# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380 "2022-09-28T11:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/101 "2022-10-20T23:44:08Z")
Food truck poll. The poll confused the heck out of me. Are a lot of people having bad experiences eating food truck offerings? I’ve never had a bad meal from a food truck and many of the ones I’ve had make me want to run back for more. It’s delicious food for the most part and if not delicious, at least adequate. Yay for food trucks! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/102 "2022-10-20T23:50:40Z")
Ditto. I’ve had mediocre food from food trucks. I’ve had good food from food trucks. I’ve never had food that made me sick, or was gross in any way. I don’t even think I’ve even had bad food from food trucks. I plan to swing by a food truck tomorrow, to pick up lunch to eat at a friend’s house, in fact. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/103 "2022-10-21T00:28:41Z")
> [@Polls only: No discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2178): > > It’s: [poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2178) No option for “I am American: WTFH is poutine?” ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/104 "2022-10-21T00:46:16Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Food truck poll. The poll confused the heck out of me. Are a lot of people having bad experiences eating food truck offerings? I’ve never had a bad meal from a food truck and many of the ones I’ve had make me want to run back for more. It’s delicious food for the most part and if not delicious, at least adequate. Yay for food trucks! Are you talking about this one? > [@Polls only: No discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/2176): > > When you “eat a food trucks,” what usually happens? It took me a while to notice, but I’m pretty sure it’s a joke about the typo in the earlier food truck poll, which said “eat **a** food trucks” when it should have been “eat **at** food trucks.” So it’s a joke about literally eating a truck. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/105 "2022-10-21T02:05:06Z")
Oh, yeah. It was just a comment on the typo. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/106 "2022-10-21T10:53:39Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > I’ve never had a bad meal from a food truck and many of the ones I’ve had make me want to run back for more. We have a handful of food trucks that we seek out, visiting local breweries when they are there. One serves Korean street food, one tortas and bravas, one sushi, one arepas. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/107 "2022-10-21T16:00:27Z")
The Pacific Northwest is all about the food trucks. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/108 "2022-10-21T16:02:09Z")
> [@susan](#): > > The Pacific Northwest is all about the food trucks I’ve seen a ton in Portland, OR. But in my area, they’re rare. I must say I don’t get the concept entirely, but I’m game to try one (or two). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/109 "2022-10-21T17:04:13Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > One serves Korean street food, one tortas and bravas, one sushi, one arepas. Yikes, I left out my Indian friend. His truck is in the top 3. Shout out to Billu! ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/110 "2022-10-21T17:15:14Z")
This food truck discussion made me realize, I mentioned [Chando’s Tacos](https://chandostacos.com/) in the OP of my thread on local restaurant chains. But I have never actually set foot in a brick and mortar Chando’s restaurant – there aren’t any all that close to me. I’ve only ever eaten from their food truck. I still stand by my assertion that they make the best burritos in Sacramento. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/111 "2022-10-21T18:42:59Z")
The number has increased, and several I know of have moved to restaurants. Corvallis Oregon is a good example–clusters of trucks wirh tables. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/112 "2022-10-21T20:33:25Z")
I’ve been to two different types of food trucks. The first is the kind you see now. Rolling kitchens that offer one type of food and do it well. The other kind was a sort of rolling convenience store that would come to the warehouse I worked at in in my younger years. It had coffee, pastries and sandwiches, possibly other food that I don’t remember. All that to say that I can understand getting food from a food truck and getting sick after ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/113 "2022-10-21T20:43:57Z")
IIRC the “gourmet” food trucks you see today grew out of the 2008 recession. Many aspiring chefs weren’t able to get loans to start real restaurants, but they could afford to buy a food truck. Before that food trucks mostly had the reputation as the “roach coach” that would roll up to constructions sites at lunch time. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/114 "2022-10-21T21:21:13Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Oh, yeah. It was just a comment on the typo. Sorry. Completely missed it. And I used to proofread documents for a living. My how things change as time goes on. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/115 "2022-10-21T21:23:32Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Before that food trucks mostly had the reputation as the “roach coach” that would roll up to constructions sites at lunch time. I’ve never had that problem with food trucks even before the recession. Though one truck I had to frequent was more on the order of a 7/11 food counter on wheels while another offered salmon and tuna burgers and salads. I guess I’ve been lucky. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/116 "2022-10-21T23:12:22Z")
I haven’t seen an old-fashioned roach coach in ages. Decades ago when I was on jury duty one used to pull up outside the courthouse. Their food wasn’t anything special or exotic, but it was better than the courthouse cafeteria food. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/117 "2022-10-21T23:28:01Z")
There used to be one that would park in front of my office building at noonish. They sold a whole mishmash of different kinds of food – burritos, sandwiches, an Asian style rice plate, hot dogs, and I think they probably had burgers. It wasn’t anything special, but it wasn’t bad. They stopped coming several years ago, before the pandemic even. I guess they found greener pastures. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/118 "2022-10-22T11:27:03Z")
Enjoyed some beers at Leaning Cask, an English style brewery. We went there specifically to eat from the food truck which was Pittsburgh Tortas. I get an Eggplant Torta, my gf gets a Chicken Verde Torta, and we trade halves. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/119 "2022-10-24T16:10:38Z")
In my skywriting post, “Kermit Thee Frog” in not a typo. That’s how Kermit always says his name! ---
**Author:** ![Sine\_Nomine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sine_nomine/32/513_2.png) [@Sine\_Nomine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sine_Nomine)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/120 "2022-10-24T23:32:10Z")
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