Food Trucking
Almost every week, I go to this event called South Bay Din Din a Go Go. It's basically a bunch of food trucks, sometimes 10 or more, that park somewhere in the area. Every week, there are some trucks that are always at the event and there are some that are there sometimes and there are also some that I've never seen before. I guess I began going to these specialty food trucks for about 2 years, back when it was basically Kogi and a few others. I can remember waiting over an hour in line for something from Kogi. It would usually be somewhere near the Toyota HQ and somehow, I bunch of people would find it. There would be a massive line and people would just eat their food while sitting on the grass or on some curb. these days, it's pretty common for people to bring their own chairs, small tables, blankets, and other stuff to sit on. This was kinda what was fun about going to food trucks. The food is pretty good for a food truck. It's not very cheap, but it's fun.
Back to SBDDaG, over time, this event has changed locations several times. The first time I went, it was in Alpine Village. Then it moved to Carson Towne Center, and then Nippon Express. It's moved for various reasons, mostly because nearby businesses complain about the crowds and the garbage and their parking spaces being taken up. Last week, it moved again to a spot on Vermont Ave. where it's basically a sidewalk running along a very long wall. There isn't a parking lot for about several hundred feet to either end of the line of trucks. It's a real mess since everybody is on the sidewalk in line for whichever truck they want. There really isn't any place to sit. People try to set up their chairs on the sidewalk, but it causes a traffic jam and people can't get by and it's crazy. You can't really sit on the curb because the trucks take up so much of the available sidewalk and what's leftover is probably taken up by a car. I basically took my main course back to my car to eat it and went back just to throw away my garbage and see if I wanted any dessert. It was really kind of a bummer because much of the social aspect of food trucking had been taken away. At the last location, there were definitely some regulars that you recognize every week. It's really hard to socialize with anyone at this new location. That's not what food trucking is about.
Back to SBDDaG, over time, this event has changed locations several times. The first time I went, it was in Alpine Village. Then it moved to Carson Towne Center, and then Nippon Express. It's moved for various reasons, mostly because nearby businesses complain about the crowds and the garbage and their parking spaces being taken up. Last week, it moved again to a spot on Vermont Ave. where it's basically a sidewalk running along a very long wall. There isn't a parking lot for about several hundred feet to either end of the line of trucks. It's a real mess since everybody is on the sidewalk in line for whichever truck they want. There really isn't any place to sit. People try to set up their chairs on the sidewalk, but it causes a traffic jam and people can't get by and it's crazy. You can't really sit on the curb because the trucks take up so much of the available sidewalk and what's leftover is probably taken up by a car. I basically took my main course back to my car to eat it and went back just to throw away my garbage and see if I wanted any dessert. It was really kind of a bummer because much of the social aspect of food trucking had been taken away. At the last location, there were definitely some regulars that you recognize every week. It's really hard to socialize with anyone at this new location. That's not what food trucking is about.