A food truck rally (also called a food truck festival, food truck rodeo,(9 June 2013)

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s gather in one location. The events typically feature "modern" food trucks emphasizing food quality and variety, a trend which has grown significantly in popularity in the

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since approximately 2008. Formal gatherings of food trucks as an event in the United States began in 2010. The first LA Food Fest, held in February 2010, appears to have been one of the earliest such events.Buck, Stephanie (4 August 2011)
The Rise of the Social Food Truck
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Mayor Menino Understands: Bostonians Want More Food Trucks
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'' (report in wake of "First Annual Boston Food Truck Festival" held in August 2010)(1 October 2011)
The Food Truck Revolution Revs Up, With a Little Help
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'' (reporting on the "Off the Grid" gathering in San Francisco which began in June 2010)(15 August 2011)
Weekly Food Truck Invasion hits Hollywood
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'' (first Miami gathering of 12 trucks occurred in September 2010)

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, which has been a popular area for food trucks and hosted its first food truck event in September 2011,(24 August 2011)
Tampa's first 'Food Truck Rally' is a go! - Sat., Sept. 24th
''Creative Loafing'' hosted a rally with 121 food trucks in March 2014, said to be a new world record, breaking the prior record of 99 set in Tampa in September 2013.(30 March 2014)
Tampa food truck rally sets new Guinness record
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Record Tampa food truck rally creates taste for bigger one
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'' Prior to that, an April 2013 "food truck parade" in Miami, with 62 trucks, was declared the largest to date.(24 April 2013)
Magic City Casino Sets Guinness World Record for Food Truck Parade
''Miami New Times'' In 2018,

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planned to have over 50 food trucks in Chicago. Also, in 2018 more than 50 food trucks rallied in Meridian Township. Also, in 2018, in Muskeon Michigan a food truck rally of 23 food trucks occurred. In June 2018, over 30 food trucks rallied in Daytona. Furthermore, there are more food truck rallies occurring throughout the US.

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