When it comes to bacon there is no shortage of choices when it comes to finding this crispy treat on a Food Truck near you! In this article, we connect you to Food Trucks in Tampa Bay offering BACON goodness daily. As my bacon-crazy friend likes to say, "Either you LOVE bacon or you are wrong!" International Bacon Day coincides with the Summer of Rum Festival which can mean only ONE thing, there IS a Santa Claus because this IS a gift!
Because it’s cheaper to open a food truck than a brick-and-mortar restaurant, more and more foodie entrepreneurs are turning to this opportunity to experiment on a mobile basis and create inventive dishes. With the influx of food trucks in Tampa it's easy to imagine they are making money. According to a market research report by IBISWorld, food trucks are generating over $800 million in revenue nationwide. Predictions are that by 2017, food trucks will be doing $2.7 billion worth of business annually! And Street Eats, Safe Eats, reports mobile vendors were just as clean and safe as their brick-and-mortar counterparts. In fact, food trucks actually had fewer health and safety violations than restaurants in the cities they studied. Though limited in many cities due to proximity bans, fortunately for us bacon lovers, this is not the case in Tampa Bay!
We've provided the names of Food Trucks in Tampa offering creative bacon-centric dishes with links to their Facebook Pages. The preferred means of disseminating information about where they can be found on any given day, check their page to see where you can hook yourself up with a timeless comfort food appreciated by Cowboys, Presidents, Movie Stars and regular old folks like you and me. BACON, it' does not get any better than bacon!
Be sure to check their pages before venturing out, their menus and locations change often! The food trucks listed below cover Tampa from South Tampa to Wesley Chapel; we think you will agree, all of them are #RoadTripWorthy
Food Trucks in Tampa | International Bacon Day Best Bets
Burger Culture - Facebook Link
Roaming Gourmand
Got Lobstah?
Got Lobstah? Bacon and Lobster Roll
The Boom Boom Box
Mr. C's Grilled Cheese (Hint: The Full Monty @ Channelside Fireworks Sunday)
The Bacon Boss (Hint: Homemade Bacon Mayo on ANYTHING!)
Mother Truckin Good
Bay Street Burgers
Craving Donuts
The Jolly Porker
Empamamas
Riddle On The Griddle (Hint: Wendell's Find -Bacon, chipotle mayo, grilled onions, 3 Cheddar blend on homemade Pony Bread)
Wendell's FindThe Saturday before Labor Day is International Bacon Day or Bacon Day. An unofficial holiday observed since 2009, this Saturday is a day for creating and consuming dishes containing bacon. Lucky for us we have a local Food Truck nation to do the creating leaving us the fun part, consuming their bacon genius! Let us know of the trucks mentioned in Food Trucks in Tampa | International Bacon Day Best Bets, which are your favorites?
