Food Trucks

It's a question as old as time (or as old as mobile cuisine): do food trucks take business away from brick n'mortar establishments? Restaurants in downtown Minneapolis want to know, and now they've created the Downtown Food Committee to investigate the way that food trucks affect the downtown dining ecosystem. The committee's first meeting will be tomorrow (open to all downtown retailers), and they emphasize that this is not a food truck smear campaign; they want to find a way to make the system work for everyone involved. [City Pages]