Battle of the Food Truck Battles, Plus a Battle Over Food Trucks

Street Food is a battlefield

How much food could a food truck truck if a food truck could truck food? A lot. And the rolling restaurants have proliferated to the point that I saw the Meres Bulles vehicular unit parked outside an otherwise unassuming office-supply store the other day. You could call it the best food trend of the year (as Scene contributor Ashley Spurgeon did in this year's

Food & Beverage BONs

) or you could call it a new set of fixtures on our ever-growing dining scene.

Either way, 2011 marked the first year that Best Food Truck was a category for Best of Nashville — congrats to The Grilled Cheeserie, Mas Tacos, Pizza Buds, Labor of Love, Jonbalaya and Riffs for their various reader- and writer-appointed honors — and here's to the up-and-comers that have joined the ranks since this year's BON ballot closed.

Speaking of food trucks ...

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