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food truck A food truck is a large motorized vehicle (such as a van) or trailer, equipped to cook, prepare, serve, and/or sell food. Some, including ice cream trucks, sell frozen or prepackaged food; others have on-board kitchens and prepare food from scratc ...
, mobile kitchen, mobile canteen, roach coach, gut truck, catering truck, or (in
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) food trailer, is a mobile venue that transports and sells
food Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is inge ...
. Some, including
ice cream truck An ice cream van (British) or ice cream truck (North American) is a commercial vehicle that serves as a mobile retail outlet for ice cream, usually during the spring and summer. Ice cream vans are often seen parked at public events, or near ...
s, sell frozen or prepackaged food; others resemble restaurants on wheels. Some may cater to specific meals, such as the breakfast truck, lunch truck or lunch wagon, snack truck, kebab trailer (UK), break truck, or taco truck. This list includes notable food trucks companies, and is not a comprehensive list of all food trucks companies.


Notable food trucks

A Kogi Korean BBQ food truck *
Big Gay Ice Cream Truck Big Gay Ice Cream (BGIC) is a New York City–based company that started with an ice cream truck and now operates four storefronts in the city. Co-founded by Doug Quint and Bryan Petroff, BGIC specializes in soft serve, soft-serve ice cream cones, ...
– New York City * Bud the Spud - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada *
Burger Theory Burger Theory is a chain of hamburger restaurants based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded as a food truck in 2011, they expanded to operate three stores in the state. In 2019, they reduced business to a single store following changes to thei ...
- Adelaide, South Australia *
Chef Jeremiah Early career Chef Jeremiah's career began in 1998 at Johnson & Wales Culinary School in North Miami, Florida. After his training, he worked at Michelin-starred elBulli (under Ferran Adrià), wd~50, Noma, Restaurant Aquavit, Spice Market, and ...
– Miami, Florida *
Chi'Lantro BBQ Chi'Lantro BBQ is a Korean-Mexican fusion mobile truck and catering service which opened in Austin, Texas in 2010. Since then, the former food truck operation has opened ten restaurants in the Austin area. The name "Chi'Lantro" is a portmanteau ...
– Texas (Austin, Fort Hood, Houston) *
Clover Food Lab Clover Food Lab is a vegetarian fast food chain, founded in 2008 which operates food trucks and restaurants in Massachusetts, United States. The company serves a simple menu that changes daily and with the seasons based on what is available from ...
– Boston, Massachusetts *
Coolhaus Coolhaus is an American ice cream company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2009 by two women named Natasha Case and Freya Estreller. Coolhaus is an artisan ice cream brand known for combining Food and Architecture. The name Coolhaus, i ...
– Southern California, New York City, and Dallas *
Don Chow Tacos Don Chow Tacos was a Chinese-Mexican fusion food truck based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded on April 22, 2009, by Dominic Lau and Lawrence Lie with the motto, "Where Chino meets Latino", representing their Chinese heritage and Hispani ...
– Los Angeles, California * Grease Trucks – Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. *
The Grilled Cheese Truck The Grilled Cheese Truck is a food truck company serving gourmet "chef driven" grilled cheese sandwiches. The company started in Los Angeles in 2009, and has since expanded throughout Southern California, Phoenix, San Antonio and Austin. Over ...
– southwest United States *
The Habit Burger Grill The Habit Burger Grill is an American fast casual restaurant chain that specializes in charbroiled hamburgers. The company also sells other typical fast-casual fare. Its headquarters are in Irvine, California. In March 2020, Yum! Brands, the p ...
– as of November 2017, has a fleet of nine food trucks *
The Halal Guys The Halal Guys is a halal fast casual restaurant franchise that began as halal carts on the southeast and southwest corners of 53rd Street and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. New locations, both food cart and storefront, are being ad ...
– New York City *
Holy Trinity Barbecue Holy Trinity Barbecue (sometimes Holy Trinity BBQ) was a barbecue restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Kyle Rensmeyer established the business as a food cart in Southeast Portland, Oregon, southeast Portland's neighborhood Creston-Kenilworth, Portl ...
– Portland, Oregon * Jojo – Portland, Oregon *
Kelvin Natural Slush Co. Kelvin Natural Slush Co. is a New York-based food truck company specializing in slush drinks. History The company was started by Zack Silverman and Alex Rein. The business was named after the Kelvin temperature scale. Their success has led to t ...
– New York, New York *
Kim Jong Grillin' Kim Jong Grillin is a Korean restaurant in Portland, Oregon. The business operates from southeast Portland's Richmond neighborhood, as of 2022, and plans to expand with a stall in the food hall at Block 216. Description Kim Jong Grillin' serv ...
– Portland, Oregon * KIND Movement – tours the United States *
Kogi Korean BBQ Kogi Korean BBQ is a fleet of five fusion food trucks in Los Angeles famous both for their combination of Korean with Mexican food and also for their reliance on Internet technology, especially Twitter and YouTube, to spread information about th ...
– Los Angeles, California *
Korilla BBQ Korilla BBQ is a New York City-based lunch/dinner truck owned by Eddie Song that specializes in Korean-theme burritos, also known as . They also serve Korean-style tacos. They have been positively reviewed by Antenna Magazine, were listed in The V ...
– New York City *
Maximus/Minimus Maximus/Minimus was a food truck based in Seattle, Washington. It was established by Kurt Beecher Dammeier in June 2009 and the truck was designed by Colin Reedy. Dammeier also owns the truck and enterprise. The truck was built to resemble a p ...
– Seattle, Washington *
Off the Rez Off the Rez is a restaurant in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. Owned by Mark McConnell of the Blackfeet Nation in Browning, Montana, as well as his partner, Cecilia Rikard, the business has operated as a food truck and as a cafe at the B ...
, Seattle * Papalaya – Mayagüez, Puerto Rico *
Pincho Man Pincho Man is a Miami-based late-night food truck specializing in Pinchitos, pinchos, and one of the original trucks in Miami to be associated with the Food truck#The gourmet food truck, gourmet food truck trend. ''Travel + Leisure'' magazine ident ...
– Miami, Florida *
Pølsevogn ''Pølsevogn(e)'' () are hot dog stands that sell Danish-style hot dogs, such as rød pølse, and sausages as street food. Today, some are mobile, and some are, despite their names, permanent structures. They are equipped with a small kitchen, ...
- Literally meaning "sausage wagon", these food trucks are endemic to
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and are a staple in most towns. * Rancho Bravo Tacos *
Taco Bus Taco Bus restaurants serve Mexican food in the Tampa, Florida area. The restaurants began as a popular food truck on Hillsborough Avenue. A second location followed on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg, Florida and a restaurant was added on Frank ...
– Tampa, Florida


Organizations

* Off the Grid * Roaming Hunger *
New York Food Truck Association NYFTA, or the New York Food Truck Association, is a trade association representing local mobile food vending businesses in New York (state), New York. Background The association was established in 2016 by Ben Goldberg and operates across New York ...
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Philadelphia Mobile Food Association The Philadelphia Mobile Food Association is a trade association representing local mobile food vending businesses in Philadelphia. History Co-founders Dan Pennachietti and Andrew Gerson started the Philadelphia Mobile Food Association (PMFA) to pro ...
* Taco Trucks At Every Mosque - United States initiative to bring together
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Latino Latino or Latinos most often refers to: * Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America * Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States * The people or cultures of Latin America; ** Latin A ...
communities


Styles

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Ice cream van An ice cream van (British) or ice cream truck (North American) is a commercial vehicle that serves as a mobile retail outlet for ice cream, usually during the spring and summer. Ice cream vans are often seen parked at public events, or near ...
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Pølsevogn ''Pølsevogn(e)'' () are hot dog stands that sell Danish-style hot dogs, such as rød pølse, and sausages as street food. Today, some are mobile, and some are, despite their names, permanent structures. They are equipped with a small kitchen, ...
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See also

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Dickie Dee Dickie Dee is a Canadian brand of ice cream currently owned by Good Humor-Breyers. History Dickie Dee started in Winnipeg, Manitoba in the early 1950s; it was owned by Syd Glow. In 1959, Glow sold it to the Barish family, who then grew it to be ...
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Field kitchen A field kitchen is a mobile kitchen, mobile canteens or food truck used primarily by militaries to provide warm food to the troops near the frontline or in temporary encampments. Description The first field kitchens were carried in four-wheel ...
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Food cart A food cart is a mobile kitchen set up on the street to prepare and sell street food to passers-by. Food carts are often found in cities worldwide selling food of every kind. Food carts come in two basic styles. One allows the vendor to sit o ...
* Food Truckin' *
Food truck rally A food truck rally (also called a food truck festival, food truck rodeo,(9 June 2013) ''Raleigh News and Observer''(3 September 2012) ''Raleigh News and Observer'' food truck gathering, or similar names) is an event where a group of food trucks g ...
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Hot dog cart A hot dog cart is a specialized mobile food stand for preparing and selling street food, specifically hot dogs, to passersby. In some jurisdictions, a cart operator must meet stringent health regulations designed to protect the public. Hot dog ...
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Hot dog stand A hot dog stand is a business that sells hot dogs, usually from an external counter. Hot dog stands can be located on a public thoroughfare, near a sports stadium, in a shopping mall, or at a fair. They are often found on the streets of major ...
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List of The Great Food Truck Race episodes The following is a list of episodes for the reality television series ''The Great Food Truck Race'' on Food Network. In the later half of 2021, the fourteenth season of ''The Great Food Truck Race'' premiered, featuring their first ever season ...
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Mobile catering Mobile catering is the business of selling prepared food from some sort of vehicle. It is a feature of urban culture in many countries. Mobile catering can be performed using food trucks, trailers, carts and food stands. Many types of foods may be ...
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Street food Street food is ready-to-eat food or drinks sold by a hawker, or vendor, in a street or at other public places, such as markets or fairs. It is often sold from a portable food booth, food cart, or food truck and is meant for immediate consumption ...
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List of street foods This is a list of street foods. Street food is ready-to-eat food or drink typically sold by a vendor on a street and in other public places, such as at a market or fair. It is often sold from a portable food booth, food cart, or food truck and me ...
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The Great Food Truck Race ''The Great Food Truck Race'' is a reality television and cooking series that originally aired on August 15, 2010, on Food Network, with Tyler Florence as the host. Billed as a cross between Cannonball Run and Top Chef ''Top Chef'' is an Ame ...


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Food trucks Lists of companies by industry Trucks-related lists
Trucks A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, but the vast majority feature body-on-frame construction ...