Google Food Truck KC and you will get 1,620,000 hits. You will find enthusiastic articles, blogs, reviews and more pertaining to the sale of food from trucks and carts in the Kansas City area. You will be directed to mobile phone apps that will help you to track these trucks and carts. And you will see pictures that make you drool with anticipation.
Kansas City is experiencing a street food renaissance. There have always been street food vendors here, most famously at night in the Westport area. But the food trucks out on the streets today are being manned by trained chefs and passionate foodies serving the quality fare that you would normally expect from a restaurant. Mexican, Greek, Dessert Food, Gourmet Coffee, Organic fare, Fusion foods and much more. And they are multiplying.
This is becoming such a phenomenon that local businesses like the Kansas City Star and The Roasterie have sponsored food truck gatherings. Next weekend, July 7th & 8th, 2011, The Pitch and Boulevard Brewery are sponsoring the Westport Food Truck Festival, a two-day event with food, drink, music and crafts. And just this evening, Copaken-Brooks opened a space for food trucks to gather every First Friday weekend until the end of October in the Crossroads district at 21st & Wyandotte.
If you haven't heard about this phenomenon, stayed tuned to this spot. Here I will blog about my culinary adventures in Kansas City's food truck community. I will seek out trucks and carts and profile the people who operate them. I will provide pictures and food reviews, menus and prices. I will keep my finger on the pulse of the KC Street Food Renaissance and give you all the details.
Stay tuned--it's going to be awesome!
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