Eat, Drink and Be Married. The Wedding Food Truck is Here.

Just when you think you’ve heard everything, along comes the wedding food truck. 

If you’ve ever pined away to have that barefoot wedding on the beach, have we got a solution for you.  The Wedding Truck – Ta Da...

 Recently I was hanging out in front of the Guitar Center in Sherman Oaks waiting for the arrival of the Lobsta Truck.  I was chatting with Nigel, Patrick and Sooki -- one is an employee of Guitar Center, the other two are rock musicians. The discussion had started with a comment by Patrick about Tommy Ramone who had died recently. Sooki groaned and said, “Punk rock is so dead, like disco and Geraldo’s porn star mustache – thank God.”  I hadn’t realized that God was into punk rock.  Patrick and Nigel weren’t so sure about that.  Patrick said he’d seen the Ramones at CGBG once -- he believed Tommy had given punk its pulse.  Nigel disagreed.  He thought the Ramones were dreadful. The only interesting part of the Ramones story was the fact that they all changed their last names to Ramone.

 Sooki spotted the Lobsta truck -- she couldn’t wait to try the lobster roll with butter. I mentioned that I prefer mine with mayo.  The subject switched to food trucks.  We all agreed that the grilled chees truck was worth waiting in line for.  What else? Ragin’ Cajun, Komodo, the crepe truck, tacos – we each shared details about our favorite stand-up dining experiences on the streets of L.A.  Julia Child would have been amused.

 Sooki interrupted “My sister’s getting married on the beach at Belmont Shore and she’s having her reception catered by a wedding food truck.” A Wedding Food Truck?  No, please don’t tell me there’s a wedding food truck.  Wouldn’t that be considered a crime?  A faux pas at least? Sooki filled us in on the particulars as the Lobsta Truck pulled up and parked.  As we stood in line she explained that her sister and future brother-in-law had ordered veggie pizza, fish tacos, barbecued chicken drumsticks, deviled eggs, macaroni and cheese and a peach tart with ice cream.  It would run about $10 per guest.  Sooki promised to bring a cooler filled with bottles of Champagne, cold beer and paper cups.  Lobsta truck would be too expensive for the wedding so Sooki was going to enjoy her lobster rolls now.

Trendy, cheap and casual – the wedding food truck makes a lot of sense for millennials who reject the bling and glitz of days gone by.  The music? Strictly Jazz – no Ramones thank you.  Now excuse me while I float away into lobster roll heaven.  The wedding food truck can never be as good as hanging out in front of Guitar Center in Sherman Oaks with a delicious lobster roll in hand.