Downtown's First Food Truck Rally A Success
June 11, 2012 25 comments
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This past weekend, thousands swarmed downtown Jacksonville to attend the Jax Truckies presented by Metrojacksonville.com gourmet food truck rally to stamp out hunger at Burrito Gallery. Benefitting Second Harvest Food Bank. This demonstration project proved that food trucks can be a cost effective economic benefit for existing businesses and generating additional foot traffic on downtown's streets. Today, scenes from the rally to stamp out hunger.
The original Jax Truckies food truck rally in Riverside was capped at 300 to keep the lines manageable. There was no cap for this downtown demonstration event. With no cap in place, it's been estimated that over 2,000 came out to enjoy several of North Florida's food trucks on Saturday. Although the rally was scheduled to operate for six hours from 11a.m. to 5p.m., the large crowd had many trucks running low on their supply of food after the first two hours, effectively demonstrating the demand for this industry in Jacksonville. 
Amazing job and turn out guys. Imagine how many didn't show due to weather. There needs to be another one soon. If you ever want help please give me a shout. I'd be more than happy to help promote this scene.
Duncan Woodbury
For those in attendance, what did you like best about the rally and what do you think should be done to improve future events? For more images and daily updates on food truck locations visit our Jax Truckies facebook page.
Article by Ennis Davis. Photographs by Ennis Davis and Caron Streibich
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