I am not a big Phish follower but I heard years ago by an old college buddy of mine that there was this couple that got the clever idea to make simple burritos and sell them outta their truck while they follow Phish on tour all over the nation. It worked out so well that they never needed to work for someone else. I enjoy it when devout lefties latch on to sincere capitalistic opportunities and enjoy the fruits of their success. So there is something to be said about food trucks. Personally, when I hear food truck I think of #5 and the movie Short Circuit!
Yea we're just copying Austin cause it's cool It's more like Houston is catching up to the rest of the country. Outside of Texas food trucks are very common and very good especially in pedestrian cities.
Houston has not be a downtown type of city until recently. I've eaten on enough roach coaches when I was younger, that it doesn't interest me.
8th Wonder Brewery is stepping up to the plate and pushing their tour hours later in the day for the Dynamo game this Saturday. http://8thwonderbrew.com/ Dynamo pre-game tour at 8th Wonder 5p-8p, Saturday (6/22). $5 tour if you wear Dynamo gear or orange.
I was always under the impression (granted I wasn't around yet) that Houston's downtown was decent until the 1980's, but when the oil collapse hit and the suburbs started building up, the whole ghost town after 5 p.m. reputation started building.
Bumping this due new development going next door. EaDo Station Apartments by Mill Creek Residential. 5 story building, 316 units. Ground Breaking Nov 2013. Developers hope to have open by August 2014, projected opening of East End Rail lines.
And for anyone wondering about the long-planned International Promenade... http://www.houstonchronicle.com/bus...s-may-make-EaDo-a-go-to-place-4870376.php#/13 EDIT: And a recent PDF on EaDo developments... http://www.globalcenturydev.com/files/investors_final2.pdf
Why does anyone need a grocery store? Aren't all urban hipsters smarter than everyone else by eating exclusively from food trucks?
They are about to build a food truck park out here off highway 6 and memorial in the energy corridor. Finally something for us who live outside the loop and outside the beltway. Now I can ride terry Hershey park and George bush and get some expensive truck food. Is Hydro gonna put a truck out there tho?
Where, where? Had not hear about this park near the energy corridor. My bus development and marketing department staff are terrible. I hired them from the Dynamo FO More info please Levycito?
http://houston.culturemap.com/news/...orridor-in-on-the-fun-and-perhaps-a-tiki-bar/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Food-Park-HTX/1402504259967713
Thanks for the info. More places where i will be getting fattER eating stuff i shouldnt be eating but too tempting. The atmosphere i hope they can recreate is that of Asian hawker stalls. They are soo inviting, family friendly, such a fun cultural experience. You in Austin and come here for the games? True fan! I dont go to Austin that often, didnt know they are into food trucks. Weather is nice to spend a weekend around 6th street listening to so,e young peoples music.
We got lots of food trucks. Whole food truck park areas. The city regulates them too much. Bring a truck up here and put it downtown so I can walk to it please.
Austin is great for food trucks! The cities around Houston have succombed to the restaurant lobby too much - it is difficult to operate in Houston.
the problem with the Austin food truck scene is that now there are so many that some of them are pretty bad. before it was the actual talented chefs out there slinging unique offerings and now its the thing to do. of course becaused its in the SoCo area the hipters will hype it on yelp, but if you know your food trucks some will be a letdown.
of course! But not all that dissimilar to the restaurant scene either; some are just downright bad. The bad ones end up gone at some point.
Yeah, but its hard to put a value on the dust and flies in some of those lots. Really adds to the product and atmosphere. I mean, why go to an air conditioned restaurant when you can replicate 3rd world eating conditions in a parking lot?
The only food truck I know is the Korean Mexican BBQ whatever thing in front of Little Woodrow's, but I really like that place.
Sure, I get that. But twice in a row I've had a bad taco at two different Austin food trucks that get rave reviews. A bad taco is unacceptable to me in Texas. That's like having bad New York pizza in the NYC area. Just cause you're a mobile restaurant dont mean your good. I hope all those yelp reviews were by people who have only recently move to Austin from Portland or Seattle.
Food trucks can be convenient, but I hate standing around and eating. I like the one in front of Little Woodrow's though. There was a bunch of taco trucks under the name of Los Gemelo's that had awesome fajita tacos with grilled onions aguacate, and mexican cheese crumbled over. Not sure if they are still around. I love a good taco stand, or Chicago dog stand.
Hydro, you might not need to go that far. The other end of the EaDo International Promenade ends next to Food Truck Park, virtually connecting BBVA Compass with it, albeit a 6 block distance away. BTW - Swamplot today is confirming construction on the long-delayed Promenade will begin in Late October ...sans Kiss Band performance of course lol (see earlier renderings if you don't get joke) http://swamplot.com/stadium-walking-in-east-downtown/2013-10-07/#more-71672
Wow, theres so much about Htown i don't know!! You may have found me my next place to live. And you and @Levy2k6 found me new places to eat. Thanks guys!