridlcok situation on the nearby roads as people tried to find parking.

There is a "casacde effect" that happens when one truck runs out of food. This happened to my wife. She waited in line for 10 minutes at one truck, got the window, and they announced they were out of food. Everyone hopped over to nearby trucks, doubling the length of those lines, so then she had to wait another 20 minutes to get anything to eat.

Not sure how many people will show up for lunch there when it's 94 degrees out. Shade is scarce. Coming back to the office drenched in sweat after lunch is never fun.

K-SawDude · 06-26-2012, 11:19 AM

Generally it's been great, but sometimes it's a real crap shoot knowing if there will be either plenty of food options or else slim pickins.

We went on a Saturday night at 8:45 and only two trucks were there serving food, one of which was crossing out most of their menu as we stepped into line. The prior Saturday offered 8 or so trucks, all still going around 9:30.

It's best to check out their facebook page and/or twitter before you head there, just to get a feel for what trucks will be there that day and night. I've also found Thursday and Friday evenings 6-8 to have the best offerings, generally. But get there early if you want one of the sit down tables with umbrellas.

Also, *very* family friendly there, for those who care about that.

vince217 · 06-26-2012, 11:31 AM

My family and i enjoyed it too.

It can get very hot especially during lunch time, and shaded seating is scarce.

sjuraud · 06-26-2012, 11:51 AM

We went on a day that the city decided to revoke the license to all the food trucks. I guess there was some disagreement by the city as if it were legal for the trucks to be permitted or not. So we didn't get to try any of the food. One other problem we had was finding out where and how to get to the parking lot. We knew where the site was, but there wasn't any signage or anything directing to the parking lot behind where all the food trucks parked.

BroadStJudge · 06-26-2012, 12:36 PM

I find it ironic, but typical of Atlanta, that one must drive to get to the food truck park. It is not near a neighborhood, a MARTA stop, a bike path, or any concentration of people. The concept of a food truck, something that is mobile, is that it should come to you - not the other way around - right?

JPD · 06-26-2012, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BroadStJudge

I find it ironic, but typical of Atlanta, that one must drive to get to the food truck park. It is not near a neighborhood, a MARTA stop, a bike path, or any concentration of people. The concept of a food truck, something that is mobile, is that it should come to you - not the other way around - right?

I was going to say something similar. I'm glad these trucks can make a profit and employ some people, but the concept of a food truck park is sort of baffling to me.

I live in Cabbagetown and we have a food truck or two every Thursday night. Sometimes there's a food truck set up in Reynoldstown, too. I can easily walk to those, but I would never get in my car and drive to get a meal from a food truck. I'm curious to see the park and the setup, though.

sjuraud · 06-26-2012, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BroadStJudge

I find it ironic, but typical of Atlanta, that one must drive to get to the food truck park. It is not near a neighborhood, a MARTA stop, a bike path, or any concentration of people. The concept of a food truck, something that is mobile, is that it should come to you - not the other way around - right?

Yeah, we kind of thought the same thing, but I think the purpose is so people can get acquainted with the food trucks. They are usually at street locations throughout the city on other days.

roxyrn · 06-26-2012, 01:33 PM

I drove by on a weekday, but the traffic was so bad that I couldn't find a place to park and decided it was not worth it. Really think it should be held somewhere that you can park, sit in shade of some sort and enjoy.

BobKovacs · 06-26-2012, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by roxyrn

I drove by on a weekday, but the traffic was so bad that I couldn't find a place to park and decided it was not worth it. Really think it should be held somewhere that you can park, sit in shade of some sort and enjoy.

Exactly. On top of being a royal PITA to get in and out of (as is everything along that stretch of Howell Mill) who wants to sit in a stoned lot with no shade, with all that traffic only a few feet away- especially this time of year? They've started bringing a few of the trucks to the motor court at our building downtown (one a day a few days per week), and I've eaten at most of them. It's convenient, and easy to go back to the office to eat- but I wouldn't drive to get to them, and certainly wouldn't sit out there and eat.