{"id":77717,"date":"2016-08-11T20:01:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T02:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=77717"},"modified":"2024-01-07T10:58:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T15:58:21","slug":"food-trucks-all-hail-the-food-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=77717","title":{"rendered":"Food trucks! All hail the food trucks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m extremely thrilled to be back in a city where food trucks are a thing. And not just a &#8220;thing&#8221; but a tasty, healthy, allergy-friendly, affordable thing. It&#8217;s been a long time and I have been deprived. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/2016\/08\/sm-RIMG0245.jpg\" alt=\"sm-RIMG0245\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sm-RIMG0245.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sm-RIMG0245-595x446.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The truck of the day is the <a href=\"https:\/\/bonmetruck.com\/\">Bon Me Truck<\/a>. It showed up on the <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.tatlowpark.streetfood.boston&#038;hl=en\">Street Food Boston App<\/a> as being close&#8230; as close as Dewey Square Park (10 mins away), where most of the food trucks park at noon.<\/p>\n<p>The competition for business was the Tenoch Mexican Truck. Bon Me had the shortest line, probably because they are extremely efficient and capable of handling three customers at a time&#8230; instead of one at a time. I just couldn&#8217;t fathom baking in the sweltering heat for 20-minutes for Mexican food.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/2016\/08\/sm-RIMG0247.jpg\" alt=\"sm-RIMG0247\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sm-RIMG0247.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sm-RIMG0247-595x446.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/2016\/08\/sm-RIMG0252.jpg\" alt=\"sm-RIMG0252\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sm-RIMG0252.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sm-RIMG0252-595x446.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The funny story behind the truck is that the two founders (Patrick Lynch and Ali Fong) entered the 2010 Boston Food Truck Contest without much thought&#8230; and were completely surprised when they actually won. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s six years later and they now have a restaurant on Congress and 6-trucks that roam the city.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/2016\/08\/sm-RIMG0248.jpg\" alt=\"sm-RIMG0248\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sm-RIMG0248.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sm-RIMG0248-595x446.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/2016\/08\/sm-RIMG0254.jpg\" alt=\"sm-RIMG0254\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sm-RIMG0254.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sm-RIMG0254-595x446.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/2016\/08\/sm-RIMG0256.jpg\" alt=\"sm-RIMG0256\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sm-RIMG0256.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/sm-RIMG0256-595x446.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Delicious!<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t know this until much later, but according to Roaming Hunger, Bon Me is the highest rated truck in the city. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nI&#8217;m extremely thrilled to be back in a city where food trucks&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=77717\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Food trucks! 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