Food trucks
in North Carolina.

North Carolina's truck scene is anchored by Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, and Asheville — three cities with three distinct food cultures. Charlotte's banking-and-corporate lunch crowd supports a serious weekday operation across cuisines. The Raleigh-Durham Research Triangle hosts an academic crowd and one of the country's most diverse mid-size truck scenes. Asheville's truck culture leans new-American, farm-to-truck, occasionally weird in a good way — the city's small but serious food reputation extends to its trucks. Eastern NC barbecue (whole-hog, vinegar-based) shows up on a few specialist trucks. The state's truck regulations are reasonable across most counties.