Best Food Trucks in America 2013:-

     Food website The Daily Meal, “All Things Food & Drink,” loves its polls and “best of” lists, and the latest entry is the 101 Best Food Trucks in America For 2013. Not surprisingly, big cities ruled the list, with Los Angeles amassing the most winners, 16, followed by San Francisco and New York with 11 and 10 respectively. However, Big Apple fans will be happy to learn that their Red Hook Lobster Truck took the Number One spot in the nation.

     The Daily Meal canvassed 33 cities for more than 300 candidates, then added staff favorites, and trucks that had been “singled out for praise by organizations, and national and local publications, both in print and online.”  Daily Meal stated in its release, “This is a list of food trucks. While a few dessert trucks ranked, they were the exceptions. If you just make cupcakes or serve coffee, you’re not a food truck – you’re a cupcake truck, or a coffee truck. That doesn’t mean you’re bad people. Nobody disputes the challenges of creating innovative desserts for mobile distribution, but with rare exception it didn’t seem fair to include trucks serving shaved ice, slushes, and ice cream with those doing full savory menus.”

   Despite this wordy explanation, they did in fact include such trucks, and the sole distinction seems to be that if an ice cream has gotten a lot of press it makes the list. These two factors eliminated many nominees and left a field of 270 trucks, which were judged on three criteria: critical review, social (media) score, and originality.

These are Top 20 of the Daily Meal’s 101 Best Food Trucks in America 2013.

101. Brown Bag Lunch Truck (Chicago)
100. Coast 2 Coast (Las Vegas)
  99. Manna From Heaven (Denver)
  98. Go Gyro Go (St. Louis)
  97. Pizza Buds (Nashville, Tenn.)
  96. The Flying Stove (Wichita, Kan.)
  95. Rib Whip (San Francisco)
  94. La Cocinita (New Orleans)
  93. The Southern Mac & Cheese Truck (Chicago)
  92. Luke's Lobster (New York City)
  91. Coreanos (Houston)
  90. Fist of Fusion (Los Angeles)
  89. Hey you Gon Eat or What (Austin, Texas)
  88. The People's Pig (Portland, Ore.)
  87. Hodge Podge (Cleveland, Ohio)
  86. Bruno's GastroTruck (Smith Mountain Lake, Va.)
  85. Roti Rolls (Charleston, S.C.)
  84. Vellee Deli (Twin Cities)
  83. Quiero Arepas (Denver)
  82. Souvlaki GR (New York City)
  81. Lucky Old Souls (Philadelphia)
  80. Cha Cha Chow (St. Louis)
  79. Easy Slider (Dallas)
  78. Rito Loco (Washington, D.C.)
  77. Geechee Island (Charleston, S.C.)
  76. Streetza (Milwaukee)
  75. JapaCurry (San Francisco)
  74. Devilicious (San Diego, Calif.)
  73. India Jones Chow Truck (Santa Monica, Calif.)
  72. DC Slices (Washington, D.C.)
  71. Komodo Truck (Los Angeles)
  70. Senor Sisig (San Francisco)
  69. Le Truc (San Francisco)
  68. Latin Burger and Taco (Miami)
  67. Scratch Food Truck (Indianapolis)
  66. Red Hook Lobster Pound (Washington, D.C.)
  65. Slap Yo Mama (Los Angeles)
  64. Taim Mobile (New York City)
  63. Baby's Badass Burgers (Los Angeles)
  62. Liba Falafel Truck (San Francisco)
  61. Jogasaki Sushi Burrito Truck (Los Angeles)
  60. Seoul Taco (St. Louis)
  59. Dim Ssäm à gogo by Sakaya Kitchen (Miami)
  58. Spencer on the Go (San Francisco)
  57. Riffs Fine Street Food (Nashville, Tenn.)
  56. Lobsta Truck (Los Angeles)
  55. Dusty Buns (Fresno, Calif.)
  54. KoJa Kitchen (San Francisco)
  53. Hapa SF (San Francisco)
  52. LudoTruck (Los Angeles)
  51. Nom Nom Truck (San Francisco)
  50. Clover Food Truck (Boston)
  49. Sky's Gourmet Tacos (Los Angeles)
  48. Ms. Cheezious Fresh Made Grilled Cheese (Miami)
  47. Jefe's Original Fish Taco & Burgers (Miami)
  46. Crepes Bonaparte (Anaheim, Calif.)
  45. Pepe Food Truck (Washington, D.C.)
  44. Food Shark (Marfa, Texas)
  43. Maximus/Minimus (Seattle)
  42. Seabirds (Orange County, Calif.)
  41. 5411 Empanadas (Chicago)
  40. Seoul Sausage (Los Angeles)
  39. Border Grill (Los Angeles)
  38. Vizzi Truck (Los Angeles)
  37. El Camión (Seattle)
  36. Oh My Gogi! BBQ (Houston)
  35. The Eatsie Boys (Houston)
  34. The Peached Tortilla (Austin, Texas)
  33. GourMelt (Reno, Nev.)
  32. Basil Thyme (Washington, D.C.) 
  31. Chairman Bao Bun Truck (San Francisco) 
  30. Mas Tacos Por Favor (Nashville, Tenn.) 
  29. Sam's ChowderMobile (San Francisco)
  28. Only Burger (Durham, N.C.) 
  27. Korilla BBQ (New York City) 
  26. Fukuburger Truck (Las Vegas) 
  25. Fivetenburger (Oakland, Calif.)
  24. KOi Fusion (Portland, Ore.) 
  23. Country Boys/Martinez Taco (New York City) 
  22. The Grilled Cheese Truck (Los Angeles) 
  21. Slidin' Thru (Las Vegas)
  20. Roli Roti Gourmet Rotisserie (San Francisco) 
  19. The Grilled Cheeserie (Nashville, Tenn.)
  18. Bernie's Burger Bus (Houston) 
  17. Guerrilla Street Food (St. Louis) 
  16. Marination Mobile (Seattle) 
  15. Roxy's Gourmet Grilled Cheese (Boston)
  14. Grill 'Em All (Los Angeles)
  13. Wafels & Dinges (New York City) 
  12. The Buttermilk Truck (Los Angeles)
  11. Schnitzel & Things (New York City) 
  10. Chef Shack (Twin Cities) 
    9. Where Ya At Matt (Seattle) 
    8. The Cinnamon Snail (New York City) 
    7. Rickshaw Stop (San Antonio)
    6. East Side King (Austin, Texas) 
    5. The Lime Truck (Orange County, Calif.) 
    4. Big Gay Ice Cream Truck (New York City) 
    3. Fojol Brothers (Washington, D.C.) 
    2. Kogi BBQ (Los Angeles)

    1. Red Hook Lobster Truck (New York City)