If you live in Portland or San Francisco, you're probably like, Food trucks, big deal. But if you live in Baltimore, you're probably like, Food trucks! Kind of a big deal. Not that Charm City's small fleet of motorized kitchens is so vast or varied (and it has, in fact, diminished already thanks to a few heading back to the garage for good: RIP Curbside Café and Creperie Breizh). But food trucks are a sign of two things any Baltimorean of good conscience is happy to encourage: 1) more interesting food options, and 2) more street life (the good kind). Standing in line at a truck parked just off some local thoroughfare with your fellow office workers, students, and passersby on a nice day makes the whole experience of just being on the street more appealing. And when the food's good, win-win.
Another thing to like about food trucks: They give Luddites a good reason to embrace Twitter, where most of the trucks religiously tweet their daily locations, schedules, specials, etc. (Many of the trucks have weekly or monthly schedules posted on their web sites, but there are sometimes changes at the last minute, and Twitter is the best place to keep abreast.) The following are some of our faves, with their Twitter handles and web sites (if they have them). (Please note that the trucks tend to congregate where lots of people congregate, which is mostly around the general center of town—sorry, outlying neighborhoods.)
