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To the OP: Forget the food truck rodeos and big festivals, that's where the crowds are huge, and you spend a lot of time waiting in lines, and sometimes the trucks themselves run out of food. Instead, follow the individual trucks on twitter and try to catch them at off-peak times, usually at local breweries or some other spots.
We live in Brier Creek. Is that a reasonable goal to follow them on twitter, then race out the door to catch them? I'm sorry if that sounds stupid, but this entire food truck phenomenon is brand new to us. Reminds me of first time I went to a conveyor belt sushi place and asked, "how does this work? How do I get some food? ''
The fact that we've only been here two weeks and I still get lost looking for the mailbox doesn't help. Hell, until yesterday, I thought DPAC had something to do with football.
We live in Brier Creek. Is that a reasonable goal to follow them on twitter, then race out the door to catch them? I'm sorry if that sounds stupid, but this entire food truck phenomenon is brand new to us. Reminds me of first time I went to a conveyor belt sushi place and asked, "how does this work? How do I get some food? ''
The fact that we've only been here two weeks and I still get lost looking for the mailbox doesn't help. Hell, until yesterday, I thought DPAC had something to do with football.
Actually, it isn't quite that fast. You don't have to race out the door to get them.
For example, my husband saw yesterday that Chirba Chriba will be near our house today. Not a huge lead time, but enough for him to plan his errands around a stop for dumplings. Yes, sometimes they do post on very short notice, but often you have some lead time.
Give it time & you'll also start to get their patterns down. At the museum events (like summer solstace this Wed) you usually see the Parlor & Only Burger plus a few others, Only Burger also does one weekday @ UNC somewhere. And Sundays @ MotorCo you can usually find Kokyu. I'm sure there are others I'm forgetting at the moment, but if you follow them a while, you'll see their patterns.
Give it time, you've only been here two weeks. If you haven't yet, stop by the Visitor's Center & get some information & sign up for their weekly calendar on line. That will be a big help for you & the staff there is great! We've been here two years & still find things that we had no idea were there. That is part of the beauty of Durham.
We live in Brier Creek. Is that a reasonable goal to follow them on twitter, then race out the door to catch them? I'm sorry if that sounds stupid, but this entire food truck phenomenon is brand new to us. Reminds me of first time I went to a conveyor belt sushi place and asked, "how does this work? How do I get some food? ''
The fact that we've only been here two weeks and I still get lost looking for the mailbox doesn't help. Hell, until yesterday, I thought DPAC had something to do with football.
They're typically set up for anywhere from 2 hours (weekday lunch) to 6 hours or more (Sunday afternoons). A lot of places list their upcoming schedule pretty clearly. For example, check out the websites for http://www.piepushers.com/ and Monuts Donuts - Durham, NC to find the next several week's schedules for that truck and trike.
Oh, and I forgot to add: The Venable Center at 302 E Pettigrew St in Durham is starting to host trucks at lunch most weekdays, if you work anywhere near there.
Looks like Durham is proposing changes to its food trucks rules. Including 100' setback from restaurants and a ban around the Durham Durham Farmers' Market / Central Park Area while events are going on unless food trucks are on the event permit.
The proposed changes would be devastating to Durham's food trucks. For example, a restaurant could decide to open up next to Fullsteam (there are spaces for lease right next door and rumors of a restaurant circling downtown) and that restaurant could then kick out all the food trucks that operate at Fullsteam. That would be terrible.
The exclusion around Central Park is also unfair. Vendors like Berenbaum's tried to become market members but the market didn't have room for them. Now they'll lose a huge source of their income. The food trucks definitely draw crowds to the Farmer's Market, and now they're going to be banned because some Farmer's Market vendors that sell ready-to-eat food don't want competition. There's clearly a gap in supply if all the food trucks are doing well and all the DFM vendors are doing well too. Why doesn't the Farmer's Market support food trucks?
If you are lucky enough to work for a company that leases its space from Highwoods Properties then you can enjoy the food trucks at lunch. They just started rotating different trucks in each day during the week and it's been a big hit.
If you are lucky enough to work for a company that leases its space from Highwoods Properties then you can enjoy the food trucks at lunch. They just started rotating different trucks in each day during the week and it's been a big hit.
Do you know if that's throughout their Triangle properties or just in Durham? My wife works at a Highwoods building in Raleigh and would LOVE to hear that news.
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Yes, sometimes they do post on very short notice, but often you have some lead time. 
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