New York City Food Trucks Map

There is a full on craze going on New York City right now over these high-end mobile food trucks. Thanks to Twitter these vendors are able to attract sizable crowds wherever they stop. While it's possible to keep tabs on them by subscribing to their respective Twitter feeds I couldn't find somewhere to see where they all are at any given time. So I've taken a stab at creating a (manual) Google Map of them based on their latest Twitter update. Not the most scalable solution but we'll see how it goes.

This is based on the following Twitter feeds: @waffletruck, @CupcakeStop, @LCBBurgerTruck, @nyccravings, @BigGayIceCreamTruck, @VLAIC, @RickshawTruck, @legamintruck, @TheTreatsTruck, @StreetSweets, @CalexicoCart, @SchnitzelTruck. If I'm missing any please post them in the comments.

 
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Comments

[carli]

See what I'm saying?

[Tom Limongello]

You missed the Mud Truck
http://twitter.com/mudpeople

[Dan Entin]

Thanks Tom. Didn't include Mud Truck because it's just coffee and not food, as far as I'm aware.

[larry]

any thoughts about automating this?

[Dan Entin]

Would love to automate it but haven't figured out how to do so yet. Unfortunately I don't think the Twitter updates from the trucks contain detailed or accurate enough location info to be translated and plotted automatically.

[shirley]

i've been wanting to try this one: http://twitter.com/peoplespops

great post!

[Dan Entin]

Thanks Shirley. I'm tracking PeoplesPops but they haven't updated in a few days. Will add them to the map when they do.

[janelle]

the Schnitzel Truck! http://twitter.com/SchnitzelTruck

[Dan Entin]

Thanks for the suggestion Janelle!

[rental equipment]

I would love to have it automated!

James Ferris

[Bucket Trucks]

Ohhh that's nice. I wish I could find one of those for Lincoln, Ne.