Richmond has a ton of food trucks with very varied types of food. The advantage of the trucks is that they are not bound by place or four walls. You can find the trucks at farmers markets, church parking lots, neighborhoods, intersections, construction sites, recreation associations, festivals or swim/athletic clubs.
Active area residents are organizing the food trucks to visit their areas for additional culinary options. See where to find trucks this weekend, how to invite trucks to your event, neighborhood or business and the variety of options in Richmond.
To find out where to find food trucks this week go on Street Food Finders.
FOOD TRUCKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Allie Harris has organized food trucks to park at the 5500 block of Noble Ave. every Friday in the Lakeside neighborhood. Harris was motivated to organize food trucks to support businesses, enjoy a variety of food, lessen the cooking/cleaning demands at home and build community in the new neighborhood.
“Our neighborhood is relatively new and I thought it would be fun to promote and meet some new neighbors!” wrote Harris.
Heather Hicks Garrett lives in Hanover Farms and her motivation for organizing food trucks in her neighborhood was multi-fold.
“I am a naturally social person and wanted to find a way to still “socialize” safely with my neighbors. I also wanted to make sure that we were supporting small business as I believe that they are some that have been hardest hit by this pandemic situation,” said Hicks Garrett. “And of course, having something cool and fun to look forward to allowed us all a distraction from all the negative.
We started having trucks coming out every weekend early April but not before. I made same awesome contacts and friends, got a chance to try some new foods and definitely gained at least 5lbs, lol!”
Hicks Garrett said it was easy to invite them out to her neighborhood to bring good eats.
“I coordinated with the Richmond Food Truck Association. Barry, the scheduler owns the Grateful Grill truck- specializing in gourmet grilled cheeses and he was amazing at making sure that we (our neighborhood) had a variety of vendors, that everyone had each other’s contact and made it so seamless,” said Hicks Garrett.
“It was really fun and we plan as a community to continue to host food trucks on a monthly basis throughout the summer. I’ve really enjoyed getting to know my neighbors better and also feel like I’m doing a VERY tiny part in helping small business in Richmond. It’s been a great thing.”
Many of these trucks come out of Hatch Kitchen, culinary incubator and commissary kitchen. Check the Street Food Finders website and app that should give you a good idea of locations and serving times. Monitor websites and social media to keep track of locations of these culinary gems.
Richmond area food trucks
•ArrozRVA (Tex-Mex)
•Auntie Ning’s – Authentic Filipino Food, Beef lumpia, vegetable lumpia, pancit, adobo, sinagang, ginataang gulay, bistek, afritada, longanisa bowls
•Brekkie
•Boka Fusion Tacos – Asian Mexican American Fusion Takos
•First Stop Donuts – Hot apple cider donuts and locally roasted coffee served out of a school bus named Flubert
•Jiji’s frozen custard – hand-dipped frozen custard, aka ice cream’s super smooth cousin
•Momma’s BBQ – slow-cooked, pit-smoked barbecue and homestyle sides to 10th and E. Cary streets. Find us weekdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. around the James Center.
•Monique’s Crepes hand craft authentic French sweet crepes and savory galettes in a mobile trailer. We have been trained in crepe making in Brittany, France, the birthplace of crepes so that we can bring you the “real thing”. We primarily use area growers and suppliers to provide the tastiest ingredients while supporting local farmers and businesses. We are also committed to using environmentally conscious packaging so that the only impact we make is on you – with our delicious crepes!
•The Pickup
•Sammich
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