National Food Truck Association

09/16/2026

🌮 Atlanta, tacos are calling.

Taqueria Arandas #1 is serving up Mexican favorites including tacos, quesadillas, mulitas, and tortas, with plenty of options from asada and al pastor to chorizo and shrimp.

📍 Today, Sep 16
The Home Depot – Buckhead
2525 Piedmont Rd NE, Atlanta, GA
⏰ till 5 PM

Order ahead and skip the wait, or book Taqueria Arandas #1 for your next event through BestFoodTrucks.com. 🔥

09/12/2026

🍔 Some cravings call for a smashburger.

Smashboro is bringing the sizzle to Middle Tennessee with hand-crafted smashburgers made hot and fresh.

Go classic with The Cheese Smashboro or turn things up with The EKG Smash. Either way, this is the kind of stop to make when a serious burger craving hits.

Catch Smashboro around Middle Tennessee and follow their schedule to see where they’re rolling next.

video repost Smashboro

09/08/2026

🚚 Built for the food truck business since 1970.

AA Cater Truck designs and manufactures food trucks built around quality, safety, and functionality, from brand-new and refurbished trucks to fully custom builds. They also offer financing and leasing options, plus service, maintenance, parts, and accessories.

Ready to build your next food truck? Check out AA Cater Truck at aacatertruck.com. 🔥

09/02/2026

🌮 Craving Mexican seafood in LA? Meet Doña Estela.

From seafood tacos to ceviche and aguachiles, Doña Estela is serving up Mexican mariscos in the Arts District. 🦐🌶️

Hungry? Stop by and order your favorites.

🎉 Planning a party, office lunch, or special event? Book Doña Estela for catering through BestFoodTrucks.com.

08/28/2026

119 finished, code-compliant vending carts are sitting in inventory while L.A. street vendors are still waiting.

The carts exist. So why haven’t they been handed out?

Read the full NFTA investigation 👇
https://nationalfoodtrucks.org/blog/karen-bass-street-vendors-lapd-citations

08/28/2026

🚨 119 VENDING CARTS ARE READY. SO WHY AREN’T THEY IN VENDORS’ HANDS?

Mayor Karen Bass says LAPD will stop issuing criminal citations to Los Angeles street vendors following backlash over her recent comments.

But there’s a much bigger part of this story.

NFTA reviewed the records behind L.A.’s sidewalk vending cart programs. The city-backed program promised vendors free, health-code-compliant carts within roughly 12 weeks.

Eight months later, 119 finished, code-compliant carts are sitting in inventory across contracted manufacturers.

The carts exist. Vendors are waiting.

So what’s holding them up?

Read the full NFTA investigation:
https://nationalfoodtrucks.org/blog/karen-bass-street-vendors-lapd-citations

LAPD will stop citing LA street vendors, but enforcement was already paused. The $2.8 million cart program Mayor Bass signed still hasn't delivered carts.

08/24/2026

🌮 Craving Mexican street food in D.C.?

California Taco brings authentic Mexican flavors to Washington, D.C., with traditional recipes and fresh ingredients.

Think street tacos, fajita tacos, loaded burritos, quesadillas, and burrito bowls with chicken, steak, or veggie options.

Planning an office lunch, party, or special event? Book California Taco for catering through bestfoodtrucks.com.

08/21/2026

Mayor Bass Just Told Los Angeles Mobile Food Vendors They Do Not Belong. Los Angeles Already Settled That in 1979.

At a mayoral debate this month, a moderator complained that a taquero had set up in the parking lot of a Sherman Oaks restaurant. Mayor Karen Bass could have said that vendors and restaurants both make this city worth living in. Instead she said this:

I do not believe that you should have a food vendor in front of a restaurant, period.

Mayor Karen Bass
She went further. She wants vendors off the streets entirely and into brick and mortar locations. And she compared their presence outside restaurants to homeless encampments. Her words: "just like you shouldn't have encampments in front of restaurants or in front of schools. You just should not do that."

I have spent sixteen years working on mobile food policy. I have sat across the table from a lot of city attorneys who felt the way she does. I want to be precise about why that answer was wrong, because it was wrong three separate ways at once. It was wrong about the law. It was wrong about who these vendors are. And it was wrong about what Los Angeles is.
https://nationalfoodtrucks.org/blog/mayor-bass-food-vendors-los-angeles-1979

08/21/2026

Kogi started in a parking lot in 2008. ridingshotgunla put short rib tacos in a truck, told people on Twitter where to find him, and built the line that launched an industry.

Before that, decades of loncheras fed the crews and the shifts that no restaurant was open for.

Jonathan Gold won a Pulitzer covering the food that politicians like this one want swept off the street.

Los Angeles didn’t invent selling food outdoors. Los Angeles invented the modern food truck: a real kitchen that moves, follows the crowd, and doesn’t need a landlord’s permission to exist. That model went from here to the rest of the world in about three years.

This week Karen Bass said food vendors don’t belong in front of restaurants, period. She wants them off the streets and indoors.

You don’t get to run this city and be embarrassed by the best thing it made.

Kogi

08/20/2026

Looking for catering in Phoenix? 🫓🔥
MoMo’s Mediterranean brings award-winning
falafel, shawarma & gyros straight to your event.

✅ Corporate catering
✅ Private events
✅ Gluten-free & vegan options
✅ Scratch-made | Egyptian family recipes

📲 Book at bestfoodtrucks.com