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Push Cart
New Amsterdam (now known as New York City) begins regulating street vendors selling food from push carts. -
Dining Car
Dining cars begin feeding cross country train passengers. -
Chuck Wagon
The Chuck wagon is invented by Charles Goodnight to feed cattlemen and wagon trains traversing the old West. -
Freight Wagon
The first diner is setup in a horse-drawn freight wagon. -
Dog Wagon
Sausage vendors sell their wares outside the student dorms at major eastern universities (Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and Cornell), and their carts became known as “dog wagons”. -
Mobile Canteen
The US Army mobile canteens (field kitchens) begin to feed the troops. -
Wiener Mobile
Oscar Mayer rolls out the first portable hot dog cart The Weiner Mobile. -
Ice Cream Truck
Ice cream trucks begin selling their frozen treats. -
Roach Coach
Roach coaches make their presence known to construction sites around the country. -
Taco Truck
Raul Martinez converted an old ice cream truck into the nation’s first taco truck and parked it outside of an East Los Angeles bar. -
Grease Truck
Grease trucks begin parking on Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ selling “Fat Sandwiches” to college students. -
Vendy Awards
The Street Vendor Project creates the Vendy Awards. A competition that identifies and celebrates NYC’s best street food vendors. -
Wikipedia - Food Trucks
Wikipedia adds “food truck” to their list of entries including the history of food trucks around the world. -
Kogi BBQ
Kogi BBQ hit the streets of Los Angeles selling Asian infused tacos. -
SoCalMFVA
Southern California Mobile Food Vendors Association is created, becoming the first organization created to protect the rights of gourmet food truck owners. -
NRA
National Restaurant Association dedicates 1,500 square feet to food truck exhibits at its annual convention in Chicago. -
The Great Food Truck Race
The Great Food Truck Race marks the first television program centered on the mobile food industry.