Stories

History and origin stories from the food business, told short.

Customers ordering at a lit food truck on a dark city street, red stools on the pavement

The history of food trucks, from Pompeii to Twitter

The history of food trucks in six dated stops: a Pompeii snack counter, a Texas chuck wagon, a night lunch wagon, the first taco truck, Kogi, Singapore.

September 7, 2026 · 3 min read