You are hungry. You have a short amount of time to eat and get back to work. You are sick of the same old leftovers you have the other 4 days a week. A food trailer sounds like a novel and unique choice! However, it’s easy to get frustrated with the unpredictability and, what seems to be, random hours/locations of many food trailers. (Open Tues, Thurs and Saturday from 2-7 & Wednesday from 9-12…for example) They seem to come and go very quickly, and it can be hard to know when and where they are. Especially when the city estimates that by the end of 2011 there will be 1,620 mobile food carts! Who can keep track? Your friends at Juice have put together a 3-step solution to help you get your grub on:

1.)    There are 2 Apps with good reviews that can help you find your grub of choice. We tried Eat St. & Austin Food Carts. Both are FREE! Download them. They will use your location to find the trucks nearest you. You can click on whatever catches your eye. It lists their hours, menus and mentions on sites like Twitter and Facebook that might give you a clue as to what is their best menu item.

2.)    Check out this website: www.austinfoodcarts.com . This blogger keeps track of what is going on the local food cart scene. You can pull up a map of all the carts, then,on the “sidebar”, sort by whatever cuisine floats your boat. It will pull up all the carts with that tag.

3.)    Twitter and Facebook. Start becoming a fan of your favorite places or ones you hear about and want to try. This way, when they roll on to a new location, have a special event or new menu item you will be the first to know and can tweet it to all your friends.

buon appetito!