12-04-2025
Where to find the best Twin Cities food trucks the week of April 14
It's easy to forget about winter when spring arrives.
Yet, as the number of food trucks out on the streets keeps rising and food truck festivals return, we took a little time this week to look at how the trucks that don't pack it in for the winter manage to survive.
I liked how Nancy Alayon of Que Tal Street Eats characterized running a food truck through the winter. "I call it an extreme sport," she told me.
After standing in some trucks on snowy days, I get it. It's cold in there. But surviving the winter inside a food truck is about more than the cold. Take a read here, and then check out where you can find food trucks this week below.
As always, schedules change rapidly with food trucks. Please confirm your truck of choice is going to be there before hopping in the truck serves Japanese hibachi/tappanyaki, as well as fried rice and potstickers.
April 16: Wandering Leaf Brewing in St. Paul, 4–8 p.m.; and Insight Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Wild Mind Ales in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 19: Bald Man Brewing in Eagan, 1–8 p.m.
The truck serves a variety of Tibetan dumplings.
April 20: Wooden Ship Brewing in Minneapolis, 2–8 p.m.; and Insight Brewing in Minneapolis, 2–8 p.m.
The angry truck dishes up burgers with its signature angry sauce.
April 14: Insight Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.; and Padraigs Brewing in Minneapolis, hours TBD
April 17: Venn Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Bad Weather Brewing in St. Paul, 3–10 p.m.
April 20: BlackStack Brewing in St. Paul, 1–7 p.m.
April 19: Fleet Farm in Lakeville, 11:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
April 19: The Savage Tap in Savage, 12–8 p.m.
April 19: Sunken Ship Brewing in Princeton, 12–8 p.m.
April 19: Mineral Springs Brewery in Owatonna, 9 a.m.–12 p.m.
This instantly-recognizable "truck" serves brick oven pizzas from repurposed yellow school buses with a brick chimney poking out of the roof.
April 14: Bald Man Brewing in Eagan, 4–8 p.m.
April 15: Steel Toe Brewing in St. Louis Park, 4–8 p.m.
April 16: International Plaza in Bloomingotn, 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m.; BlackStack Brewing in St. Paul, 4–8 p.m.; Venn Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.; and Forgotten Star Brewing in Fridley, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.;
April 17: Giesenbrau Bier Co. in New Prague, 4–8 p.m.; The Savage Tap in Savage, 4–9 p.m.; and Angry Inch Brewing in Lakeville, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Getaway Motor Cafe in Carver, 4–8 p.m.; Utepils Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.; and 10,000 Drops Craft Distillery in Faribault, 4–8 p.m.
April 19: ROTC Foot March event in Arden Hills, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.; Boathouse Brothers Brewing in St. Paul, hours TBD; Luce Line Brewing in Plymouth, 12–8:30 p.m.; Lift Bridge Brewing in Stillwater, 12–8 p.m.; and Imminent Brewing in Northfield, 1–8 p.m.
Grab smashburgers from the pun-rich food truck. The menu has featured alluring burgers like the Peter Piper, topped with bacon, pickled jalapeño, cream cheese, and raspberry preserves.
April 17: Unmapped Brewing in Minnetonka, hours TBD
April 18: Boom Island Brewing in Minnetonka, 4–8 p.m.
Build your own burrito, bowl, taco in a bag, nachos, or southwestern salad at this truck, where the food is all made from scratch.
April 11: Klatt True Value in Buffalo, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
April 16: Wright County Government Center in Buffalo, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
April 17: Wild Mind Ales in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Insight Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 19: BlackStack Brewing in St. Paul, 12–8 17: Sunken Ship Brewing in Princeton, 4–8 p.m.
April 20: Venn Brewing in Minneapolis, 2–8 p.m.
April 14: Unmapped Brewing in Minnetonka, hours TBD
April 15: Unmapped Brewing in Minnetonka, hours TBD
April 17: Getaway Motor Cafe in Carver, 4–8 p.m.
April 17: Wandering Leaf Brewing in St. Paul, 4–8 p.m.
April 15: Elm Creek Brewing in Champlin, 12–7 p.m.
April 18: Alloy Brewing in Coon Rapids, 3–7 p.m.
April 19: Alloy Brewing in Coon Rapids, 12–7 p.m.
The truck serves street tacos in corn tortillas, as well as delightfully loaded tots.
April 17: Lupulin Brewing in Big Lake, hours TBD
April 18: Wandering Leaf Brewing in St. Paul, 4–8 p.m.; and Unmapped Brewing in Minnetonka, hours TBD
April 19: Boom Island Brewing in Minnetonka, 4–8 p.m.; and Angry Inch Brewing in Lakeville, 1–7 p.m.
April 20: Bald Man Brewing in Eagan, 1–8 p.m.; and Lupulin Brewing in Big Lake, hours TBD
April 15: Wild Mind Ales in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 17: InBound Brew Co. in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Trove Brewing in Burnsville, 4–7 p.m.
April 20: Wandering Leaf Brewing in St. Paul, 1–8 p.m.
April 16: Wild Mind Ales in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Steel Toe Brewing in St. Louis Park, 4–8 p.m.
April 19: Insight Brewing in Minneapolis, 2–8 p.m.
April 15: Wandering Leaf Brewing in St. Paul, 4–8 p.m.
April 16: Utepils Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 17: Insight Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: BlackStack Brewing in St. Paul, 4–8 p.m.
April 19: Steel Toe Brewing in St. Louis Park, 2–8 p.m.
April 15: Brühaven in Minneapolis, 4–9 p.m.
April 17: Under Pressure Brewing in Golden Valley, 4–8 p.m.
April 15: Paddlefish Brewing in St. Peter, 4–8 p.m.
The beloved truck offers chicken, pork, vegetable, and dessert (!) egg rolls, as well as fried rice.
April 18: Summit Brewing's Ratskeller in St. Paul, hours TBD
April 19: Mineral Springs Brewery in Owatonna, 12–7 p.m.
April 16: Bad Weather Brewing in St. Paul, 4–8 p.m.
April 17: Summit Brewing's Ratskeller in St. Paul, hours TBD
April 19: Utepils Brewing in Minneapolis,12 –8 p.m.
April 20: InBound Brew Co. in Minneapolis, 12–8 p.m.
April 18: Bobbing Bobber Brewing in Hutchinson, 4–8 p.m.
April 16: Uncommon Loon Brewing in Chisago City, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Sunken Ship Brewing in Princeton, 4–8 p.m.
April 14: Trove Brewing in Burnsville, 4–7 p.m.
April 20: Boathouse Brothers Brewing in St. Paul, hours TBD
April 16: Luce Line Brewing in Plymouth, 4–8 p.m.
April 20: Utepils Brewing in Minneapolis, 12–6 p.m.
April 16: Trove Brewing in Burnsville, 4–7 p.m.
April 17: Brühaven in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Wabasha Brewing in St. Paul, 5:30–9 p.m.
April 16: Boathouse Brothers Brewing in St. Paul, hours TBD
April 17: Boathouse Brothers Brewing in St. Paul, hours TBD
Louie's offers a whole lot of meat, whether you're looking for pulled pork sliders, pork belly, or Cubanos.
April 16: Unmapped Brewing in Minnetonka, hours TBD
April 14: Bad Weather Brewing in St. Paul, 4–8 p.m.
April 19: Wabasha Brewing in St. Paul, 1–7 p.m.
April 14: Boathouse Brothers Brewing in Prior Lake, 4–8 p.m.
April 15: Boathouse Brothers Brewing in Prior Lake, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Mousse Sparkling Wine Co. in Jordan, 4–8 p.m.
April 16: InBound Brew Co. in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Boathouse Brothers Brewing in St. Paul, hours TBD
April 19: InBound Brew Co. in Minneapolis, 12–8 p.m.; and Bad Weather Brewing in St. Paul, 1–6 p.m.
April 19: Paddlefish Brewing in St. Peter, 2–7 p.m.
April 14: BlackStack Brewing in St. Paul, 4–8 p.m.
April 15: InBound Brew Co. in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 14: The Savage Tap in Savage, 4–8 p.m.
April 16: The Savage Tap in Savage, 4–8 p.m.
April 16: Imminent Brewing in Northfield, 4–8 p.m.
April 14: Wild Mind Ales in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 13: Bad Weather Brewing in St. Paul, 1–6 p.m.
April 16: Bald Man Brewing in Eagan,4–8 p.m.
April 15: BlackStack Brewing in St. Paul, 4:30–9:30 p.m.
A trailer dishing up pizzas from the same OG ZaZa found at the Potluck Food Hall of Rosedale Center.
April 14: HeadFlyer Brewing in Minneapolis, 3–10 p.m.
April 15: HeadFlyer Brewing in Minneapolis, 3–10 p.m.
April 16: HeadFlyer Brewing in Minneapolis, 3–10 p.m.
April 17: HeadFlyer Brewing in Minneapolis, 3–10 p.m.
April 18: HeadFlyer Brewing in Minneapolis, 12–10 p.m.
April 19: HeadFlyer Brewing in Minneapolis, 12–10 p.m.
April 20: HeadFlyer Brewing in Minneapolis, 12–8 p.m.
This truck brings Parlour's beloved burgers on the road.
April 15: Utepils Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 16: Elm Creek Brewing in Champlin, 4–8 p.m.
April 17: Steel Toe Brewing in St. Louis Park, 4–8 p.m.; Luce Line Brewing in Plymouth, 4–8 p.m.; and Trove Brewing in Burnsville, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Trove Brewing in Burnsville, 4–8 p.m.
April 19: Trove Brewing in Burnsville, 2–7 p.m.; and Wooden Ship Brewing in Minneapolis, 2–8 p.m.
April 15: Honeywell in Minneapolis, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
April 16: Wooden Ship Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 17: Minneapolis Institute of Art in Minneapolis, 5–7 p.m.
April 18: Brühaven in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 19: Venn Brewing in Minneapolis, 2–8 p.m.
April 15: Back Channel Brewing in Spring Park, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Spilled Grain Brewhouse in Annandale, hours TBD
April 19: Unmapped Brewing in Minnetonka, hours TBD
April 18: Angry Inch Brewing in Lakeville, 4–8 p.m.
Philly cheesesteak sandwiches, all the time.
April 19: Summit Brewing's Ratskeller in St. Paul, hours TBD
April 15: Bad Weather Brewing in St. Paul, 4–8 p.m.
April 19: Barrel Theory Brewing in St. Paul, 1:30–7 p.m.
April 17: Bad Weather Brewing in St. Paul, 4–8 p.m.; and Urban Forage Winery & Cider House in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Padraigs Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.; and Venn Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 20: Padraigs Brewing in Minneapolis, 2–8 p.m.
April 17: Wabasha Brewing in St. Paul, 4:30–8 p.m.
April 15: Insight Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Barrel Theory Brewing in St. Paul, 4–9:30 p.m.
April 16: Back Channel Brewing in Spring Park, 4–8 p.m.
April 17: Boom Island Brewing in Minnetonka, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Elm Creek Brewing in Champlin, 4–8 p.m.
April 19: Getaway Motor Cafe in Carver, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Lupulin Brewing in Big Lake, 4–8 p.m.
April 19: Aegir Brewing in Elk River, 12–7 p.m.
April 15: 56 Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
The truck calls its menu a 'celebration of Latin American cuisine,' highlighting dishes passed down through generations.
April 14: Wooden Ship Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 17: Luce Line Brewing in Plymouth, 4–8:30 p.m.
April 18: Wooden Ship Brewing in Minneapolis, noon until it's gone
April 16: Paddlefish Brewing in St. Peter, 4–8 p.m.
The truck's menu changes, but always keeps an eye on quality, offering just three entrées and two sides on any given day.
April 17: Back Channel Brewing in Spring Park, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Back Channel Brewing in Spring Park, 4–9 p.m.
April 19: Spilled Grain Brewhouse in Annandale, hours TBD
April 20: Unmapped Brewing in Minnetonka, 12–6 p.m.
April 17: Elm Creek Brewing in Champlin, 4–8 p.m.
April 19: Uncommon Loon Brewing in Chisago City, 1–8 p.m.
April 16: Steel Toe Brewing in St. Louis Park, 4–8 p.m.
April 15: Luce Line Brewing in Plymouth, 4–8:30 p.m.
April 11: Burning Brothers Brewing in St. Paul, 4–8 p.m. (fish fry)
April 15: The Savage Tap in Savage, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: 56 Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 19: Wild Mind Ales in Minneapolis, 12–8 p.m.
April 14: Elm Creek Brewing in Champlin, 5–9 p.m.
April 15: Bald Man Brewing in Eagan, 4–8 p.m.
April 16: Summit Brewing's Ratskeller in St. Paul, hours TBD
April 17: Bald Man Brewing in Eagan, 4–8 p.m.; and Uncommon Loon Brewing in Chisago City, 4:30–8:30 p.m.
April 18: Bald Man Brewing in Eagan, 4–8 p.m.
April 20: Elm Creek Brewing in Champlin, 12–6 p.m.
April 18: Giesenbrau Bier Co. in New Prague, 4–8 p.m.
April 17: BlackStack Brewing in St. Paul, 4–8 p.m.
Soul to Soul is a woman-owned and family-operated food truck and caterer with a menu featuring BBQ ribs, chicken, pork, brisket, catfish, and southern sides.
April 18: The Savage Tap in Savage, 4–8 p.m.
April 17: Bobbing Bobber Brewing in Hutchinson, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Schram Haus Brewery in Chaska, 4–9 p.m.
April 19: Mousse Sparkling Wine Co. in Jordan, 2–8 p.m.
April 16: Sunken Ship Brewing in Princeton, 4–8 p.m.
Louisa Farhat founded Sweet Lou's with Tim Dubay after working on sausage and charcuterie programs at restaurants in Chicago and Minneapolis. The truck's seasonal menu is committed to sustainable and local whole-animal butchery.
April 16: 56 Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 19: Black Hart in St. Paul, 5–8 p.m.
April 19: Bobbing Bobber Brewing in Hutchinson, 12–8 p.m.
April 14: Venn Brewing in Minneapolis, 2–8 p.m.
April 19: Schram Haus Brewery in Chaska, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.
April 19: Giesenbrau Bier Co. in New Prague, 4–8 p.m.
April 16: Bobbing Bobber Brewing in Hutchinson, 4–8 p.m.
April 14: Steel Toe Brewing in St. Louis Park, 4–8 p.m.
April 15: Venn Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
Thai Thai's blue truck dishes out Thai classics like pad thai, marinated beef, fried tofu, and more.
April 15: Wooden Ship Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 17: Utepils Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 19: Wandering Leaf Brewing in St. Paul, 1–8 p.m.
April 19: Elm Creek Brewing in Champlin, hours TBD
April 14: Zimmerman Sports Complex in Zimmerman, 3:30–8 p.m.
April 16: Mathinson Motors in Clearwater, 11 a.m.–130 p.m.; and Lupulin Brewing in Big Lake, 4–8 p.m.
April 16: Brühaven in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 17: Wooden Ship Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: InBound Brew Co. in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Mineral Springs Brewery in Owatonna, 4–8 p.m.
April 18: Wooden Ship Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
April 19: Back Channel Brewing in Spring Park, 12–9 p.m.
April 20: Brühaven in Minneapolis, 4–9 p.m.
April 18: Uncommon Loon Brewing in Chisago City, 4–8 p.m.
April 17: 56 Brewing in Minneapolis, 4–8 p.m.
