Food Truck rally in Waterford tonight!

[Simon Bar Sinister]

If you're in the northern half of the O-C, the Elks Lodge on Scott Lake Rd. (just south of Dixie Highway) in Waterford Twp. is hosting a food truck rally tonight. there'll also be a disc golf demo going on. parking and admission are both FREE!

...and if you can't get there tonight, they'll also be doing it on the last Wednesdays in June and July, too. :D

[Troy Spiral (13)]

If you're in the northern half of the O-C, the Elks Lodge on Scott Lake Rd. (just south of Dixie Highway) in Waterford Twp. is hosting a food truck rally tonight. there'll also be a disc golf demo going on. parking and admission are both FREE!

...and if you can't get there tonight, they'll also be doing it on the last Wednesdays in June and July, too. :D

Was unaware there was a scene like this for, food-truck enthusiasts? Interesting. I did some reading, seems to be a whole cottage industry around "food trucks" as business models, which i guess I was vaguely aware of but they seem to be a lot more advanced than the silver death-wagons that used to pull up to the factory I worked at for awhile.

[Simon Bar Sinister]

They've been big biz in most metro areas in the US, but lots of weird local ordinances kept much of a food truck scene from developing here until the last 18-24 months. I think food truck sales only became legal in Detroit and Royal Oak this year; pretty sure it's still illegal in Birmingham (and maybe Novi and Wyandotte, as well) and not likely to change soon.

I've heard there's been a good food truck scene in the Lansing area for a few years now, but haven't been up there to see it for myself.

[Troy Spiral (13)]

They've been big biz in most metro areas in the US, but lots of weird local ordinances kept much of a food truck scene from developing here until the last 18-24 months. I think food truck sales only became legal in Detroit and Royal Oak this year; pretty sure it's still illegal in Birmingham (and maybe Novi and Wyandotte, as well) and not likely to change soon.

I've heard there's been a good food truck scene in the Lansing area for a few years now, but haven't been up there to see it for myself.

By illegal you mean "its illegal to sell foood out of a truck" ? I mean we were getting lunch out of a truck every day back in like 95 at the factory i worked at, garden city I think(?) thing would just pull up at lunchtime.

[Simon Bar Sinister]

depends on the city you were in. Detroit didn't allow food trucks downtown until sometime in the last 12 months; I think the change was actually not long before the baseball season started. If the same ordinance applied to other areas of the city, it probably wasn't being enforced. Sandwich trucks used to work downtown Pontiac back when more people actually worked down there. No idea how Garden City did it. The few articles I've read on the subject concentrated on the Metro Detroit cities that are entertainment destinations - downtown Detroit, Royal Oak, Birmingham, Novi, Wyandotte, Plymouth and Ferndale. For whatever reason, Pontiac and Mt. Clemens weren't mentioned, even though they have lots of nightlife.

Kinda off-topic, but last I read ( maybe 2 years ago) open grills/fires of any kind were also banned in downtown Detroit. That seemed to have something to do with the EPA and overall air quality issues in downtown.