A Chinese food truck

A mobile kitchen, known colliqually in some regions as an "X" Truck, is a mobile venue that sells food. Some, including ice cream trucks, sell mostly frozen or prepackaged food; others are more like restaurants-on-wheels. Food trucks make frequent appearances at carnivals, construction sites, and other temporary venues where large numbers of people gather. Chinese food truck, outside Maxwell Dworkin Hall, Harvard University. ... Chinese food truck, outside Maxwell Dworkin Hall, Harvard University. ... China has one of the richest culinary heritages on Earth. ... A typical ice cream van; this one is in London. ... See also: Carnival Corporation, Carnival Cruise Lines, Carnivàle Swabian-Alemannic carnival clowns in Wolfach, Germany A carnival parade is a public celebration, combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Look up site in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Some college campuses and surrounding areas boast many food trucks with loyal followings; for example, visitors to the University of Pennsylvania/Drexel University/La Salle University in Philadelphia or Harvard University or MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts may see some very popular trucks parked outside the main entrances to buildings at lunchtime. This article is about the private Ivy League university in Philadelphia. ... Drexel University is an institution of higher learning located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... La Salle University is a private, co-educational, comprehensive university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Named for St. ... Nickname: Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States Commonwealth Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Government  - Mayor John F. Street (D) Area  - City 369. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT, MapúaTech or simply Mapúa) is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila. ... Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: Country United States State Massachusetts County Middlesex County Settled 1630 Incorporated 1636 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor Kenneth Reeves (D) Area  - City  7. ...

In the United Kingdom, these are known as burger vans and can be found on nearly all major trunk roads at the side of the road selling their food. A 1/4lb burger can be purchased for about £2 (approx. $3.5USD). Many people prefer to stop at one of these Burger vans when travelling due to the cheap price, rather than stop at a motorway service station where prices can be extremely high. Service station is a term with different meanings in different parts of the world: In the United States and Canada, it refers to a filling station that also offers such services as oil change and mechanical repairs to automobiles. ...

Sometimes also called "maggot wagon," "roach coach," or "gut truck," these rolling restaurants can frequently be found at or near construction sites.

An early version of the food truck was the US Army's mobile canteen [1] and before that the old West's chuckwagon. A chuckwagon was originally a wagon that carried food and cooking equipment on the prairies of the United States and perhaps Canada. ...

Ethnic food trucks

Taco trucks are mobile kitchens that exclusively serve Mexican food. The staple foods of taco trucks are burritos, quesadillas, and tacos. The burrito usually comes in at least two variations, Super Burrito and regular. They are characteristic of cities in the United States with large Latino populations, mainly the southwest and especially Southern California. They can be found, most often, in the inner city, parked in private parking lots. Taco trucks have been mentioned in the Zagat Survey and the Los Angeles Times. These trucks are commonly called "loncheras". Mobile catering is the business of selling prepared food from some sort of vehicle. ... Mexican cuisine is a style of food that originated in Mexico. ... // The term Latino is a linguistic identity that refers to an individual that has significant ancestry from a nation-state where a Latin derived language is spoken or is the offical language of the government. ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... For the urban complex straddling the United States-Mexico border, see Bajalta California. ... Zagat Survey was established by Tim and Nina Zagat in 1979 as a way to collect and correlate the ratings of restaurants by diners. ... The Los Angeles Times (also L.A. Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ...

See also

• Mobile catering
• Street food