oakland marriott hosts first annual battle of the oakland taco trucks.
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They messed up, its 15 advance 25 at the door...and i did a little research, thats just the cover. that doesnt include the tacos, but they claim to be cheap! wow, pay money to eat cheap tacos. I mean, im the taco burglar, i'll eat ur tacos, his tacos, her tacos (pun intended). but im not payin extra money to do so. plus its indoors, i thought it would be like an outdoor congregation of trucks so i can smoke me mini chop to the neck in between trucks.
Rekz, that sj eats one looks DOPE....is that this satuday?
Rekz, that sj eats one looks DOPE....is that this satuday?
i was just reading a pretty interesting article on this food truck fad and the cutthroat nature of the business these days:
Josh Hiller is fed up. As a partner in RoadStoves, the food truck outfitter that helped launch Kogi into the stratosphere, he thinks L.A.'s rapidly expanding new-wave food truck scene is getting out of hand.
"We tried to be very specific about the trucks we launched; we were looking for good business models and good food," says Hiller of the months that followed Kogi's launch 21/2 years ago and its unexpected success. At the time, Angelenos, united by Twitter, lined up for two hours or more to taste the truck's signature Korean barbecue tacos.
"We got hundreds of calls, but we rejected 95% of the requests. The problem came when the other commissaries and truck owners saw money and basically just prostituted the whole culture. So what you ended up with was 15 so-so trucks parked on Mid-Wilshire, the city unhappy, a mediocre food product and all the truck owners cannibalizing each other's business."
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-food-trucks-20110506,0,3121613.story
Josh Hiller is fed up. As a partner in RoadStoves, the food truck outfitter that helped launch Kogi into the stratosphere, he thinks L.A.'s rapidly expanding new-wave food truck scene is getting out of hand.
"We tried to be very specific about the trucks we launched; we were looking for good business models and good food," says Hiller of the months that followed Kogi's launch 21/2 years ago and its unexpected success. At the time, Angelenos, united by Twitter, lined up for two hours or more to taste the truck's signature Korean barbecue tacos.
"We got hundreds of calls, but we rejected 95% of the requests. The problem came when the other commissaries and truck owners saw money and basically just prostituted the whole culture. So what you ended up with was 15 so-so trucks parked on Mid-Wilshire, the city unhappy, a mediocre food product and all the truck owners cannibalizing each other's business."
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-food-trucks-20110506,0,3121613.story
