If you are one of the fortunate who scored passes to this year's epic two-weekend Coachella megafest (and didn't have to sell your kidney) you might already be thinking about what you are going to be eating out there. more ›

You've been at the bar, you're hungry, and there are a couple of food trucks parked outside: Party time! But if this is how you roll in Santa Monica on Main Street, the cops are sick and tired of your rowdy, dangerous shenanigans. more ›

This was the first Saturday of the Autumn Meet for Santa Anita with the only clouds seen were thunderheads peeking out from behind the San Gabriel Mountains. With the food truck festival on the infield and an 80’s cover band playing to the customers of the Ragin’ Cajun, Grilled Cheese Truck, et al., the mercury got up to 92 degrees with customers taking shelter under the few bits of shade afforded. But that wasn’t the only place where things got fiery. more ›

Here's what happening tonight in LA: PEN Center USA presents an evening of banned erotica at The Comedy Store; the Visceral Company features an evening of Stephen King's short stories for the stage; the Pico/Robertson nabe holds a block party; and author Tony D’Souza presents his latest book. Read on for all the details. more ›

As the baseball season has ended here in Southern California, Santa Anita opens their 24-day Autumn Meet on Friday as they lead up to the Breeders’ Cup Classic hosted at Churchill Downs on Nov. 4 and 5. But the big day of the weekend is Saturday. Not only are they hosting four Grade I stakes with the winners automatically qualifying for a spot in the Breeders’ Cup, but they’re also hosting its fourth Gourmet Food Truck Festival. more ›

For 25 years, some discerning customers in L.A. have relied on Zagat to help them make their dining out decisions. If you're one of those diners, this news is for you: The 2012 Los Angeles Restaurants Survey results are out. more ›

Officials have decided to ban food trucks as well as street vendors and performers from all future downtown LA ArtWalk events on the heels of the tragic death of a 2-month-old boy, reports ABC 7. The boy was killed when a driver trying to park his car jumped the curb and struck the child while he was seated in a stroller. more ›

Whether we call them catering trucks or mobile kitchens, its pretty indisputable that the trend of the contemporary food truck can find its roots in Los Angeles, and that our food trucks here number among the nation's most known and popular. To look back at the very brief history of the Twittering food trucks as we now know them, Mashable recently published an infographic chronicling "The Rise of the Social Food Truck." more ›

Anyone who indulged (and/or overindulged) in this past Saturday's LA Street Food Fest understands the beauty of L.A. food trucks. Hawthorne officials, however, do not, as reported by The Daily Breeze. A Best Buy parking lot in Hawthorne became a once-weekly home to a dozen food trucks in June, spurring a recurring Tuesday night mobile eatery extravaganza. Claiming that the gatherings violated the city's Municipal Code, officials halted the event just weeks after its inception. more ›

The SoCal Mobile Food Vendors' Association (SCMFVA) claims that "this is clearly an anti-competitive measure to limit the public's access to their favorite food trucks for the benefit of the Lemon Moon restaurant owners who feel they should have a geographic monopoly over the Olympic and Bundy area." more ›

When LA’s last FM talk radio station (KLSX 97.1 FM) opted to go the pop music route (February of 2009) the station’s top gabber, Adam Carolla, turned to podcasting. Two other station employees soon followed the comedian’s lead. In May of 2009, Gina Grad (The Tim Conway, Jr. Show) and Randy Wang (The Adam Carolla Show) gave birth to The Pretty Good Podcast. more ›

For the past few days, the Geffen Playhouse has commandeered The Buttermilk Truck to spread the word about its current production: Superior Donuts. The truck has been tooling around the city as the Superior Donuts Truck and selling their scrumptious cake donuts—three for $2.50 and five for $4—under a new moniker. (We'll let you have a guess at the sweet treat's name.) more ›

It hasn't felt much like summer lately, but there's something about Memorial Day: time to enjoy some screenings under the stars! The 2011 season of Outdoor Cinema Food Fest begins Saturday at LA State Historic Park with the Farrelly Brothers classic There's Something About Mary. The all-evening event also features a shorts program from Funny or Die, a live performance from Glen Iris & food trucks galore! Tickets are $10. BYOB - bring your own blanket. more ›

The boys are back in town. Ben and Jerry, that is. Today the Ben and Jerry's truck rolls into Los Angeles for six weeks of scoops and freebies. Follow them on Twitter to find out where they'll be chilling. The Vermonters are making their debut, appropriately, on Vermont (at Wilshire). They'll be there until 4:00 p.m. The free-ness stops at 10:00 a.m. for those seeking breakfast sweets. Go forth brain freeze. more ›

Set times have been released which means you are most likely coordinating frantically with your group of friends about when to arrive and in what order you’ll race from stage to stage over the course of the three-day festival. Amidst the arguing over whether to see Gogol Bordello or Foals (answer: Gogol Bordello*) or The National or Duck Sauce (answer: Duck Sauce*) you’ll need to stop and eat some food right? more ›

A recently enacted law banning food trucks from parking in the Old Town shopping district has prompted an organization representing 100+ vendors to sue the City of Monrovia, notes KPCC. According to Monrovia officials, the law, adopted in January, was intended to protect local restaurants and... more ›

Cappuccinists and foodies unite! Tomorrow kicks off the 3-day Southwest Barista Competition at Hollywood's Siren Studios. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf-hosted event will find the six best baristas of the region, who will go on to compete in the national contest. The top U.S. winner will represent the country in the World Barista Championship to be held in Colombia in June. more ›

Construction at Downtown's 7+Fig complex that means the arrival of a Target store means that restaurants on the lower level have had to shutter temporarily, leaving local lunch-seeking workers hungry for midday options. Now there are plans between the property and the Southern California Mobile Food Vendors Association (MFVA) to call in the food trucks to rescue, reports Blogdowntown. more ›

So you say you haven't hung out on Melrose since high school? Well tonight—and every first Thursday—you'll have an excuse: Melrose Night makes its official debut tonight between Ogden Drive and Stanley Avenue. Shopping and eating are the themes to the new night, and organizers have secured a number of food trucks and stores to join in the festivities. What eats on wheels are coming? more ›

Star Wagon foodies watch-out! While the food truck health rating system has won wide support from food-truck-following Angelenos all over, the letter grades have film set catering trucks in a tizzy, according to the Daily News. The entertainment industry is urging Councilman Tom LaBonge to exempt on-set catering trucks because they don't sell food directly to the public and are thus, different enough to be outside the letter grade law. more ›

Brick-and-mortar restaurants assert that food trucks are killing their business. Food truck operators will say it's a free market and healthy competition is healthy. However, if you are looking to make the "greener" of the two choices, are you eating lunch at a sit-down restaurant, or from a four-wheeled truck? more ›

Eat a jar of Nutella, don't slip into a diabetic coma, win. Today at noon, Orange County's famed food truck Crepes Bonaparte is holding a Nutella eating contest. The winner will receive FREE crepes from the truck for a month. It's $5 to enter (and the fee includes a crepe!) with all proceeds benefiting the OC United Way. The event will take place at Sycamore and Civic Center Drive in Santa Ana. May the fork be with you. more ›

Once again, a coalition of food trucks are putting their weight behind a candidate in a local election. During the primary, the SoCal Mobile Food Vendors Association successfully put their weight behind Betsy Butler (and they still support her for tomorrow's election), but new to their list is Robert Kronovet, a Rent Board Commissioner running for a seat on the Santa Monica City Council. more ›

Two years ago this month, a group of friends after a night of Hollywood clubbing had the munchies, but had no where to turn for some late-night eats, specifically Korean food. A month later, one of them took that inebriated desire and turned it into a business: Kogi BBQ, an agglomeration of the classic L.A. taco truck with Korean food. more ›

It's official. Food trucks in L.A. County will have to go through twice-yearly inspections and display the resulting health grade just like restaurants do, thanks to the approval of an ordinance today the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. more ›

The La Brea Design District is hungry. Hungry for ice cream sandwiches. Hungry for gourmet Vietnamese cuisine. Hungry for tacos and specialty fries, and hungry for your holiday shopping dollars. more ›

The L.A. County Board of Supervisors this week approved the expansion of its letter grading system for (.pdf) food establishments to include food trucks and carts. That means your favorite mobile eatery could soon be displaying an acceptable "A," a bummer of a "B," or a cautious "C." more ›