Food Trucks - NOT Roach Coaches

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  • Marper8521
    Marper8521 Posts: 160
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    No matter how you spell it, they are still roach coaches. They are very popular in SoCal and I can't stomach to eat from them.
  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,677 Member
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    I wish they were more popular here! I have this fantasy of quitting my job as a scientist and buying a food truck. (hellooooo midlife crisis). I understand it's not exactly a way to get rich, but hey, it's a fantasy.
    I'd want to have five separate menus and switch every day. Curries, sandwiches, salads. Something like that.

    My mom quit her job and bought a hot dog cart.

    Her sweet jalapeno relish is delicious.
  • tnshahud
    tnshahud Posts: 163
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    I Live in Nashville TN, and they are getting very popluar around here, I never ate off one, but my husband does every morning!
  • SueGremlin
    SueGremlin Posts: 1,066 Member
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    No matter how you spell it, they are still roach coaches. They are very popular in SoCal and I can't stomach to eat from them.
    why?
  • red01angel
    red01angel Posts: 806 Member
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    They've been super popular in L.A. for a few years now. I actually have a friend who owns one that sells kosher eggrolls of all types: http://www.moeggrolls.com/
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
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    I have no idea if there is one in Montreal but I really wish we had some I see on eat street on food network nom nom
  • osualex
    osualex Posts: 409 Member
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    they were pretty popular when I left Baltimore about a year ago, and even in my very very small town in Romania, we have 3. One of them makes the BEST donuts that I only get on Saturdays. So yeah, the trend really is everywhere haha
  • scapez
    scapez Posts: 2,018 Member
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    I've experienced this once and it was truly awesome...it was food overload!!
  • SueGremlin
    SueGremlin Posts: 1,066 Member
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    I wish they were more popular here! I have this fantasy of quitting my job as a scientist and buying a food truck. (hellooooo midlife crisis). I understand it's not exactly a way to get rich, but hey, it's a fantasy.
    I'd want to have five separate menus and switch every day. Curries, sandwiches, salads. Something like that.

    My mom quit her job and bought a hot dog cart.

    Her sweet jalapeno relish is delicious.
    Ooh, excellent. How does she like the work? Is it a huge money pit?
  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,677 Member
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    I wish they were more popular here! I have this fantasy of quitting my job as a scientist and buying a food truck. (hellooooo midlife crisis). I understand it's not exactly a way to get rich, but hey, it's a fantasy.
    I'd want to have five separate menus and switch every day. Curries, sandwiches, salads. Something like that.

    My mom quit her job and bought a hot dog cart.

    Her sweet jalapeno relish is delicious.
    Ooh, excellent. How does she like the work? Is it a huge money pit?

    My mom took it out, like, twice. Made average money. Got bored with it because she didn't like the street scene. She also doesn't have the patience for food service.

    Now it sits in the garage :(

    but for a couple months she was my hero for it!
  • SueGremlin
    SueGremlin Posts: 1,066 Member
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    I wish they were more popular here! I have this fantasy of quitting my job as a scientist and buying a food truck. (hellooooo midlife crisis). I understand it's not exactly a way to get rich, but hey, it's a fantasy.
    I'd want to have five separate menus and switch every day. Curries, sandwiches, salads. Something like that.

    My mom quit her job and bought a hot dog cart.

    Her sweet jalapeno relish is delicious.
    Ooh, excellent. How does she like the work? Is it a huge money pit?

    My mom took it out, like, twice. Made average money. Got bored with it because she didn't like the street scene. She also doesn't have the patience for food service.

    Now it sits in the garage :(

    but for a couple months she was my hero for it!
    Oh, boo. The idea that she could make ANY money is encouraging. I would expect it to be an 18 hour day with a break-even salary.
    I know the people in Kalamazoo would love it, but it's so cold and crappy here in the winter that it would have to be seasonal.

    Plus, well, you know I am IN Kalamazoo in the first place because of my job that I'd quit, so...
    Yeah. Rambling. That's me. :tongue:
  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,677 Member
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    I wish they were more popular here! I have this fantasy of quitting my job as a scientist and buying a food truck. (hellooooo midlife crisis). I understand it's not exactly a way to get rich, but hey, it's a fantasy.
    I'd want to have five separate menus and switch every day. Curries, sandwiches, salads. Something like that.

    My mom quit her job and bought a hot dog cart.

    Her sweet jalapeno relish is delicious.
    Ooh, excellent. How does she like the work? Is it a huge money pit?

    My mom took it out, like, twice. Made average money. Got bored with it because she didn't like the street scene. She also doesn't have the patience for food service.

    Now it sits in the garage :(

    but for a couple months she was my hero for it!
    Oh, boo. The idea that she could make ANY money is encouraging. I would expect it to be an 18 hour day with a break-even salary.
    I know the people in Kalamazoo would love it, but it's so cold and crappy here in the winter that it would have to be seasonal.

    Plus, well, you know I am IN Kalamazoo in the first place because of my job that I'd quit, so...
    Yeah. Rambling. That's me. :tongue:

    If my mama had stuck with it, she'd have made decent money. Here in rural-ish Missouri, hot dogs are, like, a food group for most of the population. The other food groups are McDonald's and Beer. Since drinking beer makes driving to McDonald's illegal, Mom's hot dog cart was the answer of many a man's prayers.

    There's one hot dog cart in my town (I live a few hours away from dear ol' Mum), and I asked him once what he makes. He said it varies from 30-50 thousand a year. And HE only goes out when he sees a crowd. So, maybe 2 or 3 nights a week when college is in session and a few summer festivals. That's not bad.

    Hot dogs, buns, and condiments are cheap. The mark-up is great.

    The hardest part is the hoops you have to jump through to be legal. Regular inspections. A kitchen that passes requirements for cleaning in every town you go to. State licensing. Local licensing for every single town/county/campus you want to visit. The paperwork is insane!
  • CakeFit21
    CakeFit21 Posts: 2,521 Member
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    No matter how you spell it, they are still roach coaches. They are very popular in SoCal and I can't stomach to eat from them.

    This is ridiculous.
  • spynoodle
    spynoodle Posts: 404
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    I wish they were more popular here! I have this fantasy of quitting my job as a scientist and buying a food truck. (hellooooo midlife crisis). I understand it's not exactly a way to get rich, but hey, it's a fantasy.
    I'd want to have five separate menus and switch every day. Curries, sandwiches, salads. Something like that.

    My mom quit her job and bought a hot dog cart.


    Her sweet jalapeno relish is delicious.
    Ooh, excellent. How does she like the work? Is it a huge money pit?

    My mom took it out, like, twice. Made average money. Got bored with it because she didn't like the street scene. She also doesn't have the patience for food service.

    Now it sits in the garage :(

    but for a couple months she was my hero for it!

    Maybe she could sell it to a local school to use for fundraising?
  • MissTattoo
    MissTattoo Posts: 1,203 Member
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    Hm...I've never been to one. I've never seen one around here either. Without having eaten from one I kind of have the dirty NYC image in my head. Apparently I need to get out to the west coast and experience this!
  • OMGLeigh
    OMGLeigh Posts: 236
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    Austin has a ton too.

    From SF I love how they have more of the trucks than they used to. I miss the crepe truck, so tasty. :( There are no crepe trucks in my area.
  • spynoodle
    spynoodle Posts: 404
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    Hm...I've never been to one. I've never seen one around here either. Without having eaten from one I kind of have the dirty NYC image in my head. Apparently I need to get out to the west coast and experience this!

    We have some AMAZING food coming out of these things! Some lines are consistently 40-50 people deep. I refuse to stand in line for that long!
  • jamk1446
    jamk1446 Posts: 5,577 Member
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    This is big in the Dallas-Fort Worth area as well. Fort Worth has a food truck park with a website and a calendar of scheduled trucks since it can only accomodate 5 or 6 at one time.

    Tacos are big but there are also burgers, cupcakes and there is one gluten-free vegan truck as well. I've been waiting for spring to go with some friends to check it out one weekend.

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