Mariscos Jalisco has been serving for over 12 years in the same spot and is considered to be one of the best Mariscos trucks. Truck info: Truck Name: Mariscos Jalisco Owner/Contact: Raul Phone: 323-528-6701 Commissary: 6052 Maywood Ave, Huntington Park, CA Notes: Parked at 3040 Olympic Blvd every day Food: Peinados Photo Credit: Gerd Ludwig
The Renegade Craft Fair, in downtown LA, features food trucks to feed the shoppers and passersby. Truck info: Truck Name: Luck Dish Curry Owner/Contact: Tomo Hiro Seo Phone: 310-890-9860 (cell) Email: info@luckdish.com Food: Chicken curry Photo Credit: Gerd Ludwig
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The annual holiday party for the International Cinematographer's Guild began using food trucks to feed the crowd at the party a few years ago. Truck info: Truck Name: King Kone Owner/Contact: Maimeh & Teddy Lawrence Phone: 323-208-1403 Commissary: 5276 W Adams Blvd Food info: Banana Split Photo Credit: Gerd Ludwig
Every weekday, food trucks gather on Bluffside in Studio City, across from Universal Studios, for lunch. Truck info: Truck Name: Streets of Thailand Phone: 760-460-1422 or 310-592-7322 Email: contact@streetsofthailand.com Commissary: La Raza Food: Pad Thai with chicken and shrimp Photo Credit: Gerd Ludwig
Every day, including weekends, food trucks gather along the Miracle Mile at lunch time, in front of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), to feed people working in the neighboring offices, tourists, and museum visitors. The trucks there vary, with some coming only on certain days of the week and others there daily. Truck info: Truck Name: Bahn in the USA Phone: (847) 708-1532 Commissary: Ideal Foods, 7549 E Alondra Blvd, Paramount, CA 90723, 310-679-4777 Food: Pork Belly Bahn Mi Photo Credit: Gerd Ludwig
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Food trucks gather for a Mitsubishi car show and race event in Fontana. Truck Name: Wise Barbecue Owner/Contact: Woody Wise Email: info@wisebarbecue.com Food: Brisket plate, pork, mac & cheese, cole slaw Photo Credit: Gerd Ludwig
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Mariscos Jalisco

This is streetside seafood served fresh daily—from the same spot on Olympic Boulevard for more than a decade.

Chef Roy Choi launched the gourmet food truck craze in Los Angeles with his now famous Korean tacos. But many chefs and entrepreneurs have followed in his tracks. Today more than 250 gourmet trucks—along with traditional taco trucks, or loncheras—offer fast, affordable meals across Los Angeles County.

National Geographic sent award-winning photographer Gerd Ludwig to document L.A.’s food truck scene. Ludwig found “a huge variety of food,” he says. Here are our favorite photos of delectable dishes from ten trucks.

—David Brindley

Photograph by Gerd Ludwig

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