- KEVIN SHALIN
It seems like the Main Street Food Truck Festival just can’t catch a break. Last year’s event was inundated by much greater than expected crowds, and the subsequent grumbling about long lines and food shortages was something that the organizers of this year’s event took to heart and made a great effort to avoid — only to have the first chilly autumn rainstorm of the year come along and soak the whole thing down. Still, the vendors I saw were trying to keep everybody’s spirits up, and while my own photos were nothing but a soggy mess, Kevin Shalin of The Mighty Rib managed to get some good shots before the rain and thunder got too heavy.
This year’s festival was to feature over thirty trucks, nearly forty craft booths, and three beer gardens, but by the time I arrived those numbers had significantly dropped, although the folks at the Tallgrass Brewing tent still seemed to be doing brisk business from their area of relative shelter. And there were still several local favorites out serving up food to a small, but dedicated crowd — Sugar Shack Sweets reported selling out by around 2 p.m., and the guys from Southern Gourmasian reported record sales. There were still more people on Main than you’d usually see on a Saturday afternoon, and the wet, chilly weather didn’t hurt the flavor of the food at all. More pictures after the jump.