Walnut Wednesdays

This is a weekly round up of about 20 food trucks.
Go there. Order food. Eat.
Rinse and repeat.

Lot of food trucks with lot of options. I am from Texas visiting Cleveland. Hence, I did not prefer to go with the Mexican food but the options looked good from what I can see on the trucks and in the hands of the customers.
After a brief confused moment regarding what to pick, I went with the orange truck which is advertising gastro food with Italian flavor. I made the right choice. I go the chicken Philly which is basically Italian bread 9 inch with Italian flavored chicken, banana peppers and some red pepper aioli. Whooooowww. It was terrific. Simple yet great flavor. IT was filling too. I should have ordered another one for to go. Too bad, I am staying here only for a week and probably will not get chance to try others.

This event was about 2 blocks from our hotel so we decided to give it a try. Our only disappointment is that we were so full from our nachos that we couldn’t sample other options (!) A large variety of food trucks make it so there was something for everyone. It would be fun to see some activities (yard games like cornhole have been offered at similar events where we live), but we enjoyed people watching just as well.

My favorite place to lunch on Wednesdays in the summer in Cleveland. Where else can you have tacos and cupcakes in the same meal?

Excellent stuff… but needs more food trucks! Good music good weather good crowd. CLE IS ALL RIGHT WITH ME

I love going here on Wednesdays with co-​workers. Bring cash for faster service but most places take cards with no problem. There are usually 20 or more food trucks there with everything from pizza to tacos, wings, BBQ, salads, burgers, sushi, gyros, and even a few bakeries with delectable little cupcakes. I recommend heading over at 11:15 to get there before the lines pile up and to get a good spot to eat outside. There is usually musical entertainment and a few reps from various sports teams there to pass out freebies!
My favorite place to get lunch at WW is Fired UP Taco Truck. They have the best empanadas ever! I’m so not exaggerating. I recommend the chorizo mac and cheese one. It definitely hits the spot.

Yay! So glad Walnut Wednesday has started up again. It already seems bigger than last year. There were at least 20 trucks there this Wednesday. Great variety of cuisines and all that I’ve tried so far have been awesome. You really can’t go wrong. A few of my favorites are Fired Up, The Manna Truck, Wok and Roll, and Krave, but seriously, you can’t really go wrong. I also noticed a lot more vegan/​vegetarian options which I really appreciate. Only downside is the long, long lines, which makes the lunch hour go fast but its worth the wait.

Always great selection, often dubious value.
I love the selection that the plenitude of food trucks offers. However… Ostensibly, the reason for operating a food truck is to reduce the cost of doing business since you don’t have to pay for a building, for wait staff, for utilities, and all the other overhead costs that a traditional restaurant occurs. You can then pass these savings on to the customer with lower-​cost food. However, the reality is that the food trucks charge MORE than traditional restaurants. For example, I can get three tacos for $ 6 or $ 7 at Chipotle, better yet I can get two tacos around the corner at Pedro’s for $ 3.50, so why would I want to pay $ 10 for three tacos from a truck? Are they probably better than my $ 3.50 tacos? Sure, but double-​the-​cost better? Sadly no, there are not. I think the food trucks get away with a little overpricing due to the food-​truck hype, the novelty, and the fact that mostly all of them seem to have the same relatively inflated prices. If each food truck was delivering exquisite gourmet delicacies, then the prices would perhaps be perfectly justified but most of them are not. Most of them are delivering average fare, perfectly acceptable but nothing special or remarkable about it or the ingredient selection. Given that there are tons of local places nearby serving mostly the same food for less, it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to pay more for the same thing from a food truck. The novelty of the event has somewhat of a redeeming value. It certainly serves as an interesting thing to do for lunch to break up the daily M-​F routine. Will I go back? I’m sure I will. Will I leave, as usual, wondering at how little food I got for my money? I’m sure of that, too.

You know how sometimes the week seems so long that by Tuesday you’re already begging for Friday? Walnut Wednesdays is a welcomed break in the middle of the week to get outside in the sunshine (it’s Cleveland so sometimes in the rain). Either way it’s worth it to pack an umbrella every week just in case.
I’ve had the chicken flatbread and tator tots from Nosh Box and also tacos from Barrio (put the sauce on the side if you haven’t had it yet. They have little cups for it and it’s spicy!) Both lunches cost about $ 10 and fill me up for the rest of the day. The music has been hit or miss but either way it’s a great energy and a really cool group of people celebrating small businesses and enjoying downtown Cleveland.

This is a great Cleveland experience and shouldn’t be missed! So many food trucks offering everything you can think of from BBQ to sushi to cupcakes. The location is perfect with lots of cute benches and tables, green areas, and great people watching. I will definitely be coming back here before the end of summer!

Love the selection. Today was the start of the 2014 season and I believe it will be grand. The number of people coming to the area was inspirational.
Our office already has our calendar set every week.