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| - I was excited and perplexed when I heard of Vegas' first gourmet food truck. I spend a lot of time in LA and NYC and go out of way to find my favorite trucks and to check out new ones.
The slidin' thru truck is decorated very cool, comic-book panel-like. I tracked it down in a Bank of America parking lot. There were a few people there, but not many more than the crew I had assembled to meet up at the spot. I was curious to see if the gourmet truck thing that has taken LA and SF by storm had a chance here. This city is such a driving town, not many places where there is a high density of locals where a truck would be able to park.
Anyways... they had a surprisingly big crew scrambling in the kitchen. The truck was clean and appealing in design. I couldn't wait!
Unfortunately I had to. First, they were out of 2 of the 4 or 5 sandwiches they serve. That was a bummer. Once I ordered though the bummer got even bummier. Took like 10-15 minutes to get the food. There were more cooks back there than customers? What gives? My friends got there before me and ordered and were still waiting well after I arrived, parked, perused the menu and ordered.
Well, if the food is killer it's worth it, thought I. Finally got the grub. Looked good. It wasn't bad at all, just not that great. I'd rather drive through one of the many In-N-Out outposts than wait in an out of the way parking lot for just okay food.
Bun was a little stale. Meat was seasoned well, but kinda dried out. They obviously were sand-bagging patties back there, so why did it take so long for 3 cooks to put it together?
I really have high hopes for the slider truck and any future trucks who take to the streets of LVNV, but I just can't love it because I know how good it could be and it wasn't bad, but there are lots of good fast-food burgers a lot more convenient and a lot better. Give me a Fatburger any day over the slidertruck. I hate to say it. I really do, but this one was a definite "meh"...
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