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Taco Trucks - $80,000 kitchens on wheels
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Dan Carino
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Aug 7, 2010
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Taco Trucks - $80,000 kitchens on wheels
Taco trucks used to be where you went to get … tacos. Now they serve everything from French crepes to Vietnamese sandwiches. But in everything that’s been said about taco trucks, Off-Ramp’s Bridget Read still hadn’t heard one of the most basic things about them: who makes them?

Taco trucks used to be where you went to get … tacos. Now they serve everything from French crepes to Vietnamese sandwiches. But in everything that’s been said about taco trucks, Off-Ramp’s Bridget Read still hadn’t heard one of the most basic things about them: who makes them?

Taco trucks used to be where you went to get … tacos. Now they serve everything from French crepes to Vietnamese sandwiches. But in everything that’s been said about taco trucks, Off-Ramp’s Bridget Read still hadn’t heard one of the most basic things about them: who makes them?

To find out, she talked with Juan Gomez, co-owner of West Coast Catering Trucks in Commerce, and spent some time inside a taco truck (instead of eating from one). Follow the link to West Coast's website for photos of some of their finished trucks.