Top Orange County Wing Trucks

Orange County may be miles away from Hollywood, but it remains a SoCal destination in its own right, thanks to world-class beaches, canyons, and maybe a theme park or two. In fact, over the years, the OC's developed into its own self-sustaining entertainment mecca, with the appropriate restaurant culture to match. These days, it's a culture that can go toe to toe with LA's best, and that goes for the food trucks too.

The OC's food trucks run a wide gamut of influences - classic California comfort sits next to some of the nation's best taco trucks, along with exotic detours found nowhere else in the country. Venture down to Orange County and find a world far from LA stars that shines vibrantly all on its own. And in this light, the food looks downright irresistible.

New Mexican

SoCal and taco trucks are synonymous with each other, and the OC maintains this tradition, with a fleet of trucks that redefine Latin curbside cuisine. Orange County's most popular taco trucks fuse Mexico with California, and add a dash of overseas influence to craft something traditional yet altogether fresh. These aren't your grandma's taco trucks, but they're great enough to stick around, and maybe one day be your grandkids'.

The Lime Truck's a catering-only affair helmed by an award-winning team of chefs, and its selection of Mexican is as premium as it gets: nachos are kicked up by Sriracha and brown sugar/soy-rubbed pork belly, carnitas are prepped for 12 hrs and finished with chipotle-honey cabbage, and the quesadilla is stuffed with short rib. The Classic Taco, on the other hand, offers no bold fusion. Only killer Cali twists (like decadent corn fries) to its Mexican delights. With a brick and mortar famously located inside an Ontario liquor store, this is food you can always catch, but as with most things, it's always better when it comes straight to you. Even if it's just a mile from the liquor store.

Just Desserts

Orange County's rife with contradictions - yoga here's as popular as jello shots, natural wonders collide with out-of-place Mediterranean architecture, and sun-kissed beaches provide a great place......to eat some of SoCal's most decadent desserts. Despite the hard bodies on display here, what goes into them is often shockingly rich, exceedingly sweet, and downright irresistible. And if you doubt it, here's three food trucks that prove as much.

Chunk N Chip is delivering dual dessert pleasure - spreading premium ice cream sandwiches all across Orange County. Fresh-churned ice cream pressed between oven-warm cookies make for a hot and cold treat that can crush any sized appetite. Finally, Bakerytruck traffics in the OC's finest cupcakes, right alongside cookies, cream puffs and "cheesecake dessert shots", all in wide flavor varieties that'll please every kind of guest.

Other Notable Food Trucks in Orange County

For a unique twist on more classic comfort, The Burnt Truck delivers the boldest sliders SoCal has ever seen. Both traditional and irreverent options rotate daily, encompassing beef, chicken, pork belly and more.

Finally, Dogzilla is a twist on classic hotdogs that pushes the boundaries of flavor, and pushes the boundaries of toppings, from pastrami to peppers to grilled onions, furikake, bacon bits, avocado and more. Their collection of comforts hues eclectic and international, taking your tongue on a journey far beyond where your feet can follow.

How To Find Food Trucks In Orange County

As always, check out the live OC food truck map above to find the most accurate, up-to-the-minute location info for all trucks listed, alongside countless more options.

Costa Mesa's recently erected a permanent space to showcase food trucks in front of The Met, a 12-story complex in the heart of town. The "food truck runway" out front plays host to rotating trucks every day for lunch. Local collective Bistro Planet also hosts regular food truck meet-ups every Wed at both the Alize and Alicante apartment complexes in Aliso Viejo.

Weekly food truck festivals pop up every Saturday in Irvine, while Newport Beach is always thriving with independent options. To order a food truck for your event, check out our OC food truck catering page to get started. You'll be grabbing some of SoCal's most delicious charms, in a county that gets less attention than its neighbor, but seems to like it that way just fine. All the more food to go around.