Does everyone know what a lunch truck is? I’ve been told that every city doesn’t have them, but in Philadelphia we have as many as we have murders. Which is to say, we have a lunch truck pretty much on every corner.
A lunch truck is a little wheeled cart where a person, possibly a crazy one, will make you food to-order, most likely off a little griddle inside the cart. Cheesesteaks, hamburgers, turkey sandwiches, whatever. Basically you can get any kind of Americana/Philadelphian food you want. The cool thing about lunch trucks, besides being able to get a hot meal quickly, is they for some reason exist outside the modern food-price structure, meaning you can get a hearty meal on the cheap. I usually get an egg-and-cheese sandwich, or as I like to call it, “the most dignified eating below the poverty level can look.”
<3 Mike
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OMG, Philly lunch trucks are the BEST. Was there a particular truck you had in mind when you made this one?
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It’s true! In University City I have to pass at least six of them to get to class. There’s even one that sells gourmet desserts.
Can’t argue with the fact that they are awesome and useful, though.
gourmet desserts?? that was not there when i was in school. although that’s probably a good thing.
i miss getting a decent lunch for less than $5. they seem to have mainly halal food trucks in NYC (which are usually pretty gross).
Goddamn you. Now I have to run out and settle this craving for a cheesesteak.
Godspeed good sir/lady, godspeed …
Where I live in California the trucks tend to be taco/burrito/general mexican based. Though they often do other things as well. You see them all over place.
there are none of these in Vancouver which sucks ass. We do have access to the delicious cuisines of the world but no trucks(except Ice cream and I can’t eat dairy) I want there to be a Vietnamese sandwich truck outside right now
What goes in a vietnamese sandwhich Elf? I’ve never heard of such a thing.
Here (portland) they’re called food carts, but yeah, they’re all over the place. In addition to being popular with the hipsters, they can also be quite tasty and reasonably priced.
I’m a 215 to LA transplant, and with all the food trucks we have here, I’ve yet to see a Polish one. I’m guessing they make a lot of kielbasa and kraut with sour cream. I’m jealous and already miss Philly.