Food Trucks: Fine Dining on Wheels
Posted by Samantha Lazar on August 15, 2009
Okay, so you won’t find any linen napkins here, but the quality and dizzying array of dishes served up by University City’s food trucks rivals the fare of many restaurants and can’t be beat for a quick lunchtime bite. Food trucks line streets all over the area, most densely between 33rd Street and 40th from east to west and Spruce and Arch from south to north. The most popular of these restaurants on wheels serve up Chinese, Mexican, American, and vegetarian delights, but you can also find Middle Eastern trucks, Indian trucks, fruit salad trucks… the list goes on and on.
Service is usually quick and friendly, even if some trucks’ lunchtime lines seem daunting – that’s just because their food (and their prices!) are awesome. Whenever I need a snack and it’s not a mealtime, I find my way to a fruit salad truck (the one at 36th and Spruce is my favorite). And I get many a morning craving for a Bui’s egg and cheese sandwich, which is the best I’ve had ANYWHERE, ever. Bui’s (at 38th and Spruce) bills itself as a lunch truck, serving burgers, steaks, hotdogs, and sandwiches, but it’s the morning grub that really shines, which the crowds of students and hospital workers can attest to. Do you self a favor and grab a Bui’s egg and cheese sandwich – with salt, pepper, and ketchup! Just be forewarned that a Wawa breakfast sandwich will never again suffice…
There are so many great options offered up by UCity’s trucks that it’d be a shame to stick to just a few. Mix it up and try a new one every day! You can check out all the different trucks, including a map of their locations, at the awesome new Penn Food Trucks website.
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