25 Detroit food trucks that you must try this summer

By Metro Times editorial staff on Fri, May 19, 2017 at 8:54 pm

If the patio are all full then your next best option is sitting outside and enjoying one of Detroit's wonderful food trucks, right? You can find these trucks in Campus Martius, Eastern Market, or one of the many parks in the metro Detroit area waiting to give you some yummy food and drinks. Eat up!

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Beignet Truck

It's hard to leave Eastern Market without grabbing one of these delicious French pastries. And what other food truck in Detroit is going to have a beignet? None! That's why this is one of our favs.
Photo via Facebook.

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Cheese Dream

Cheese Dream is the best way to make you feel like you’re a kid again. Gourmet grilled cheese and homemade soup is the perfect combination to bring back the nostalgia.
Photo via Yelp user Alex P.

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Chicken Coupe

Nothing is better than chicken and waffles. The chicken coupe serves up mouth watering fried chicken with puffy belgian waffles. They even have fried chicken in a waffle cone!
Photo via Instagram user @fsareini

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Concrete Cuisine

This is your basic food truck fare but elevated to the next level. They have “frickles”, which are basically lightly-breaded pickle spears served with Buffalo Ranch dipping sauce, plus tons of delicious sandwiches.
Photo via Facebook.

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Delectabowl

Everything is better in a bowl, right? Delectabowl takes your favorite dishes and serves them in a delicious and convenient bowl. Try their Gyro Bowl served with warm pita bread.
Photo via Facebook

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Drifter Coffee

This cute little coffee shop is on wheels and we absolutely love it. Not only do they serve a mean cup of joe, but they also have teas and hot chocolates. You will mostly see the truck in Detroit, but they travel all throughout metro Detroit as well.
Photo via Facebook.

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Detroit 75 Kitchen

Detroit 75 is bringing delicious street food to the food truck market. They have great shawarma sandwiches and amazing hand cut fries. All of their food is named after infamous Detroit highways and streets, too.
Photo via Facebook.

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El Guapo

We are always down for fusion foods, especially when it is delicious tacos. Pork Belly Confit? Need we say more?
Photo via Facebook

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El Parian

Chorizo taco with pickled onion and jalapeño garnish? Get your ass to this food truck now!
Photo via Facebook.

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Tacos El Rodeo

There are a lot of reasons to love El Rodeo — the cook who you can hear singing in the truck from 50 feet away, the rodeo graphic, the marinated red onion and hot pepper mix — but the best part is that they sell good fish and shrimp tacos, which are a rarity in Detroit.
Photo by Tom Perkins.

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El Veloz Tacos

Veloz hangs a little off the beaten path in the parking lot of a nondescript commercial building on Toledo just east of Livernois. It's unique in that you place your order at the window, then go sit down in a small room in the building where you can grab horchata while you wait. Veloz's best taco is the asada — griddle-crisped shards of salty steak come wrapped in a warm corn tortilla that's served under a small mound of cilantro and diced red onions.

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Frackin Hungry

Besides having the food truck with the coolest name ever, Frackin Hungry also serves up some delicious food. The corned beef stack is pilled high and the chicken tornado looks exactly like how it sounds.
Photo via Facebook.

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Go Cheez

C'mon, there is nothing better than a food truck that strictly caters to cheese lovers. You can find this cheesy food truck all throughout metro Detroit, which is a very, very good thing.
Photo via Facebook.

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Hero or Villain

Hero or Villain is Detroit's deli sandwich food truck with an inclusive menu offering meat, vegan, vegetarian and gluten free options. Plus, it's just really fun that it was a superhero theme.
Photo via Facebook.

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The Mac Shack

The Detroit-based food truck serves mac n cheese creations and french fries with personality, meaning take what you ate most days as a kid and up the 'yum factor' by like a million.
Photo by David Lewiniski Photography, courtesy of The Mac Shack

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The Meanie Weenie

Another food truck with a hilarious name, except this one is serving up yummy hot dogs. The folks inside the truck have tons of different hot dogs with a variety of toppings to make the perfect dog.
Photo via Facebook.

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Norma G's/Demitart Gourmet

Nevermind the snow in this photo, this food is HOT HOT HOT! There’s no other place where you will find comfort Caribbean food (on wheels at least), and they have a wide variety of sliders, including some curry chicken ones you'd be a fool not to find.
Photo via Facebook.

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Rogue Estate BBQ

Genuine BBQ with absolutely no shortcuts. Pulled pork sandwiches and melt in your mouth brisket. This truck is always located in Ferndale on Woodward Heights (almost in Pleasant Ridge) and is open almost all the time. Nothing better!
Photo by Lee DeVito.

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Salt & Sugar Co.

The Salt & Sugar food truck is one of the only food trucks serving up a yummy sweet side, too. There flourless lava cookies are to die for.
Photo via Facebook.

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