I’ve gotten several interesting e-mails in the last week implying that Tucson is inching ever closer to having a food truck festival of its very own.
The first speaks of a couple that owns property near downtown. They want to develop it to facilitate food trucks, and from the sounds of things they mean business. They’ve already approached a number of official city folks about making it happen, and say the property is zoned properly and that they’ve already started prepping the site.
The second was from a local shopping center that is planning a food truck festival for sometime in February. They haven’t put out the official announcement yet — they’re still hammering out details and are looking into making it a fundraiser — but more information should be available soon.
There’s also word that several new food trucks are in the works, including a kabob truck.
Tucson may not be super-food-truck-savvy like some cities, but we’re getting there. We’ll let you know the moment one of these plans becomes a reality.
This article appears in Oct 20-26, 2011.
Food truck festivals do seem counter-intuitive, Adam Borowitz, but of course there is an Old Pueblo way of doing things.
No doubt we’ll soon see KVOA’s Tom McNamara waving his hands around as he intros “Food truck safety, what you should know!” And so on from the all the others.
Anyway, here’s a backgrounder:
The Rise of the Social Food Truck [INFOGRAPHIC]
at:
http://mashable.com/2011/08/04/food-truck-…
I can’t wait.. Food trucks are the life blood to my fat and happiness.