Food trucks arenโt the speediest food service. Theyโre also not always the best quality. Additionally, theyโre not exactly cheap. Why do we love them so much? ๐คฃ
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When you're hungry the convenience just beckons to you ๐
Thatโs about the the only reason i can think of ๐
Location, location, location
food trucks are annoying ... if they know you're into food, they follow you everywhere ... worse than the black government trucks
Convenienceโฆ
We live in a world where convenience is valued. That value is sometimes placed above the other values.
Variety/novelty
Because they're usually run by small businesses and not giant corporate franchises. Sometimes the food truck is the entire business. A food truck is the lowest barrier for entry that an entrepreneur looking to break into the food service industry can get. They are beautiful expressions of the free market, and their mobility disrupts the monopolies that permanently placed restaurants can obtain by virtue of scarcity of property.
I donโt disagree. They would just do well to strive to not suck as much ๐
Best pupusas always come from food trucks
As long as they are ready to eat before I am ready to leave then Iโm good ๐
Depends on where you live. Itโs hit or miss but sometimes you can get the most incredible Mauritian samosas from some random place in Portland that you canโt find anywhere else in the western hemisphere.
Novelty and convenience for sure. Theyโre just so slow. I am very much having a 1st-world-problem kind of day here ๐
Proximity + optionality + a sprinkle of novelty = food truck dining.
Yea thatโs it for sure
I think it's the personal connection, or the impression there could be a personal connection. You see the person taking your order as a real person, not some kid behind a counter getting minimum wage, and you believe your incentives are aligned - they want to provide the best experience, and you also want that. Also you're right there - you see the grill, the fridges, the cook(s), etc. It is food theatre on a small stage where you play your part in the intimacy.
No, that doesn't always work out, but we feel that it could, even just once, in a way we wouldn't expect to find at Taco Bell.
Itโs true i do like the part about supporting someoneโs small business venture. They are slow af though ๐คฃ๐คฃ
Maybe you are paying more for their time? If they give you 20 minutes of value in your food, you pay them for 20 minutes of their time?
There really is no correlation between price and waiting time in the food service industry. You don't really pay more to get it faster, or pay less and expect it to be slower.
I donโt love them ๐