{"id":48152,"date":"2012-10-03T05:35:05","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T11:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=48152"},"modified":"2020-06-20T20:56:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T00:56:18","slug":"the-burger-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=48152","title":{"rendered":"The Burger Bus, Vancouver"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy was the day that the City of Vancouver issued the Burger Bus a licence to run a food cart on Robson Street. Not only is the bus interesting to look at, but they serve up a whole plethora of burgers that are organic, locally sourced, gluten-free, and pretty darn tasty. Some instant winners are the Bison Jalapeno, the Angus Beef, and the Hella Good Halibut Burger.<\/p>\n

The food truck is a 1973 Volkswagen van… a classic and first of the Volkswagen Type 2<\/a> panel vans. The idea comes from the colourful and loaded with bling Cocktail Cars in Thailand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For the longest time, La Ni\u00f1a<\/em> and I walked past the bus on Robson and Hornby daily; they take only cash and if we had cash, we’d have a burger. They were a prominent and predictable feature on our walks.<\/p>\n

However, one day the bus has disappeared and in its place was Big Dogs Street Hots. It was mildly distressing because in my head I kept hearing the food truck equivalent of a cage match: the Burger Bus dominated the corner of Robson and Hornby until one day they were taken out by Big Dogs Street Hots. <\/p>\n

In reality, Big Dogs is the sister truck of the Burger Bus. Both are owned by the same company and both are equally organic, tasty, and gluten-free. There was a big event that cleaned the Bus out of all of its hamburgers; and, because their product is handmade, it took them a while to rebound. And, until then, the option was organic smokies on a potato bun.<\/p>\n

You can follow the company on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n