If you love food trucks, then you are in for a treat this weekend.
Two yes count them… two very large food truck festivals are taking place this weekend, one in Arcadia at the Santa Anita Race Track, Saturday 11-5pm, cost to enter $5, plus your food.
Santa Anita’s Food Truck Festival is back! There will be a food truck for everyone and premier horse racing. The Great Race Place is better than ever.
On Saturday, April 2 from 11:00am – 5:00pm, the Santa Anita Race Track in Arcadia, will be having its SECOND food truck festival!
BIGGER and BETTER, the second will host 80 gourmet food trucks!
Enjoy the day at this historic venue by dining & drinking, all the while watching the thoroughbred racing that goes around you! For kids, there will be moonbounces, pony rides, face painting, playground and carnival games, so there’s no excuse not to bring the whole family!
List of Food Trucks Participating(subject to change):
Ahn Joo LA, Almoosal, Auntie’s Fry Bread, Barbies Q, Baby’s Badass Burgers, Bool BBQ, Border Grill, Cheeseball Wagon, Chef Che’s Argentine Cuisine, Chunk’n Chip, Clean Street Food, Coolhaus, Crepes Bonaparte, Da Munch Box, Dante Fried Chicken, Dogtown Dogs, Don Chow Tacos, Dosa Truck, Flavor Rush, Flying Pig Truck, Fresh Fries LA, Frysmith, George’s Greek Cafe, Germany’s Famous Bratwurst, Go Country 105 Chuck Wagon, Great Balls on Tires, Greenz on Wheels, Grilled Cheese Truck, Gringos Tacos, Hungry Nomad, India Jones, Jogasaki Burrito, Kabob ‘N Roll, Knockout Tacos, Komodo, Krazy BBQ, Lake St. Creamery, Lardon Truck, Lee’s Philly, Lobsta Truck, Longboards Ice Cream, LouksToGo, Ludo Truck, Mac N Roll, Macho Nacho, Mandoline Grill, Maria’s Italian Kitchen, Maui Wowi Hawaiian, Meet N Potatoes, Naan Stop, No Jodas Cuban Kitchen, No Reservations, No Tomatoes, Nom Nom Truck x 2, Pita Pushers, Ragin’ Cajun, Rosa’s Bella Cucina, Shrimp Pimp, Slammin’ Sliders, Smokin’ Willies BBQ, South Philly Experience, Streets of Thailand, Ta Bom, Tapa Boy LA, The Boba Truck, The Feast Truck, The Greasy Wiener, The Sweets Truck, The Yummy One, Tropical Shaved Ice, Tornado Potato, Uncle Lau’s BBQ, Vesuvio LA, Vizzi Truck, White Rabbit Truck, Willoughby Road, Wrap Me Silly
Then tomorrow on April 3, 2011, at Union Station, the latest addition to the Food Truck Festivals, The TruckIt Festival.
Close to 40 trucks all within the grounds of the historic Union Station.
The Truckit Fest is the creation of Phillip Dane who founded the L.A. Flea Market at Dodger Stadium and The Fairfax High Flea Market in Hollywood. This new creation will sure to become a fast hit amongst Angelenos. The Truckit Fest will bring together the best of LA’s mega hip and tasty Food Trucks, over 200 of the hottest local artists as well as live music and much more.
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Both events are $5 to get in, parking and food is extra!
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With the rising price of gas, food trucks are going to most like gravitate to more of these events, where they can park for a prolonged period and serve hundreds of customers.
Is the food truck phenomena at its peak? From a those on the cutting edge food trucks have most likely peaked, from a mainstream consumer, most have maybe seen food trucks and maybe tried it once or twice, food trucks are still working to dismiss the similarities to the traditional taco roach coaches we have been used to seeing (and smelling) around the city.
