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Brick and mortar eateries have their place in dining, but few things inspire ardent devotion like a fleet of food trucks. The only problem with mobile dining options? They're too damn hard to track down! Luckily, many savvy food truck owners understand the pressing need of finding a kimichi, bacon, and fried rice burrito to break up a particularly vexing work day, which is why many have taken to Twitter to alert fans of their whereabouts all day and night.
Never let another craving go unanswered. These are the trucks you should be stalking on social media: 20 NYC Food Trucks to Follow on Twitter.
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Treats Truck
Twitter Handle: @TheTreatsTruck
Kind of Food: Baked goods (mostly cookies and brownies)
Why You Should Follow: Because chasing down a truck of treats becomes totally acceptable when a caramel creme sandwich (soft brown sugar cookies oozing vanilla cream frosting) is on the line.
Cinnamon Snail
Twitter Handle: @VeganLunchTruck
Kind of Food: Vegan
Why You Should Follow: To be swayed into healthy eating with their specials (like a lentil burger covered with caramelized onions and red wine balsamic on garlic grilled focaccia), or tempted to indulge in Twinkies filled with whipped coconut milk.
Bistro Truck
Twitter Handle: @BistroTruck
Kind of Food: Morrocan
Why You Should Follow: To turn the food truck skeptic in your crew into a believer with the Merguez (lamb sausage) caramelized sausage and spicy mayo sandwich.
Frites'n'Meats
Twitter Handle: @fritesnmeats
Kind of Food: Burgers and Belgian style frites
Why You Should Follow: To get a heads up on weekly specials, like the A1 Bourbon Twist: Angus skirt steak topped with Gruyère cheese, portobello mushrooms and a Maker's Mark infused A1 sauce.
Red Hook Lobster Pound
Twitter Handle: @lobstertruckny
Kind of Food: Lobster rolls
Why You Should Follow: To keep abreast of the cool events where Big Red will be serving up their top-notch crustacean mac and cheese.
Calexico Cart
Twitter Handle: @CalexicoNYC
Kind of Food: Mexican
Why You Should Follow: Because missing their killer specials, like tender pulled beef brisket with rajas and crema, or homemade chorizo, would be a major mistake.
The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck
Twitter Handle: @biggayicecream
Kind of Food: Soft-serve ice cream
Why You Should Follow: So you can brag about taking down a Salty Pimp (a vanilla soft serve cone with sea salt and dulce de leche, dipped in chocolate) on your lunch break.
Eddie's Pizza
Twitter Handle: @EddiesPizzaNY
Kind of Food: Pizza/Italian
Why You Should Follow: Because slices suck, and you deserve an entire arugula bar pie (a personal pizza) with creamy ricotta and artichoke to yourself.
Cruisin' Kitchen
Twitter Handle: @Cruisin_Kitchen
Kind of Food: Meatballs
Why You Should Follow: Because wings are too messy to eat on your lunch break, making buffalo chicken meatballs the perfect solution.
Schnitzel & Things
Twitter Handle: @schnitznthings
Kind of Food: Austrian
Why You Should Follow: So you never miss an opportunity to get your hands on a thinly pounded, perfectly fried pork schnitzel sandwich.
Bian Dang
Twitter Handle: @biandangnyc
Kind of Food: Taiwanese
Why You Should Follow: To make hunting down Taiwanese-style fried chicken and pork dumplings much easier.
Asia Dog
Twitter Handle: @asiadognyc
Kind of Food: Hot dogs/Asian fusion
Why You Should Follow: To figure out which borough you need to head to for a Wangding (slow-cooked BBQ pork belly, onion, and scallion).
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
Twitter Handle: @VLAIC
Kind of Food: Artisanal ice cream
Why You Should Follow: To keep an eye on which truck is currently carrying Salted Caramel with Maker's Mark, and other new and limited flavors.
Rickshaw Dumplings
Twitter Handle: @RickshawTruck
Kind of Food: Dumplings
Why You Should Follow: To take your pork-and-chinese-chive dumpling game to the next level.
Milk Truck Grilled Cheese
Twitter Handle: @milktrucknyc
Kind of Food: Grilled cheese and milkshakes
Why You Should Follow: Because if grilled cheese with aged Wisconsin Gruyere and pickled champagne onions on Blue Ribbon Bakery rye (and a malted ball milkshake to wash it down) doesn't have you looking forward to your lunch break, we can’t imagine what will.
Mexicue
Twitter Handle: @Mexicue
Kind of Food: BBQ/Mexican fusion
Why You Should Follow: When you’re wandering the culinary abyss of Midtown, you’ll find respite in Mexicue’s soft, smoked short rib taco topped with roasted poblanos and cotija cheese.
Taïm Mobile
Twitter Handle: @TaimMobile
Kind of Food: Falafel
Why You Should Follow: To get the first word on on the truck’s locale and make it there before the Harissa falafel sells out (which happens often, unfortunately).
Wafels & Dinges
Twitter Handle: @waffletruck
Kind of Food: Belgian waffles
Why You Should Follow: To win a free waffle covered in Spekuloos (a gingerbread cookie spread that puts Nutella to shame) by acing Dutch trivia questions.
Korilla BBQ
Twitter Handle: @KorillaBBQ
Kind of Food: Korean BBQ
Why You Should Follow: Because sniffing out the pulled pork, kimchi fried rice, and bacon burrito is too much work.
Kelvin Natural Slush Co.
Twitter Handle: @KELVINSLUSH
Kind of Food: Slushies
Why You Should Follow: Because an Arnold Palmer slush (sweet tea, fresh lemonade, and raspberry) is best way to stretch out the last few weeks of summer.
