I get a lot of emails from DC food truck fans asking me how they can request trucks to visit their location.

First things first, all food trucks LOVE to hear from their fans! Almost all of them have Facebook pages and Twitter accounts. You can find their Facebook pages by clicking on the truck link on the sidebar of Food Truck Fiesta. Then, you’ll see a list of links at the top of the page, including their Twitter and Facebook pages.

Just hop on to their Facebook page and write your request on their wall! If you’re on Twitter, you can send each truck a message by putting a @ symbol in front of their Twitter username. For example, you’d tweet “@LobsterTruckDC Please come to my office at XYZ.”

My second note is that there is no way to message all of the trucks all at the same time. Why? Well, it’s not because I can’t provide that feature to you, it is because all of the trucks hate it when requests don’t mention them personally. It’s kind of like hiring a caterer for your office party. You’d approach your favorite caterer, not every caterer in DC all at the same time, right? But, also, food truck owners are people and chefs. They are not just serving you unique gourmet food, they are serving you their culinary creations that probably took months or years to perfect. It means a lot to them when you request that they visit your lunchtime spot because you genuinely care about and crave their specific food offerings.

I hope this bit of info helps everyone enjoy the DC food truck scene just a little bit more and it will certainly help continue to build the great community we already have. 🙂

Happy Monday, DC food truck fans!  I just wanted to post a reminder that today is the Friendship Heights food truck party, featuring @curbsidecupcake @dcslices @dcempanadas @eatwonky

Also, Sweet Fleet is launching their truck today in Arlington, VA with multiple stops: 9:30 Courthouse; 11:00 Clarendon; 12:30 Virginia Square; 2:00 Ballston; 3:30 Rosslyn

Sixth and Rye is going to be parked today on I St between 6th and 7th.  More information can be found on the Sixth and Rye page here!

Friendship Heights DC food truck fans! Don’t pack a lunch on Monday (5/23) because @eatwonky, @dcempanadas, @dcslices and @curbsidecupcakes are all coming to your location for lunch! 🙂

I just received word that Sweet Fleet is launching next week in Arlington, VA!  They will be selling cupcakes and cookies baked by Jason Reaves.  Reaves is a graduate of the CIA and will be competing on the Food Network Challenge in October.

The 4 main cupcake flavors are 3.00 a piece with the specialty cupcake selling at 3.50.  Next week, they are running a hot promotion:

-Buy one get one Free cupcake
-2.00 off a half a dozen cupcakes
-4.00 off a dozen cupcakes

The cupcake flavors for next week are: dark chocolate, vanilla cake with chocolate top, red velvet, key lime pie, and Unbelievable Apple.

On Facebook: facebook.com/sweetfleetllc
On Twitter: @sweetfleetllc

Note: CIA is the Culinary Institute of America. 🙂

Hey DC food truck fans! I have a really special treat in store for you. The proprietors of S&L Customs, my website sponsor, want to drop in periodically to tell us all about food trucks.  We’re planning on launching this next week, so please stay tuned!  The feature is called Pop’s and Lee’s Corner.

Up until now, we’ve simply ordered food from trucks.  With Pop’s and Lee’s Corner, I’m aiming to give you a greater appreciation of food trucks and demystify their inner workings.  There is a lot that goes on inside that food truck and who better to explain it all than the people that actual build and service these trucks?  The feature will also give you the opportunity to interact directly with the experts by commenting on the posts.  How cool is that? 🙂

Scoops2u just tweeted that they will hand out free ice cream sandwiches in DC tomorrow (Wednesday)!

UPDATED tweet from this morning:

@foodtruckfiesta we can’t do it 2day 🙁 Ran into a few glitches last night. We will be out by the Nats game on Saturday for sure! Sry

According to a tweet from @eatstix yesterday:

Yay! We’re hittin’ the street 2moro!!!! Find us by New York Ave. Metro. Ribbon cutting at 11am – See U There!

Here’s the poster for the June 3, 2011 @ 11am – 9pm Truckeroo DC food truck fiesta!  Get pumped!

For those of you who crave fries and milkshakes, Fry Captain tweeted that they are reopening on May 23 after a long hiatus.  You may remember Fry Captain’s signature offering: fries, cooked in duck fat, with an endless selection of dipping sauces.