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Ric Guerrero of the Slidin' Thru truck and other local entrepreneurs insist they're now offering a higher grade of near-gourmet cuisine from their mobile eateries

Indy's Kitchen, a licensed commercial kitchen that food entrepreneurs can rent by the hour.

"As a group we've talked about a mobile-kitchen option with various types of cuisine but haven't settled on a final type of food yet," Toleno said.

Although the trucks — or “mobile food units,” as they are more officially known — are not banned outright in Chapel Hill, regulations are currently so confusing and prohibitive that they often act as an effective ban.

Last spring, when Clover began serving its vegetarian fare on the Greenway, the company consisted of one truck and a half-dozen or so employees.

Cheesy Food Truck will be serving up a series of creative cheese-centric dishes (including a grilled mac & cheese sandwich and the “mashed potato martini”) out of a bright orange truck at 1614 Mistletoe, across the street from Baylor All Saints hospital and right down the street from the offices of Fort Worth South, Inc.

Frog design’s Executive Creative Director of Global Insights Jan Chipchase takes note of the mobile baristas in Beirut.