Getting THE Food Rolling The grills are sizzling and the tasty aromas of cooking meat and vegetables wafts through the air. You are standing at a large window of a beautifully painted food truck on a sunny afternoon. Everything on the menu looks so scrumptious and your mouth is watering with anticipation. You finally decide on something to order and the chefs inside the truck quickly whip together your luscious looking meal. Food trucks are vehicles that are specialized to be a mobile miniature restaurant. They are manned by one or two chefs that serve out of a large window on the side of the truck. These restaurants on wheels have recently exploded in popularity, especially in Austin, where there is estimated to be more than 1200 food trucks. People who start up food trucks often love making food and don’t want to, or simply can’t, open a full-scale restaurant. Josh Wilson is the owner of the The Austinite 14
By Fritz Kokinda
The process of starting up and running a food truck in Austin today
