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The couple says they went through the appropriate hoops to properly license the trucks early last year. Excise and licensing, they say, gave them the go-ahead.

Of all the questions I receive, and there are many, by far this seems to be the biggest one. The answer truly depends on many variables.

The family-run business has been serving up gourmet desserts at both independently-owned and chain restaurants for over 35 years and now your FOOD TRUCK!

“People think you can just make food and get rich doing it,” said Paul Zarate, 37, who runs Zaratez Mexicatessen, a tour bus turned lunch wagon on Mokihana Street in Kapahulu.

Hoping to counterbalance the taco trucks and fast-food joints that have fed the local workforce for decades.

They hope 2011 is a far cry better than the one we’re slipping out of. In 2010, their new Franktuary truck sideline business lost the bulk of summer revenue to the bureaucratic maze, then the engine of their converted 1988 vending truck went kaput, forcing them to cancel events including First Night.

Tired of high rents in the big cities, chefs in New York, LA and Austin, Texas, have been taking their food to the streets, setting up mobile truck restaurants and then broadcasting the location of the day on Facebook and Twitter.

Ta Bom Truck is a Brazilian food truck run by Korean/Brazilian twin sisters Jackie and Julie Kim along with their mother Ilse.

With the new year approaching, taxes continue to be an area of concern for many business Mobile Vending Industry Owner/Operators.

Sky's Gourmet Tacos has found a way to extend its brand reach: the mobile food truck.