Dashboards and Saddlebags the Destination Magazine™ Issue 016 July 2012 | Page 14

Rural Hill Food
Truck Rally
H

istoric Rural Hill is proud to
announce the RURAL HILL
FOOD TRUCK RALLY to be held
Friday, July 27 from 5 – 9pm, the
first-ever Food Truck Rally in the
Lake Norman area! All ages are
invited to attend and check out the
great food that can be found in our
local food trucks. Admission to the
Rally is free, but food pricing will
vary per truck menu. The Rural Hill
Food Truck Rally will feature live
music, corn hole, local merchants,
children’s activities, and living
history experiences. Complete
event information can be found at
www.ruralhill.net.
From New York through Florida,
Food Truck Rallies are sweeping
the nation. Rural Hill Executive
Director Jeff Fissel said of the new
event, “We are proud to host this
Rally for the Lake Norman area.
We have a great venue for festivals
and events like this one, and we are
excited to offer a Food Truck Rally
experience for our community.”
Long known in New York City,
Los Angeles and other large
cities, Food Trucks are on the
rise. Michelle Boudin of Charlotte
Magazine recently wrote that “some
of the Queen City’s tastiest dishes
are being served from the side
of parked vehicles. These chefs
of the road are updating Twitter
feeds and websites to share where
you can find their roving kitchens
which offer inexpensive – and often
gourmet – food.”

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Locating the roving kitchens is
so popular that The Charlotte
Observer recently launched its
interactive “Food Truck Tracker”
map. Observer restaurant writer
Helen Schwab wrote, “As the food
truck scene continues to grow, we
wanted a way to let readers know
more about them and where they’ll
be. Each week, food truck operators
will share their information with the
Observer, and we’ll create a Google
map that shows where those trucks
plan to be, when they plan to be
there, what they’ll be serving, and
other details. There’s a drop-down
menu that you’ll use to choose the
day you seek, and you’ll click on the
pins to get additional information
about particular places.”
For more than 250 years in
history… Rural Hill is located
at 4431 Neck Road (off Beatties
Ford Road) in Huntersville,
28078. The former homestead of

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