In Rolls the Next Generation of Food Trucks

by Jason Best, Posted Jun 9th 2010 @ 4:00PM

If YouTube revolutionized the concept of downtime for cubicle drones, then Twitter did the same for lunch.

It was all thanks to last summer's glorious techno-culinary union of Twitter and the food truck. Mobile eateries serving up everything from edamame dumplings in New York to Korean BBQ in LA snagged a parking spot and began Tweeting their location to eager fans who were still stuck behind their desks. The only problem was, once you had the carne asada taco in hand, there was only one place left to go: back to your cubicle.

Enter the bustaurant. As Salon reports, what appears to be the country's first full-fledged restaurant on wheels began rolling the streets of LA this past March, offering not only the sort of hipster-pleasing fast food the trucks are famous for (Worcestershire-braised short rib; vegetarian chili), but also a place to sit and enjoy it.

In this case, that's al fresco -- on the roof deck of a double-decker bus called World Fare. It's tricked out with white marble countertops and square white umbrellas that look as though they were snagged from the pool at the Mondrian.

"We're breaking new ground in terms of what's allowed on the street and how it's going to be allowed," World Fare owner Travis Schmidt told Salon.

But it turns out he might also be breaking the law. The LA County health department is set to hold a hearing later this month to determine whether the truck's dining facility violates local health ordinances, which might not just put a brake on World Fare but on the 2.0 generation of Twittering food trucks everywhere.

Filed Under: Trends, Food News, Restaurants
Tags: food bus, food truck, restaurants, twitter

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6-10-2010 @8:36PM Judy said... This is new Http://www.cookinginfoguide.info with a cell phone and twitter you can find these mobile restaurants all over town.
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