I love the idea of food trucks, but there's not a lot around where I am.  Do you have any good food trucks near you?
This is such a cool topic as a friend recently bought a truck to cook and sell food in. His is the first I have seen in our area.
Nice!  Before I moved there was one I liked near my office, it did a weird asian fusion thing.  What kind of food does your friend serve?
For right now it is mostly just hamburgers, fries, and sandwiches. But he is a culinary artist and plans to expand his menu quickly to a much larger variety.
That's good.  Nothing wrong with basic good food, but it's always a good idea to go with something that makes you stand out.
The only other food truck I remember in our area is called Dem Brothers and a Grill. They started out similar to my friends but have now bought their own restaurant focusing more on ribs and other street foods.
That's the goal of any food truck I think.  Is your friend hoping to open a stationary restaurant at some point?
carts, are on the front line of the street food industry that serves an estimated 2.5 billion people every day.
History.
In the United States, the Texas chuckwagon is a precursor to the American food truck. In the later 1800s, herding cattle from the Southwest to markets in the North and East kept cowhands on the trail for months at a time. In 1866, the "father of the Texas Panhandle", Charles Goodnight, a Texas cattle rancher, fitted a sturdy old United States Army wagon with
Food truck
A food truck is a large vehicle equipped to cook and sell food. Some, including ice cream trucks, sell frozen or prepackaged food; others have on-board kitchens and prepare food from scratch. Sandwiches, hamburgers, french fries, and other regional fast food fare is common. In recent years, associated with the pop-up restaurant phenomenon, food trucks offering gourmet cuisine and a variety of specialties and ethnic menus, have become particularly popular. Food trucks, along with portable food booths and food