A little back story is needed here - Houston is pretty much unregulated - no taxes, no zoning laws (yes, this means sex shops can be right next door to high quality Thai restaurants, or Joann's Fabric - true story), etc. The one exception to this unregulated chaos appears to be the food truck industry which is regulated above and beyond most things down here. All of this is to say that these ordinances suck b/c food trucks down here in Houston are often owned and operated by high end restaurateurs and/or chefs i.e. they're putting out some good quality food on the cheap! I ranted for a hot second there - sorry.
The whole purpose of this post is to share our fun times at this past weekend's Haute Wheels: Houston's Food Truck Festival. It was awesomeness. The weather was unusually seasonable (high was upper 70's/lower 80's) so we headed down to the Houston Community College's South campus to enjoy some tasty food truck treats! And man were they tasty.
Our first stop: Cut & Fry. They were so busy that we ordered and then they called us about 45 minutes later with our order ready. We got the sweet potato fries with sea salt and honey chipotle mayo sauce - um, SOO GOOD.
Then we stopped by Zilla for some chicken and waffles, and macaroni and cheese. Again, wow - so tasty.
Then we walked around a bit and headed to La Luz for a yummy chicken taco.
And our last stop was Good Dog for the best hot dog I've ever had. We got the Ol' Zapata dog with caramelized onions, bacon, cheese, tomatoes, and jalapeno relish. Amazing! :)
Here are some other pictures from the festival. Definitely a fun time and totally worth the long lines. Now I need to join twitter so I can follow all the food trucks! :)
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| The husband taking a break in the shade. |
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| Crazy amounts of people - the black truck, Fusion Taco, was creating some amazing looking food but the line was too long - definitely on the must try soon list. |
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| The husband picked up a cupcake on the way out. |
Hi Elizabeth, we love the food trucks here in DC also. We have a lobster roll truck that is incredible. They are having regulation issues here also - so much be an issue all around the country. Here they are regulated as a ice cream truck would be. There must be a line waiting or they can't stop - so thy use twitter to tell people where they will be each day. That is really the only reason I am on twitter - sometimes they are out on the weekends and we go down. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI did join twitter just for our food trucks! :) That lobster roll truck sounds fabulous!
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