Food trucks in West Seattle: Highland Park to follow ‘Chowdown’

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If you are a food-truck fan, you no doubt are counting down the days till Sunday, when the Mobile Chowdown will take over the heart of The Junction with more than 20 food trucks (listed here), 11 am-5 pm, all ages, no admission fee. Turns out that the Mobile Chowdown will be something of a preview for what the Highland Park Improvement Club hopes will be a weekly, growing food-truck gathering! On the following Saturday, October 8th, what you might call a new West Seattle node of food trucks will debut. You probably already know that Marination Mobile and Parfait Ice Cream, both of which will be at Mobile Chowdown, have been at 35th/Graham on Saturdays. Now, HPIC is inviting food trucks to use its spacious parking lot on Saturdays – and the first two official takers are Lumpia World and I Want Curry Now, both of which will also be at Mobile Chowdown this Sunday. So to review:

*Mobile Chowdown in The Junction this Sunday (October 2nd), 11 am-5 pm, California SW from Edmunds to Oregon, one-time event
*HPIC food-truck Saturdays start October 8th, 11 am-3 pm, 12th/Holden, recurring

P.S. On October 8th, you can make a day/night of it at HPIC – they are having a Harvest Dinner potluck that night at 6 pm, asking participants to “bring their own homemade food to share, plus a plate to leave behind, which will become part of the community kitchen we are building.” Cabaret and musical entertainment and a no-host bar. (If you’ve never been to HPIC, maybe this reference will help – a few blocks east of where Zippy’s used to be.)

Mike in the Junction September 28, 2011 (4:44 pm)

I live in the Junction and I am real nervous. I went to the Food Truck Rodeo a few weeks back at Interbay and it was a cluster*** No parking, long lines- I spent over an hour for a sandwich, drink and fries. The sandwich was great but hopefully these trucks and hosts have learned from the vast amount of mistakes from the Rodeo?

westseattledood September 28, 2011 (5:03 pm)

I don’t know how challenging the logistics would be for HPIC and food trucks, BUT…evening commute hours (think viaduct traffic rerouting over the next few years) at that Holden/12th location would be premium real estate for food trucks and the club. And why not morning food trucks for the AM commute? There are breakfast-esque type trucks aren’t there?

Peeps in Highland Park know that traffic is already increasing on our arterials. Bring on the food entrepreneurs! Thanks to Lumpia World for breaking the food truck trail in HP. Seize every day – though Saturday is most excellent for the locals. :)