Egg rolls, soul food, and tacos, anyone?
nutrient truckpurveyors know the best bites are the ace on the go — when you ’re at a street bonnie and desire to try everything , when you ’re bustling around and only have a instant for a insect bite , when you ’re exploring a new urban center and need to eat like a local . Over the past X , food trucks have exploded in popularity , with the number of mobile food business sector nearly doubling between 2013 and 2018 , according to theUnited States Census Bureau . During the pandemic , food trucks provided a life line to buffet car rub to get out of the house for a meal they did n’t have to prepare themselves .
This calendar month — and every month — we’re celebrating the food trucks helmed by women across the country . While national statistics on woman - owned food truck are scarce , a 2018 survey of San Francisco food truck carry byOff the Gridfound 30 % of mobile food clientele were owned by char . And consort to theNational Restaurant Association , nearly half of all restaurants in the land have char in ownership placement .
No matter where you are in the area , if you ’re in the mood for an nut roll , soul food , or tacos , these woman and their clientele have got you covered . Here are some of the dependable women - have food trucks .
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Makina Cafe
New York CityIn the nutrient mecca that isNew York City , Eden Egziabher ’s Makina Cafe suffer out for its intermixture of Ethiopian , Eritrean , and Italian flavors . Born in Ethiopia from parent of Eritrean parentage , Egziabher developed her card from family recipe adjusted to cater to the New York City market . Here ’s how you order : You peck a base ( injera or yellow rice ) , a protein ( chicken TiB , kick tibs , vegetarian , siga wot , or doro wot ) , two vegetable ( red lentil stew , cabbage , collard greens , chickenhearted split pea plant sweat , mushroom , or Beta vulgaris ) , and a sauce . you could find the truck in Long Island City ( Monday through Saturday ) and at Fort Greene Park ( Friday and Saturday ) .
Sunny Up
SeattleVotedSeattle Magazine ’s 2021 Best Food Truck , cheery Up has been serving breakfast sandwiches on weekends inSeattlesince 2018 . founder Ande Janousek and Tara Zumpano have oodles of industry experience , with Janousek having launch the kitchen at Pan Pacific Hotel Seattle , Doe Bay Resort , and Carmelita . Each sandwich is named after a renowned woman in chronicle , so bear some delicious wordplay like the Josephine Baken ( pepper bacon , egg , white cheddar , tomato jam , thyme aioli ) and Frida Avokahlo ( Persea Americana , orchis , fontina , garlic kale , Mama Lil ’s pepper aioli sauce ) . Find the truck posted up outside of brewery , beer shop class , music venue , and cannabis dispensaries across Seattle .
Mannino’s Cannoli Express
New Jersey , Pennsylvania , and New YorkThere are no conjuring trick or gimmicks at Mannino ’s Cannoli Express . It does one thing and it does it well : cannoli . Gabriella Mannino Tomasello grew up making pastries in her syndicate ’s pizzeria and began trade her cannoli on the go in 2014 . Her metier is the blueberry cannoli ( her base base of Hammonton , New Jersey , is the blueberry Washington of the world , after all ) and other seasonal flavors , including caramel , pumpkin , and flock burnt umber chipping . Plus , she sources her shells from the country of origin , Sicily . The Cannoli Express services Southern New Jersey , Pennsylvania , and New York .
Bamba Eggroll Company
LouisvilleBored with grocery memory board during the pandemic , Emma Bamba and her food industry vet husband , Rudy , founded Bamba Eggroll Company in May 2020 after they begin make egg rolls for friends and family . Word got around and soon stranger were clamoring for the family line ’s Filipino egg curlicue , pancit , chicken adobo , crispy wings , and more . Their intellectual nourishment hand truck — Louisville ’s first and only Filipino mobile food establishment — has been up and running for about a year , gossip busy intersections , securities industry , brewery , school , and more throughout Louisville .
Old School Eats
South MississippiLook out for the big red school bus doling out comfort food . matrimonial couple Karen and Christopher Case purchased their 1992 red jitney in 2016 shortly after Christopher closed his fine dining eating place . While Christopher micturate the food , Karen acquire the concept , manage marketing , contract , and staffing . Six years later on , Old School Eats is still going solid , narrow down in Louisiana street food favorites like load nachos , loaded Fry , club turnovers , and meatball subs . The bus is stationed outside of NASA ’s John C. Stennis Space Center in South Mississippi during the week .
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Sassy’s Vegetarian Soul Food
AustinPork chop sandwiches , chicken and waffles , chicken and dumpling — think of all your psyche food favourite , but make it vegetarian . Andrea Dawson opened Sassy ’s Vegetarian Soul Food in 2018 without any food diligence experience , but with an phylogenetic relation for break delicious recipes . Notable computer menu detail include the pork chop sandwich , which is made of ground mushroom and Wheatmeat with pork chop flavorer , and the fried cabbage . These days , you’re able to find Sassy ’s next to the Ballroom at Spider House inAustin .
Evil Cooks
Los AngelesWhat first commence as a wear brand in 2016 has grown into a protrude - up “ metal taco spot ” inLos Angeles . Helmed by Elvia Huerta and Alex Garcia , their foodie black al pastor tacos and dessert tacos ( hello , flan taco and arroz con leche taco ) are crowd pleaser . Huerta began her career managing a kitchen at UCLA , but made Evil Cooks her full - sentence gig in 2019 and is responsible for the flan taco . Find their pop - ups in the El Sereno locality of Los Angeles and at Smorgasburg on Sundays ( just look for the Grim Reaper pit their booth ) .
Kabba’s Kitchen
PortlandWest African fare , specifically Senegalese and Gambian , is the name of the game at Kabba ’s Kitchen inPortland . comport in Senegal , Kabba Saidikhan , chef and owner , give her food motortruck in 2020 , offering roasted chicken and lamb dibi , crybaby brochette , fataya ( deeply - fried meat pies ) , whole Pisces yassa , a hearty disastrous - eyed peas sandwich ( for the plant - establish eaters out there ) , and refreshing homemade hibiscus and ginger crapulence . The cart is locate in a parking wad in Northeast Portland ( do n’t drive too tight , you might lose it ) and is open daily .
El Sur
San FranciscoHandmade , Argentine - style empanadas are suffice hot out of a 1970 Citroen H Van spell from France shout out El Sur . Founder Marianne Despres start her culinary vocation in Paris after calling it quits on corporate life . She set forth El Sur in theSan FranciscoBay Area in 2012 , creating each empanada filling with intention . apart from gripe , chicken , and cheese empanadas , El Sur place a Gallic spin on the slightness with Kurobuta ham , prosciutto , unripened onion , cheese , chive , and a dessert version — sweet apple . Its 2022 solid food motortruck season has yet to be herald , but El Sur has a coffee shop in Potrero Hill in San Francisco .
Mukja Food Truck
DenverMother - daughter duo Julia Rivera and Kayla Makowski sport traditional Korean favorites at their Denver food truck , Mukja . Founded in 2019 , the truck was conceptualise during discussions where Rivera and Makowski would ponder how to make definitely un - Korean dishes more Korean . Notable item on Mukja ’s carte let in the kimchi fries and Korean street tall mallow dog-iron ( a battered and fried mozzarella cheese rolled in sugar and topped with honey table mustard and blue tomato ketchup ) . Every workweek , Mukja travels betweenDenverbreweries ( those cheese dogs are perfect for in - between sips of beer ) , festivals , and business centers .
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