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#FoodTruckFriday: My recent mobile dining adventures

By Jen

After so many false starts, I feel like I’m tempting fate by declaring it’s finally spring. Saturday, I finally dared to wear a skirt without tights. Tomorrow’s high is 80. If it gets cold again, I’ll start stockpiling animal pelts for a long Westeros winter.

During these spring previews I’ve made a point to dine at the food trucks that congregate at the Ridgeway Center office park. It’s become a Friday tradition for me. Having worked in restaurants where the rain can wash away a day’s business, I have a soft spot for these entrepreneurs who thrive at the weather’s mercy.

Royal Flavors has so much character, from the neon OPEN sign hanging in the window to its plasma TV. When I went, a woman was watching Drumline while waiting for her lunch. (Fun fact: I took my sister to see that movie at the Malco Majestic.)

Their menu includes such Southern indulgences as hot wings, turkey legs, and BBQ anything. I got a smoked sausage and fries for five bucks.

No matter where I eat, I usually end up at Fuel’s truck for a can of San Pelligrino Aranciata Rossa (blood orange sparkling water). I hear their bison tacos are the stuff of legend, but I’ve only had the chicken quesadillas shown here.

My visit to the new Stuffed Truck

Downtown, I really like what you’ve done with the place