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the first food truck
New Amsterdam (now known as New York City) begins regulating street vendors selling food from push carts. -
chuck wagons
A chuckwagon is a type of field kitchen covered wagon historically used for the storage and transportation of food and cooking equipment on the prairies of the United States and Canada. -
Lunch wagons
In 1872, a vendor named Walter Scott cut windows into a small covered wagon and parked it in front of a local newspaper office in Providence, R.I. Sitting on a box inside, he sold sandwiches with pies and coffee to journalists and pressmen working late. -
Mobile canteens
a mobile venue that transports and sells food. Some, including ice cream trucks, sell frozen or prepackaged food; others resemble restaurants on wheels. -
Oscar mayer
Oscar Ferdinand Mayer was a German American who founded the processed-meat firm Oscar Mayer that bears his name. -
ice cream trucks
The first ice cream truck was credited to Harry Burt of Youngstown, Ohio, who was the creator of the Good Humor brand. Burt was already delivering ice cream from a motorized vehicle when he had the idea to place chocolate covered ice cream bars on a stick. -
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roach trucks, The first taco truck, and grease trucks
Roach coaches make their presence known to construction sites around the country. Raul Martinez converted an old ice cream truck into the nation’s first taco truck and parked it outside of an East Los Angeles bar. Grease trucks begin parking on Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ selling “Fat Sandwiches” to college students. -
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vendy rewards
The Vendy Awards is an annual street food competition that determines the best street food vendors in New York City. We celebrate the excellent food available on our city's streets and the hard-working people who bring it to us each day - and who are usually (otherwise) given little acclaim or respect. -
kogi bbq
Kogi Korean BBQ is a fleet of five fusion food trucks in Los Angeles famous both for their combination of Korean with Mexican food and also for their reliance on Internet technology, especially Twitter and YouTube, to spread information about their offerings and locations. -
The great food truck race
The food truck hopefuls in season four of "The Great Food Truck Race" head out on the longest route yet -- 4,181 miles -- as they compete in culinary challenges across the U.S., with the winning team awarded its own food truck. Each three-person team, made up of chefs with unique concepts and dreams -
chef movie
After a controlling owner (Dustin Hoffman) pushes him too far, chef Carl Casper (Jon Favreau) quits his position at a prestigious Los Angeles restaurant. As he tries to figure out what his next step should be, he finds himself in Miami.
