NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Food trucks are finding success in Music City, offering customers everything from childhood favorites to oriental food.
Their business is booming, thanks, in part, to social networks like Twitter and Facebook.
Teresa Mason, owner of Mas Tacos Porfavor, told Nashville's News 2 "likes" on Facebook help drive her business.
She said, "I think it's very important now that we have a few people in town that like us. I think we are about to 5,000 [likes]."
Crystal De Luna-Bogan recently opened the Grilled Cheesrie with her husband. She told Nashville's News 2 they wanted to start a business and believed a food truck option was the best idea
The Grilled Cheesrie features specialty grilled cheese sandwiches, all made from local ingredients.
"We do a play of what you would eat as a child, but spruce it up a little bit and do a little more grown up version of it," De Luna-Bogan explained.
The city's newest food truck, Happy Eating, will hit the streets of Nashville Monday night, serving Japanese cuisine.
Owner Laura Myers said, "I like that there are a lot of food trucks. I think it's really cool that we all come together and can be mobile restaurants, but I also think it's great we are all different."
Among the mobile food choices include Labor of Love, which serves serve authentic Philly cheese steaks from the City of Brotherly Love.
Owners and Philadelphia natives Chris and Jennifer also serve up water ice, a popular treat in Philly, and plan to soon carry Tastykakes, a Pennsylvania favorite not readily available in Tennessee.
Nashville currently has 23 food trucks.
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Happy Eating, which serves Japanese food on the go, will take to the streets of Nashville on Monday night.
