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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

BBQ Bandidos: North Stuart Street and Fairfax Drive, Arlington (Ballston).

Big Cheese Truck
: Metro Center (12th and G sts., NW).

Cap Mac DC: Metro Center (12th and G sts., NW) with goat-cheese mac with broccoli pesto and more.

Carnivore BBQ: Thomas Circle (roughly M St. and Massachusetts Ave., NW) with pulled pork, brisket, and three types of barbecue sauce.

Curbside Cupcakes: Pinky One: First stop: 15th and M streets, Northwest; Second stop: 19th and L streets, Northwest; Third stop: 13th and F streets, Northwest; Third stop: Franklin Square (13th and K sts., NW). Pinky Two: First stop: Crystal City Metro (18th and S. Bell sts., Arlington); Second stop: Pentagon City Metro (12th and S. Hayes sts., Arlington); Third stop: 21st and H streets; Fourth stop: 14th and G streets, Northwest.

DC Empanadas:  L'Enfant (Seventh St. and Maryland Ave., SW) with beef, buffalo chicken, spinach and feta, and chorizo empanadas, cookie sandwiches, and more.

DC Pie Truck: Navy Yard/DOT (M St. and New Jersey Ave., SE)

District Taco: North Lynn Street and Wilson Boulevard, Arlington (Rosslyn).

Eat Wonky: George Washington University (roughly 22nd and I sts., NW).

El Floridano: Metro Center (12th and G sts., NW).

Fojol Bros: L'Enfant (Seventh St. and Maryland Ave., SW) with spinach-and-cheese curry and more.

Goode's Mobile Kitchen: Seventh and C streets, Southwest, with Calypso crabcakes, a salmon platter, and more.

Meathead Mobile
: 22nd and H streets, Northwest.

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

Pi Truck DC: Gallery Place/Chinatown (Seventh and G sts., NW).

Porc Mobile: L'Enfant Plaza (Seventh st. and Maryland Ave., SW) with pulled pork, new pastrami sandwiches, and more.  

Sabor'a Street: Gallery Place/Chinatown (Seventh and G sts., NW).

Sang on Wheels: GWU/State Department, exact location TBA, with drunken noodles, barbecue pork, garden rolls, dessert sticky rice with mango, and more.

Sâuçá: Pangea: One Massachusetts Avenue (at North Capitol St., NW); Saucalito: Metro Center (12th and G sts., NW); Marco Polo: 20th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest.

Sidewalk Sweets: First stop: Fourth and C streets, Southwest; Second stop: Smithsonian (12th St. and Independence Ave., SW); Third stop: Federal Triangle (12th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., NW; Fourth stop: Gallery Place/Chinatown (Seventh and G sts., NW).

Sol Mexican Grill: DCRA (Fourth and M sts., SW).

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

Sweet Bites Truck: L'Enfant (Seventh St. and Maryland Ave., SW).

Sweet Flow Mobile: 24th and M streets, Northwest.

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

Tasty Kabob: Cart one: 1525 Wilson Boulevard (at Lynne St., Arlington); Cart two: 1200 South Hayes Street (at 12th St., Arlington); Cart three: 1525 Wilson Boulevard (at N. Oak St.), Arlington.

Top Dog Truck: Boone Boulevard and Howard Avenue, Tysons Corner, with Sonoran and avocado dogs.

Yellow Vendor: 17th 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.