Thread: Roach Coach del Escuela

Blinky the Shark <[email protected]> wrote:

> I just encountered something I've not seen before. As I was passing a
> nearby private school - junior high and high school, I'd say - a In'n'Out
> Burger truck was setting up at the curb in front. In'n'Out is a
> popular, probably regional chain. The truck looked a little larger than a
> conventional roach coach but not much. It was just before lunch time.

Sounds like they're taking a lesson from McDonalds: "Get 'em hooked
while they're still young".

-sw

Blinky the Shark <[email protected]> wrote:

> I just encountered something I've not seen before. As I was passing a
> nearby private school - junior high and high school, I'd say - a In'n'Out
> Burger truck was setting up at the curb in front. In'n'Out is a
> popular, probably regional chain. The truck looked a little larger than a
> conventional roach coach but not much. It was just before lunch time.

Sounds like they're taking a lesson from McDonalds: "Get 'em hooked
while they're still young".

-sw

On May 9, 12:37*pm, Blinky the Shark <no.s...@box.invalid> wrote:
> I just encountered something I've not seen before. *As I was passing a
> nearby private school - junior high and high school, I'd say - a In'n'Out
> Burger truck was setting up at the curb in front. *In'n'Out is a
> popular, probably regional chain. *The truck looked a little larger thana
> conventional roach coach but not much. *It was just before lunch time.
>
Not a roach coach, they call them "cookout trailers" and you rent/
charter them for special events, corporate outings, stuff like that.
Everything is prepaid, they don't take cash at the site. The school
must have been having some function. While they offer burgers,
shakes, soft drinks and chips, they don't offer fries. I guess the
trucks are not equipped with fryers.

In 'n Out created these in response to demand. Far as I know they
have no plans for using them for conventional roach coach business.
Demand is high, you have to book them months in advance. -aem

On May 9, 12:37*pm, Blinky the Shark <no.s...@box.invalid> wrote:
> I just encountered something I've not seen before. *As I was passing a
> nearby private school - junior high and high school, I'd say - a In'n'Out
> Burger truck was setting up at the curb in front. *In'n'Out is a
> popular, probably regional chain. *The truck looked a little larger thana
> conventional roach coach but not much. *It was just before lunch time.
>
Not a roach coach, they call them "cookout trailers" and you rent/
charter them for special events, corporate outings, stuff like that.
Everything is prepaid, they don't take cash at the site. The school
must have been having some function. While they offer burgers,
shakes, soft drinks and chips, they don't offer fries. I guess the
trucks are not equipped with fryers.

In 'n Out created these in response to demand. Far as I know they
have no plans for using them for conventional roach coach business.
Demand is high, you have to book them months in advance. -aem

On May 9, 2:37*pm, Blinky the Shark <no.s...@box.invalid> wrote:
> I just encountered something I've not seen before. *As I was passing a
> nearby private school - junior high and high school, I'd say - a In'n'Out
> Burger truck was setting up at the curb in front. *In'n'Out is a
> popular, probably regional chain. *The truck looked a little larger thana
> conventional roach coach but not much. *It was just before lunch time.

"Roach coach" is a disparaging term, most often used for taco trucks,
the source of some of the best lunch fare to be found. Many of them
are sparklingly clean, same as goes for brick & mortar restaurants.
I'd love to have one of those trucks.
>
> --
> Blinky

--Bryan

On May 9, 2:37*pm, Blinky the Shark <no.s...@box.invalid> wrote:
> I just encountered something I've not seen before. *As I was passing a
> nearby private school - junior high and high school, I'd say - a In'n'Out
> Burger truck was setting up at the curb in front. *In'n'Out is a
> popular, probably regional chain. *The truck looked a little larger thana
> conventional roach coach but not much. *It was just before lunch time.

"Roach coach" is a disparaging term, most often used for taco trucks,
the source of some of the best lunch fare to be found. Many of them
are sparklingly clean, same as goes for brick & mortar restaurants.
I'd love to have one of those trucks.
>
> --
> Blinky

--Bryan

"Bobo Bonobo®" <[email protected]> wrote

>"Roach coach" is a disparaging term, most often used for taco trucks,
>the source of some of the best lunch fare to be found. Many of them
>are sparklingly clean, same as goes for brick & mortar restaurants.
>I'd love to have one of those trucks.

Looks like hard work, but why don't you buy one? You start
early but you can knock off early, too.

nancy

"Bobo Bonobo®" <[email protected]> wrote

>"Roach coach" is a disparaging term, most often used for taco trucks,
>the source of some of the best lunch fare to be found. Many of them
>are sparklingly clean, same as goes for brick & mortar restaurants.
>I'd love to have one of those trucks.

Looks like hard work, but why don't you buy one? You start
early but you can knock off early, too.

nancy

On May 10, 7:54*am, "Nancy Young" <rjy...@comcast.net> wrote:
> "Bobo Bonobo®" <CLASS...@brick.net> wrote
>
> >"Roach coach" is a disparaging term, most often used for taco trucks,
> >the source of some of the best lunch fare to be found. *Many of them
> >are sparklingly clean, same as goes for brick & mortar restaurants.
> >I'd love to have one of those trucks.
>
> Looks like hard work, but why don't you buy one? *You start
> early but you can knock off early, too.

Right now, I really like my job, and am not looking for alternatives
in the short term. I'm 47 now, and stacking and unstacking 300 chairs
in an afternoon is fine, but as the years go by, 57, 67...

I'm sort of apprenticing in early childhood education, and I've got
great mentors. Funny, but the one educational obstacle is that I'd
need to satisfy a foreign language requirement, and Spanish would be
my choice, also consistent with operating a taco truck
>
> nancy

--Bryan

On May 10, 7:54*am, "Nancy Young" <rjy...@comcast.net> wrote:
> "Bobo Bonobo®" <CLASS...@brick.net> wrote
>
> >"Roach coach" is a disparaging term, most often used for taco trucks,
> >the source of some of the best lunch fare to be found. *Many of them
> >are sparklingly clean, same as goes for brick & mortar restaurants.
> >I'd love to have one of those trucks.
>
> Looks like hard work, but why don't you buy one? *You start
> early but you can knock off early, too.

Right now, I really like my job, and am not looking for alternatives
in the short term. I'm 47 now, and stacking and unstacking 300 chairs
in an afternoon is fine, but as the years go by, 57, 67...

I'm sort of apprenticing in early childhood education, and I've got
great mentors. Funny, but the one educational obstacle is that I'd
need to satisfy a foreign language requirement, and Spanish would be
my choice, also consistent with operating a taco truck
>
> nancy

--Bryan

"Bobo Bonobo®" <[email protected]> wrote

On May 10, 7:54 am, "Nancy Young" <rjy...@comcast.net> wrote:
> "Bobo Bonobo®" <CLASS...@brick.net> wrote
>
> >"Roach coach" is a disparaging term, most often used for taco trucks,
> >the source of some of the best lunch fare to be found. Many of them
>> >are sparklingly clean, same as goes for brick & mortar restaurants.
>> >I'd love to have one of those trucks.
>
>> Looks like hard work, but why don't you buy one? You start
>> early but you can knock off early, too.

>Right now, I really like my job, and am not looking for alternatives
>in the short term. I'm 47 now, and stacking and unstacking 300 chairs
>in an afternoon is fine, but as the years go by, 57, 67...

Yeah, time to prepare for Plan B, I'd say.

>I'm sort of apprenticing in early childhood education, and I've got
>great mentors. Funny, but the one educational obstacle is that I'd
>need to satisfy a foreign language requirement, and Spanish would be
>my choice, also consistent with operating a taco truck

Hah, you can go either way with that skill under your belt.
"Hola, Isabel, donde esta la biblioteca?" anyone?

nancy

"Bobo Bonobo®" <[email protected]> wrote

On May 10, 7:54 am, "Nancy Young" <rjy...@comcast.net> wrote:
> "Bobo Bonobo®" <CLASS...@brick.net> wrote
>
> >"Roach coach" is a disparaging term, most often used for taco trucks,
> >the source of some of the best lunch fare to be found. Many of them
>> >are sparklingly clean, same as goes for brick & mortar restaurants.
>> >I'd love to have one of those trucks.
>
>> Looks like hard work, but why don't you buy one? You start
>> early but you can knock off early, too.

>Right now, I really like my job, and am not looking for alternatives
>in the short term. I'm 47 now, and stacking and unstacking 300 chairs
>in an afternoon is fine, but as the years go by, 57, 67...

Yeah, time to prepare for Plan B, I'd say.

>I'm sort of apprenticing in early childhood education, and I've got
>great mentors. Funny, but the one educational obstacle is that I'd
>need to satisfy a foreign language requirement, and Spanish would be
>my choice, also consistent with operating a taco truck

Hah, you can go either way with that skill under your belt.
"Hola, Isabel, donde esta la biblioteca?" anyone?

nancy

On May 10, 8:52 am, Bobo Bonobo® <CLASS...@brick.net> wrote:
> On May 9, 2:37 pm, Blinky the Shark <no.s...@box.invalid> wrote:
>
> > I just encountered something I've not seen before. As I was passing a
> > nearby private school - junior high and high school, I'd say - a In'n'Out
> > Burger truck was setting up at the curb in front. In'n'Out is a
> > popular, probably regional chain. The truck looked a little larger thana
> > conventional roach coach but not much. It was just before lunch time.
>
> "Roach coach" is a disparaging term, most often used for taco trucks,
> the source of some of the best lunch fare to be found. Many of them
> are sparklingly clean, same as goes for brick & mortar restaurants.
> I'd love to have one of those trucks.

Roach coach is the term for the lunch wagons that go around from
business to business selling pastries, sandwiches, soup and sometimes
hot entrees, as well as drinks and other snack items. Not just taco
trucks. The ones in NE are usually pretty mediocre. Think steam table
on wheels.

maxine in ri

On May 10, 8:52 am, Bobo Bonobo® <CLASS...@brick.net> wrote:
> On May 9, 2:37 pm, Blinky the Shark <no.s...@box.invalid> wrote:
>
> > I just encountered something I've not seen before. As I was passing a
> > nearby private school - junior high and high school, I'd say - a In'n'Out
> > Burger truck was setting up at the curb in front. In'n'Out is a
> > popular, probably regional chain. The truck looked a little larger thana
> > conventional roach coach but not much. It was just before lunch time.
>
> "Roach coach" is a disparaging term, most often used for taco trucks,
> the source of some of the best lunch fare to be found. Many of them
> are sparklingly clean, same as goes for brick & mortar restaurants.
> I'd love to have one of those trucks.

Roach coach is the term for the lunch wagons that go around from
business to business selling pastries, sandwiches, soup and sometimes
hot entrees, as well as drinks and other snack items. Not just taco
trucks. The ones in NE are usually pretty mediocre. Think steam table
on wheels.

maxine in ri

Nancy Young wrote:

>
> "Bobo Bonobo®" <[email protected]> wrote
>
>>"Roach coach" is a disparaging term, most often used for taco trucks,
>>the source of some of the best lunch fare to be found. Many of them
>>are sparklingly clean, same as goes for brick & mortar restaurants.
>>I'd love to have one of those trucks.
>
> Looks like hard work, but why don't you buy one? You start
> early but you can knock off early, too.

And as far as disparagement goes, right -- that's why some of them play
"La Cucaracha" to announce their arrival. It's become simply a name, and
one I've certainly heard used - neutrally - far, far more than "taco
truck" here in Los Angeles. Of course, of one is just dying to find
trouble, one could also claim that "taco truck" is disparaging since they
make much, much more than tacos -- but I'm not one to to look for trouble
in every nook and cranny and invent it when it's not found.


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Nancy Young wrote:

>
> "Bobo Bonobo®" <[email protected]> wrote
>
>>"Roach coach" is a disparaging term, most often used for taco trucks,
>>the source of some of the best lunch fare to be found. Many of them
>>are sparklingly clean, same as goes for brick & mortar restaurants.
>>I'd love to have one of those trucks.
>
> Looks like hard work, but why don't you buy one? You start
> early but you can knock off early, too.

And as far as disparagement goes, right -- that's why some of them play
"La Cucaracha" to announce their arrival. It's become simply a name, and
one I've certainly heard used - neutrally - far, far more than "taco
truck" here in Los Angeles. Of course, of one is just dying to find
trouble, one could also claim that "taco truck" is disparaging since they
make much, much more than tacos -- but I'm not one to to look for trouble
in every nook and cranny and invent it when it's not found.


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On Sat, 10 May 2008 10:13:47 -0700, Blinky the Shark
<[email protected]> wrote:

>And as far as disparagement goes, right -- that's why some of them play
>"La Cucaracha" to announce their arrival.

I don't think most gringos even know what La Cucaracha is. It's just
what they think of when they think "Mexican".... that and the Mexican
Hat Dance.

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On Sat, 10 May 2008 10:13:47 -0700, Blinky the Shark
<[email protected]> wrote:

>And as far as disparagement goes, right -- that's why some of them play
>"La Cucaracha" to announce their arrival.

I don't think most gringos even know what La Cucaracha is. It's just
what they think of when they think "Mexican".... that and the Mexican
Hat Dance.

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sf wrote:
> On Sat, 10 May 2008 10:13:47 -0700, Blinky the Shark
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> And as far as disparagement goes, right -- that's why some of them play
>> "La Cucaracha" to announce their arrival.
>
> I don't think most gringos even know what La Cucaracha is. It's just
> what they think of when they think "Mexican".... that and the Mexican
> Hat Dance.
>


La cucaracha, la cucaracha
Ya no puede caminar,
Porque le falta, porque no tiene
Enchiladas pa' comer.

La cucaracha, la cucaracha
Ya no puede caminar,
Porque le falta, porque no tiene
Gasolina pa' correr.

gloria p