Cheap Eats
Wheel Genius: Four Favorite Food Trucks for Cheap Chow
In pursuit of unique eats, sometimes you’ve got to hit the road.
Image: Max Burkhalter
Craft Burger
@craftburgerft
With the use of quality ingredients, cheap-and-cheerful can taste like fine dining. Take for example the buttermilk-fried chicken-thigh sandwich with candied bacon and homemade barbecue sauce ($10) that helped chef-owner Shannen Tune win an episode of Food Network’s Chopped. Classy, right? Maybe not, but we’re not complaining.
Mahalo Munchies
Mahalo Munchies
@mahalomunchies
Skip the airfare and say aloha to this truck’s Hawaiian favorites, including mac salad ($3), crispy chicken katsu ($9) and three dishes centered around Spam. Fans of classics like huli-huli chicken ($9) and rich loco moco ($10) won’t be disappointed.
The Sauer Kraut
@sauerkrauttruck
Chef-owner Eric Morse serves flavor-packed fare befitting his Germany-meets-Texas heritage through brats, wursts and long-fermented house sauerkraut. We love the Military Brat ($10) with homemade sauerkraut—a meal to make any German or Texan proud.
Smoosh ice cream sandwiches
Smoosh
@smooshcookies
Warm, freshly baked cookies hug generous helpings of luscious homemade ice cream ($3.75) at this dessert truck. Cookie flavors include usual suspects such as chocolate chip, peanut butter and oatmeal-raisin, but we prefer to order a hot waffle or churro filled with peanut-butter-brownie or sugar-free-apple-pie ice cream.
Oh My Gogi!
@ohmygogi
Korean-Mexican fusion is so popular in Houston that eaters who don’t arrive as soon as the truck opens may miss out on this truck’s OMG! Fries ($7), a golden mound of hot potatoes hidden beneath seasoned beef, Colby Jack cheese, spicy mayo and Sriracha. The Gogi ($9) and Ramen burgers ($10) claim plenty of devotees, too.
