Chuck Williams: The time has come for Columbus to have the great food truck debate | Chuck Williams | Columbus Ledger Enquirer

The time has come for Columbus to have the great food truck debate.

In many cities, food trucks are a way of life.

We’re not talking about your daddy’s food trucks that parked outside of a mill or construction site and sold cold sandwiches, chips and drinks to laborers.

We are talking about trucks that sell restaurant-quality gourmet food — rolling kitchens with real cooks and even chefs, secret recipes, affordable prices and a little panache. The good ones are social media savvy operations that tweet locations and wait for the customers.

There is a food truck culture in many larger cities.

Is it time for that culture to develop here?

There is language for a Columbus city food truck ordinance in place and ready to go, but Uptown Columbus Inc., the nonprofit downtown development corporation, asked it be put on hold about a year ago, Mayor Teresa Tomlinson said.

via Chuck Williams: The time has come for Columbus to have the great food truck debate | Chuck Williams | Columbus Ledger Enquirer.