Hot Dog! Let’s Talk Tacos; The Growing Success of Mobile Food

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Aug. 13, 2009

To avoid the sting of the economic downturn many gourmet chefs are bucking the stationary kitchen and taking their fare on the road. Is the success of mobile food a fad or the wave of the future? Is the bourgeois taco truck putting the small tamale cart out of business? From restaurant to food truck and back again; what is your favorite mobile food?

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Patt Morrison and LA Weekly food critic Jonathan Gold, who must remain unrecognizable in order to keep doing his job!

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Jonathan Gold, food critic for LA Weekly and Gourmet Magazine

Jimmy
7 months ago

Bacon dogs are the best. Wish there are more, instead of just in Hollywood.

Jenny
7 months ago

Can anyone post the website or twitter where the trucks are and when,...mmmm... specifically the good taco trucks and dosa truck? I'm new to this area and can't wait to try out this phenomena.

Sam
7 months ago

Here they are:
http://www.babysbadassburgers.com/
and
http://twitter.com/babysbbs

Sam
7 months ago

And here is the other:
http://www.dosatruck.com/
and
http://twitter.com/dosatruck/

D. L.
7 months ago

The LA Times had a long list just recently:

http://theguide.latimes.com/Elina-Shatkin/lists/178178/nouveau-food-trucks

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