The Lunch Truck Awards

Staple Foods

• Best breakfast sandwich: Bagel Shop
• Best pizza: Fame’s II
• Best hoagie: Richie’s Deli & Pizza
• Best cheese steak: Owl’s Nest
• Best chicken sandwich: Chicken Heaven aka Jimmy the Greek’s
• Best french fries: Eddie’s Pizza (curly fries)
• Best falafel: Ali’s Middle Eastern
• Best Chinese food: Panda Chinese Food Express
• Best world cuisine: Anna’s Lunch Truck (Middle Eastern and Mexican)
• Weirdest food: Pizza Egg Roll at Tommy’s Lunch Truck
• Best tea (hot): Green tea at Cha Cha Korean Japanese
• Best tea (cold): Hibiscus tea at Anna’s Lunch Truck
• Freshest fruit: Fresh Fruit Salad
• Best water ice: Saddiq’s

Service

• Best customer service: Harry’s Hot Dogs
• Quickest service: Bagel Hut
• Most friendly: The Love Truck
• Worst service: Temple Pretzels
• Most dramatic service: (tie) Bagel Hut, Orient Express
• Health risk, but worth dying for: Owl’s Nest
• Biggest health department violation: Shanghai Chinese aka Chinese Donut

Miscellaneous

• Most likely to “stiff” you on your change: (tie) Tommy’s Lunch Truck, Ali’s Middle Eastern
• Best variety: Jimmy’s Lunch Truck
• Best looking truck: Jeff the Chef
• Cheapest food: (tie) Bell Tower Eatery, Eppy’s Eatery
• Worth the splurge (expensive food, but worth it): Tai’s Vietnamese Food To Take Out
• Best overall: With few exceptions, each establishment provides specialized, cost-friendly nourishment for which Temple’s Dining Services could only pray.

Thanks to everybody who voted in this year’s Lunchies! Don’t forget to vote again next year!