So word on the very crowded First Friday street was that someone got cranky in Venice tonight and turned in all of the trucks who didn’t have “bathroom” letters. What we learned in our investigative reporting of food truck politics (ok, we were really just chowing food and overheard a couple of truck owners talking about the letters) was that if you don’t have a letter from a business stating you can use their bathroom, you can’t roll up and hang out. Oy vey. A few trucks were kicked off the street but most were able to stay.
We don’t want to get all negative here so we are going to flip this all around and send a shout out to everyone who loves truck dining to help support the local businesses and encourage them to in turn support the trucks, especially on crowded nights like First Friday. They are an affordable and quick solution, especially on a weekend when your chances of getting in anywhere for dinner (even if you are “local”) are slim to none unless you booked 2 weeks ago.
You think I am exaggerating? Last week I tried to book for this week at a spot and they were looked at me like I was crazy. Guess it would help if I was Angelina Jolie. So for those of us commoners the trucks are a great Friday and Saturday solution to keep us in the neighborhood so we don’t venture east (thus driving and wasting fossil fuels) or north (we love Santa Monica but it’s nice to keep it local as possible) or South (who really hangs in the South Bay anyway after they have left USC?)
Oh midnight and ghetto bird overhead. I love Venice. I’d like to have dinner here on Friday and Saturday nights so let’s keep the trucks rolling in.
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We wandered past a cupcake truck then back across the street to the Brig, which by this time had a line 10 people deep. We’re not really line people so we checked out @Frysmith, @bordergrill and eventually wandered down to 
