Food trucks are the mp3 of the restaurant business. The establishment feels threatened by them NOW. Not so much for the past 80 years though. New blood came into the business.
<New blood came into the business.
I guess that is it. When I moved to Philly, maybe 25 years ago, broke, looking for FT work while working temp, food trucks were great. I’d never seen them outside of the tourist area in DC, and they didn’t sell very interesting food. But in Philly, oh my! Greek food, Chinese, the Koreans had big fruit salads, there were a few Jews with felafel trucks. There was breakfast, lunch, and dinner to be had from a truck. It was good and it was cheap.
I haven’t had hipster food (from a truck) and if they are to blame for regular people not being able to eat a cheap meal from a truck, then shame on them, and shame on the cities that put up barriers to having food available to the masses.