Late Night Munchies? Get your Fix at Cowtown's Food Trucks!

After a late night “studying” in the library or should I say bar, you will see a line of people waiting for – tacos. Horned Frogs have traded-in waiting in the long Whataburger and Jack in the Box drive-thru lines, for food trucks. Several new food trucks have begun to frequent the TCU area and people are enjoying the new trend.

There are three food trucks rolling around in Fort Worth – all with a specialty in tacos:

Yum Yum Food Truck: Yum Yum was the first gourmet food truck in Fort Worth. You can find the brightly colored lime green, orange and pink truck parked on the corner of Houston & Weatherford and the other on 10th & Taylor in downtown Fort Worth. Yum Yum serves breakfast at 7 a.m. and lunch until 2 p.m. Favorites include tacos, burritos, quesadillas and cheeseburgers. Prices range from $2 to $7.

Salsa Limon: Salsa Limon located right across the street from Fuzzy’s, brings some serious competition. Serves delicious authentic Mexican City-style street food like tacos, tortas and burritos all for a low cost. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and stays open until about 2 a.m. If you find yourself leaving the Aardvark, the Cellar or University Pub late at night, go visit Salsa Limon for a midnight snack.

Taco Heads: Taco Heads set up right between the popular 7th Haven and Poag Mahone’s is a prime location for bar traffic. After all the bars close, a long line of people forms to get their Taco Heads on.  Favorites include brisket, chicken, carnitas and veggie tacos for $2.50 every night until 3 a.m. Taco Heads is a great place to eat, drink, and mingle on the truck’s trendy patio.

Manned by a small staff, these rolling food trucks use social media like Facebook and Twitter to communicate their location and post special offers. Make sure you become of “Fan” of all these food trucks on Facebook. 

It was only a matter of time before we would see the food truck trend emerge. Looking to the success of food trucks in other major cities like Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Austin, Fort Worth finally caught on. Right now Fort Worth has just seen tacos, but there are no limits to the types of food now being sold from trucks. Food trucks on streets of cities all across the country offer a variety of gourmet foods – Korean, BBQ, Indian, American, Vegan, desserts & more. So the next time you find yourself out late after a night of “studying” and are hungry, walk on over to a local food truck and see what all the buzz is about.

Posted by Angelica Plasencia

TCU