Sunday Dinner ~ Food Trucks

As some of you know ~ one of mine and Casey's dreams is to have our own restaurant "someday".  We spend hours talking about what we would serve, what type of employees we would have, even the type of artwork we would have on the walls.  We both realize it's a pretty far-fetched dream...but hey dream big right?

Lately we have seen an abundance of shows on the different cooking channels that involve food trucks.  Last night we had a very interesting conversation about starting up a food truck vs. a restaurant.  As someone who works in Brookfield, I feel that there isn't much of a variety for lunch options.  We discussed how it would be cool to have a food truck parked in one of the corporate parks (Amileigha?). I agreed with Casey that it would be something worth looking into (and quite clearly less start up cost than a restaurant).  What we did not agree on was what we would serve out of the truck.

So hit me up with your ideas (let's call it informal market research).  If you had access to a food truck (and I don't mean a nasty "carnie" type food truck, I am talking about quality food) near your business for lunch style food- what would you want on the menu?  Nothing is too crazy - so be honest!

~As a little side note, many of the trucks we have seen on the cooking channels have some sort of "gimmick".  My suggestion was that we could hire one of my my friends to do an acoustic "thang" outside of our truck.  No one is doing that!  I'm sure that would attract attention.  Casey was all for it until he asked me how much a solo act gets for a gig.  Needless to say my husband never paid too much attention to the details when I was booking acts.  He was completely blown away.  It was actually pretty funny to hear him go on and on about it.  And yes....in spite of Casey's comments, I would most definitely find a way to put a boy with a guitar  in front of my food truck :)