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Truck Stops: Where to Find Lunch on Wheels

Every morning, we’ll let you know where the area’s food trucks are rolling.

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BadabingDC: Ninth and North Stuart streets, Arlington (Ballston).

BBQ Bandidos: Stratford University Campus in Woodbridge (off Leesburg Pk.).

Big Cheese Truck: Massachusetts Avenue, location TBA.

Cap Mac DC: Foggy Bottom.

Curbside Cupcakes: Pinky One: First stop: Mandarin Oriental Hotel (12th St. and Maryland Ave., SW); Second stop: Smithsonian Metro (12th St. and Independence Ave., NW); Third stop: L'Enfant Plaza Hotel (D St. and L'Enfant Prom., SW); Fourth Stop: NOMA (First and N sts., NE). Pinky Two: First stop: Fourth and G streets, Northwest; Second stop: Federal Center Metro (Third and D sts., SW); Third stop: Union Station (North Capitol St. and Massachusetts Ave., NW); Fourth stop: Federal Triangle Metro (12th and Pennsylvania Ave., NW).

DC Empanadas: L'Enfant Plaza (roughly Seventh and D sts., SW) with traditional beef, Thai pork, tandoori chicken, and veggie empanadas.

DC Slices: Metro Center (12th and G sts., NW).
 

Eat Wonky: Farragut Square (17th and K sts., NW).

El Floridano: L'Enfant Plaza (Seventh and D sts., SW).

Fojol Bros.: 21st Street and Virginia Avenue, Northwest.

Good's Mobile Kitchen:  Fourth and C streets, Southwest, with ginger-teriyaki salmon, sides, and more.

Meathead Mobile
: Metro Center (12th and G sts., NW).

Pedro and Vinny's: 15th and K streets, Northwest.

Porc Mobile: Chinatown (Seventh and G sts., NW)  with pulled pork, sloppy Joes, and chipotle chorizo sausages with queso fresco and pico de gallo.

Red Hook Lobster Truck: 21st Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest. Dinner stop at 508 H Street, Northeast (at Fifth St.) from 7 to 9.

Sabor'a Street: Farragut Square (17th and K sts., NW).

Sâuçá: Pangea: Seventh and F streets, Northwest; Saucalito: 22nd and H streets, Northwest; Marco Polo: 19th and North Lynn streets, Arlington.

Sidewalk Sweets: First stop: Federal Triangle (12th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., NW); Second stop: Metro Center (12th and G sts., NW); Third stop: Chinatown (Seventh and G sts., NW).

Sweet Bites Truck: McPherson Square (13th between I and K sts., NW).

Sweet Flow Mobile: First stop: L'Enfant (Sixth St. and Maryland Ave., SW) from 11:30 to 1:30; Second stop: George Washington University, location TBA, until 4. On board: Guac greens, seasonal salad, falafel wrap, spicy crispy kale, and more.

Takorean: Farragut Square (17th and K sts., NW).

Tasty Kabob: Cart one: 1525 Wilson Boulevard (next to Safeway and Lynne St.), Arlington; Cart two: 1735 North Lynne Street (between 19th St. and Wilson Blvd.), Arlington; Cart three: North Courthouse Road and Clarendon Boulevard, Arlington.

Yellow Vendor: 19th and I streets, Northwest.

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Food Editor

Anna Spiegel covers the dining and drinking scene in her native DC. Prior to joining Washingtonian in 2010, she attended the French Culinary Institute and Columbia University’s MFA program in New York, and held various cooking and writing positions in NYC and in St. John, US Virgin Islands.