MEALS ON WHEELS

With the food truck scene taking off, a movable feast is not so hard to find.

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On Thursday, Joseph Toomey and a handful of his friends sat on benches at Court Square, some of them finishing pulled pork sandwiches from the Central BBQ food truck. Regulars? Nah. New Yorkers. They were here for a bachelor party weekend.

“We just got in town about an hour ago,” Toomey said. “I didn’t want to go to Atlantic City or Vegas, and we all love barbecue, so we came here. We were walking down the street and saw the Central BBQ truck and so here we are.”

Talk about luck. Memphians hungry for food-truck fare often find themselves wondering where to find it.

Jessyca Davenport was also in Court Square on Thursday. She pointed to an office across Second Street where she works.

“I don’t know why I didn’t know they were here, but today I had to deliver a file to another lawyer’s office and I just saw the trucks and stopped,” she said. “Maybe I’ve never walked out here on a Thursday before.”

Court Square is on the short but growing list of places diners can count on to find a gathering of food trucks at one spot. If it’s Thursday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., there will be trucks, maybe three or four, maybe nine or 10, at Court Square.

Mark Goldsmith, who runs the Central BBQ truck, said this is one of three ways trucks operate. Parking in a visible spot, alone or with other trucks, and waiting for customers is the

PHOTOS BY MARK WEBER/THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL Customers get their fix of pulled pork sandwiches and other favorites at Court Square from about 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Thursday, when a variety of food trucks gather at the Downtown park. Other places to find mobile meals include Levitt Shell...

Jacqueline Johnson, owner of Fresh Gulf Shrimp food truck, prepares poboys for the Thursday lunch crowd at Court Square. The former teacher is also a regular at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital on Wednesdays.

Barbecue nachos drizzled with cheese sauce are popular at the Central BBQ wagon. Mark Goldsmith, who runs the food truck, said they also get calls to serve meals at corporate events and weddings.