Looking for a one-stop shop to show you where all the food trucks are located, when the next festival is and info on booking a truck for your upcoming party?
Well now there's a site (and hopefully an app soon as well) for that, developed by Coquitlam resident Scott Harper, owner/operator of the Cheese Street Grill and president of the Fraser Valley Food Truck Association.
"I built the site because I saw a need for regular folks who are looking for a food truck for their event…where to go to find food trucks or see a list of all of them in one place," he said.
In short, it's an easy way to get a glimpse at where your favourite food is at, so it's no surprise that it came from the mind of a longtime film industry location manager.
Before Harper was serving up deliciously gooey and perfectly crispy grilled cheese sandwiches he worked his way up the filming location ladder, and was most recently a film co-ordinator for the city of New Westminster.
He made the jump to full-time food trucker last year and quickly found there wasn't a straightforward way for people to book food trucks or see their locations.
The www.foodtruckpost.com site is entirely free for truck operators and foodies alike.
Event hosts, such as city staff, can post info about their upcoming event on a calendar and invite food trucks to attend from one central location. Individual hosts, such as wedding or party planners, can do the same and keep their events private.
And anyone with a hankering for good food can use it to locate the nearest truck.
Harper said about 40 trucks have signed on so far, and he expects that to grow quickly once he's spread the word through invites to the site.
