Food trucks
in New York.

New York's food truck scene is shaped by Manhattan's relentless lunch rush and the city's unmatched immigrant density. The halal cart — chicken or lamb over rice with white sauce — is a New York invention that has gone national. Taco trucks have taken over the Lower East Side and Chelsea, Indian kati-roll carts feed Midtown's office workers, and Brooklyn's Smorgasburg festival circuit has launched a generation of operators into national prominence. The space is brutal — permit caps, parking enforcement, weather — but the trucks that survive any of it tend to be very, very good. Read our local NYC guide for specific picks.