The Perils of Parking a Food Truck

The Frysmith crew worked our first full schedule last week and haven't had a moment to spare to update this blog! We knew beforehand that food-trucking required a lot of hard work and long hours, but you can't fully comprehend it until you actually do it!

The biggest challenge we've found isn't the 14-hour days or the physical demands but finding a good place to park. We tested out a variety of lunch spots last week: Hollywood (@djcarlorossi says we "dominated Sunset Blvd"--we're touched!); Ventura Blvd (@lofigirl, we're always happy to "rock the valley"); downtown LA (sorry to the ladies who were waiting for us on Grand... no spots to be found!) and Wilshire (what a crowd in front of 5900)!

At our Encino stop, a nice guy originally from Massachusetts (who was thrilled that we sell birch beer) asked us why more gourmet trucks don't visit the valley. After trying some unconventional spots, we have to say it has to do with volume. Over the hill there's just a lot more people walking around and wanting some mobile grub.

Interacting with those customers has to be the funnest part of the job. Last week we got the scoop on UCLA parking from Tro, learned about the fake no-parking signs on Wilshire from another fan and started recognizing our die-hard followers who seem to find us wherever we land.

Our first week ended Saturday night around a quarter to 2 in the morning at the Sacred Fools Theater. Theater people are great! They help call out numbers in their booming stage voices, cheer when their (or anyone's) fries are up and even applauded us as we closed up shop. We'll definitely be back next Saturday!