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Revision as of 11:00, 9 July 2019
Food trucks are mobile vendors serving food throughout the Birmingham area. "Taco trucks" appeared on the scene in the mid-2000s, while SpoonFed Grill touched off a "gourmet" food truck flowering in 2009.
Food trucks are food service businesses licensed by the municipalities in which they operate, and permitted and inspected by the Jefferson County Department of Health. Some trucks operate as offshoots of established restaurants. In addition to serving street food on weekdays, many of the trucks are available for hire for private events, functioning as caterers.
In January 2013 Deep South magazine included four of Birmingham's food trucks: Dreamcakes, Los Dos Hermanos, Shindigs, and SpoonFed Grill, in their listing of the "Best Food Trucks in the South."
By 2012 the Birmingham City Council began responding to private complaints by brick-and-mortar restaurateurs in the City Center by drafting a proposed ordinance to restrict operating hours and locations. The proposal has been debated in Council committee hearings, but has not come up for a vote. Public hearings were renewed in November 2013.
In response to the threat of restrictive regulation, several truck and food cart vendors joined together as the Greater Birmingham Street Food Coalition in early 2013 and proposed an alternate, less restrictive ordinance for consideration. The coalition has also developed a "Food truck lot" at 211 Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard North.
The Council passed its Birmingham food truck ordinance in December 2013, and amended it in July 2014 to remove some restrictions that applied to groups offering free food to the homeless.
List of food trucks
The following list includes typical locations, along with Twitter handles or semi-permanent locations:
- 80 Pops ([http://twitter.com/80Pops @80Pops)
- Bayou Bros. (facebook), 2019-
- Bendy's Cookies & Cream (facebook)
- Broad Street Peaux Boys (@BroadStPeauxBoy), August 2017-
- Cantina on Wheels (@cantinaonwheels), 2011-
- Cheezin (@cheezinbham), 2015-
- Cookie Destiny (http://www.facebook.com/cookiedestiny/ facebook]), 2019-
- Dreamcakes (@dreamcakesbham)
- El Pollo Ranchero, 1500 9th Avenue North Bessemer
- Eugene's Hot Chicken (@ChickenEugene)
- Fresh Off the Bun (@FreshOfftheBun)
- Full Moon Bar-B-Que (@FullMoonBBQ)
- Granny's Fish 'N Grits (facebook)
- A Hole in One (@AHoleInOne)
- Hyderabad Dum Zone, Venesh Kumar and Srivalli Sai Kanchi, 2019- (facebook)
- I Love Bacon, 2017-
- Hot Tag (@HotTagFood)
- Lazy Boy BBQ (@LazyBoyBBQ)
- Los Primos (formerly Taqueria Pineda), Alex Nunez and Analy Pineda, 1417 Pinson Valley Parkway
- Los Valedores, William Paredes, 309 Oxmoor Road
- Master Tacos
- Me Gusta Truck (website)
- Melt (@meltbham)
- Neal's On Wheels (@Neals_on_Wheels)
- NOLA Ice (@NOLAIceBham), 2011-
- Notorious P.I.G. (@bhmbbq)
- Off The Hook (@RUHKT)
- Paradise Chow (Phillip and Marsha Mims, paradisechow.com)
- Savor Mas, 821 Green Springs Highway, Homewood
- Saw's Street Kitchen (@SawsStKitchen)
- Shindigs (@ShindigsTrucks)
- SlapHappy BBQ (@SlapHappyBBQ)
- Slice (@SliceBirmingham)
- Snapper Grabber's Coastal Kitchen (@SnapperGrabber)
- Taco Morro Loco (Facebook)
- Tacos El Guero, Yieney Garcia, 4656 U.S. Highway 280
- Tacos Dos Hermanos, Daniel and Jaime Guzman, Innovation Depot, 1331 1st Avenue North
- Tacos Mi Butique, 1800 Pinson Valley Parkway, Tarrant
- Taqueria El Parrandero, Green Springs Highway at Valley Avenue
- Taqueria Guzman, Daniel and Jaime Guzman, 215 West Valley Avenue (2006-)
- Taqueria Juarez, 1459 Montgomery Highway (Vestavia Hills)
- Tot Spot (Facebook)
Food trailers
- Old Town Pizza (@OTPCullman)
- Taco Tech (Facebook)
- Travis Chicago Style (Facebook)
- Wandering Coffee Co. (Facebook), 2019-
Other street vendors
- Greg's Hot Dogs, outside Regions Plaza
- Respicci Italian Ice
- Steel City Pops
- Walter Simmons, outside Birmingham Central Library
- Donnie "Candy Man" Goodin, along Highland Avenue
- Travis Chicago Style, Bessemer Flea Market, Platinum of Birmingham, Regions Lakeshore Operations Center, Saturn (1977-)(article)
Former street vendors
- Lucy's Coffee and Tea
- Mancha's
- SpoonFed Grill, 2009-2014
Food truck lots and events
References
- McWhorter, Andy (August 5, 2011) "The Rise of the food truck". Birmingham Weekly
- Horn, Jason (November 6, 2011) "Birmingham food truck directory". Magic City Post
- Carlton, Bob (December 6, 2012) "Lawyer for food truck operators urges Birmingham City Council to reconsider mobile food ordinance." The Birmingham News
- Carlton, Bob (January 18, 2013) "Food truck operators form Greater Birmingham Street Food Coalition to promote, protect industry." The Birmingham News
- "Best Food Trucks in the South" (January 31, 2013) Deep South
- Crawford, Cindy F. (September 27, 2013) "Riding the food truck trend." Birmingham Business Journal
- Godwin, Brent (November 12, 2013) "Ordinance could shake up local food truck scene." Birmingham Business Journal
- "Your Ultimate Guide to Birmingham’s Food Truck Scene" (July 6, 2016) StyleBlueprint
- Velasco, Eric (October 4, 2017) "Let's Taco 'bout Taco Trucks: A guide to the city's thriving taco truck scene." The Birmingham News
- Robertson, Terri (January 9, 2019) "3 new food trucks to check out in Birmingham, including Bayou Bros." Bham Now
External links
- Birmingham Food Trucks website
- Birmingham Food Truck list at roaminghunger.com