I would also think the cheapskates of t-dub would love the fact that it's not a restaurant where you are inclined to tip.

7/6/2013 4:55:43 PM

worms in my stool as we speak

7/6/2013 5:00:57 PM

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"Came in to plug Porchetta. My best friend owns and runs it and the food is awesome. $7 for a sandwich made with slow roasted pork."

Porchetta is lame...the pork is bland and the toppings are sparse. Not to mention the bottom bun gets completely soaked through with pork juice and falls apart when you are eating it, they need to either drain some of the liquid off the pork or toast the fucking bun so it doesn't disintegrate.

[Edited on July 6, 2013 at 5:14 PM. Reason : .]

7/6/2013 5:14:23 PM

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"Tell me where you work and I'll be glad to stand over you and discuss my feelings about local food trucks while you're cowering in your cubicle eating $12 ChirbaChirba on Tuesdays"

Centennial Campus, Venture Place - 3rd floor, suite 362. See ya on Wednesday.

And I'll only by paying $9.50 for my dumplings. They probably charge you $12 since you're an asshole.

7/6/2013 7:03:22 PM

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"Also, for those that think these are hipster vans, most of their customers are from corporate office parks, private gigs/catering, breweries and large crowd events"

you have no fucking clue what denotes a greaseball hipster.
not saying thats a bad thing though, so

congratulations...sorta

7/6/2013 7:04:41 PM

If something is popular, it must be because of the hipsters.

It must suck to be so nerdy and uncool that you naturally hate everything that is cool.

7/6/2013 7:06:41 PM

You mean like heroin?

7/6/2013 7:07:56 PM

There's nothing cool about heroin.

7/6/2013 7:08:29 PM

Quote :

"Centennial Campus, Venture Place - 3rd floor, suite 362. See ya on Wednesday. And I'll only by paying $9.50 for my dumplings. They probably charge you $12 since you're an asshole. "

Thats fantastic, I'm in Venture III. Got a cube number you want me to loiter around, or should I just follow the smell of greasy dumpling fingers?

7/6/2013 9:47:55 PM

There is nothing hipster about food trucks

7/6/2013 10:00:07 PM

homie is right

7/6/2013 10:15:39 PM

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"Got a cube number you want me to loiter around"

Naw son that's my office. Turns out I'm people.

7/6/2013 11:05:45 PM

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"Try going outside. All your questions will be answered"

I live in Ohio

7/7/2013 1:22:25 AM

well that sucks

7/7/2013 11:23:52 PM

Y'all some argumentative fuckers in here. Don't like it? Don't eat it! Simple.

7/8/2013 1:01:54 AM

Welcome to Chit Chat, you must be new here

7/8/2013 1:32:06 PM

I recently saw the Food Truck episode of Bob's Burgers.

They definitely portrayed it as a hipster phenomenon.

They go to a festival called the Lolla-Pa-Foods-a. They had trucks named like "Ode to Soy", "Wok of Shame", "Sherlock Scones", "Total Eclipse of the Tart", "Talk to the Ham", "Stop, Drop, Egg Roll", "Something to Taco About", "Spaghett About it", "Justice of the Quiche", and "Schindler's Fish".

7/8/2013 1:41:17 PM

your first mistake was watching Bob's Burgers

7/8/2013 1:43:10 PM

So only hipsters use puns? Noted.

7/8/2013 1:44:36 PM

best show on tv now, imo

^no. no they don't. hipsters are not the only people to use puns. that's not how the show portrayed it as a hipster phenomenon. I just thought some of them were funny so i posted them.

[Edited on July 8, 2013 at 1:47 PM. Reason : ]

7/8/2013 1:45:08 PM

Quote :

"They definitely portrayed it as a hipster phenomenon. They go to a festival called the Lolla-Pa-Foods-a. They had trucks named like "Ode to Soy", "Wok of Shame", "Sherlock Scones", "Total Eclipse of the Tart", "Talk to the Ham", "Stop, Drop, Egg Roll", "Something to Taco About", "Spaghett About it", "Justice of the Quiche", and "Schindler's Fish"."

7/8/2013 1:46:13 PM

those are two separate paragraphs. the second paragraph isn't an explanation of the first. the second paragraph is meant to stand alone. stop trying to argue for the sake of arguing.

7/8/2013 1:49:30 PM

I don't expect a bargain, but I feel like the majority of food trucks I've gotten food from have been overpriced. I'll admit I need to try a few more before I cement that feeling, but that's how I feel at the moment.


Side note, anyone know when Klausie's is opening on Glenwood?

7/8/2013 1:51:31 PM

^^ So you make an assertion with no backing. Then follow that directly with what looks like backing to the assertion...but it was a just a coincidence. 10-4

Quote :

"I don't expect a bargain, but I feel like the majority of food trucks I've gotten food from have been overpriced. I'll admit I need to try a few more before I cement that feeling, but that's how I feel at the moment."

I too think many of the trucks are overpriced. Is their overhead more than a traditional restaurant? I don't know much about the economics of those things.

On one hand I do expect to pay a bit of a premium if theres a truck or two sitting right outside my workplace (whereas I would typically have to drive somewhere to get food)...but I just usually say F it and drive somewhere with more selection. At the breweries though they have a more captive audience.

7/8/2013 2:06:49 PM

^ I kinda thought that they were maintaining competition by pricing themselves with all the other 'foodie-loved' food trucks.

perhaps they are trying to make as much money as they can before their popularity dies down.

7/8/2013 2:13:07 PM

Only Burger is $7.50 for a burger fries and drink. Seems ok.
Baguetteaboutit is $8.50 for a bread/sausage, chips and a drink. I thought that was kinda high.
Chirba Chiurba is $9.50 for a full order of dumplings, and their sides are equally pricey at $3/$4.
Klausie's was $3.50-$5 for a big slice, drinks at $1.50. Not too terrible, assuming you don't need two slices.
Chick-N-Que can get pretty pricey, especially with their $3 side of fries and $3 drinks.
Big Al's is signifigantly cheaper, with a complete meal starting at $6, or $8 if you want a side other than chips.
Gussy's is all kinds of expensive with their $15 chicken greek salad and drink and their $13 pita, fries and drink


[Edited on July 8, 2013 at 2:21 PM. Reason : that being said i'd buy from any these places, including gussy's if it was late night]

7/8/2013 2:15:18 PM

Only Burger is good as fuck and STILL overrated
Ko-Kyu is where its at

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

[Edited on July 8, 2013 at 2:27 PM. Reason : oh cool I used to work like 50 yards from sinapps]

7/8/2013 2:25:32 PM

I don't get the overpriced issues. Most trucks I've seen have meals for $7-$10.

The only truck I've ever felt like I paid too much for was the raw food truck. A wrap I got at a rodeo was about $9 and really small. Plus they don't actually prepare food on the truck, 100% of their menu was prepared at a commissary, packaged and stuck in a fridge. The truck was nothing more than a mobile food box with a cash register.

Also, ^^ you can cross off Klausie's, they sold the truck.

[Edited on July 8, 2013 at 2:30 PM. Reason : Punctuation]

7/8/2013 2:29:38 PM

My favorites around here so far are American Meltdown and Klausie's

7/8/2013 4:30:33 PM

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"Ko-Kyu is where its at"

It's probably my favorite food truck in the triangle, I'm hoping their second truck will be in Raleigh on a regular basis.

7/8/2013 5:03:44 PM

I wasn't aware Raleigh had so many.

7/9/2013 10:08:38 AM

my office complex has food trucks 3-4 days a week from 11:30-1:30.

This week:

Mama Dukes - love this one
Chic n Cue - pretty good
CJ's Street Food - really interesting bun tacos
Barrones? Meatballs

next week they have Baton Rouge, Dukes, Phat Wrapz, and meatballs again.

They also have a cupcake food truck come most of these days too

7/9/2013 11:32:56 AM

^^ http://downtownraleighfoodtruckrodeo.com/food-trucks/

7/9/2013 11:42:34 AM