# Taco Trucks: Food poisoning or food paradise? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 24, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-trucks-food-poisoning-or-food-paradise/530215 "2010-02-24T02:28:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-trucks-food-poisoning-or-food-paradise/530215/21 "2010-02-24T16:20:42Z")
My wife and I have eaten food from the taco trucks at various times for many years with no ill effects. This is in the S.F. Bay Area. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-trucks-food-poisoning-or-food-paradise/530215/22 "2010-02-24T16:29:33Z")
[This is not a taco truck](http://www.maximus-minimus.com/). It’s a pork truck. Your choices are a pork sandwich, a veggie sandwich, chips, coleslaw, ginger lemonade, and hibiscus nectar. Good food. But it would be nice if there was an actual taco truck around. ---
**Author:** ![i\_am\_a\_scientist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f07891/32.png) [@i\_am\_a\_scientist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/i_am_a_scientist)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-trucks-food-poisoning-or-food-paradise/530215/23 "2010-02-24T22:50:06Z")
the taco truck near my office on 7th street in downtown LA has the most consistently delicious food in the city of Los Angeles. He doesn’t come on Wednesdays. the saddest day of the week … Cast my vote for “paradise” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-trucks-food-poisoning-or-food-paradise/530215/24 "2010-02-24T22:58:26Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I’ve been told that the haute street cuisine scene in LA is at _[Kogi’s Korean BBQ Taco Trucks](http://kogibbq.com/)_. I haven’t tried them myself, but I’m planning a visit next time I’m in town. There are a LOT of different trucks now on the west side. I work in a neighborhood in Santa Monica with a slew of media companies and few walkable lunch options. There are typically four or five trucks parked on the street behind my office every weekday. The Kogi truck is okay, but my favorites are the Nom Nom Truck and the India Jones Chow Truck. I’ve actually waited in line for more than 20 minutes to get a grilled pork Banh Mi from Nom Nom. If it hadn’t been raining I would have had Nom Nom for lunch today! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-trucks-food-poisoning-or-food-paradise/530215/25 "2010-02-24T23:09:29Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [This is not a taco truck](http://www.maximus-minimus.com/). > > It’s a pork truck. Your choices are a pork sandwich, a veggie sandwich, chips, coleslaw, ginger lemonade, and hibiscus nectar. > > Good food. But it would be nice if there was an actual taco truck around. That thing…is freaking AWESOME! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-trucks-food-poisoning-or-food-paradise/530215/26 "2010-02-24T23:41:25Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > That thing…is freaking AWESOME! > 🙂 Isn’t it, though? 🆒 [Here are some close-ups](http://www.tunersandmodels.com/wp/?p=4163). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-trucks-food-poisoning-or-food-paradise/530215.md?page=1)