To say that Thursday night’s grand opening of the Atlanta Food Truck Park & Market was a success would be a gross understatement.
Howard Hsu, co-owner of the park that is set up on a three-acre tract on Howell Mill Road at I-75, said he was expecting some 600 to 700 people to show up to sample the culinary offerings of about 15 food trucks.
Instead, the opening night drew a crowd of more than 3,000 – so many people that the trucks all sold out of food earlier than expected and were delayed in getting back to the site in time to reopen at 11 a.m. on Friday.
One truck – Nana G’s Chick-n-Waffles – was so popular that they were turning people away by 7 p.m., just two hours after the park opened Thursday night.
“It was extremely successful for everyone involved,” Hsu said. “A lot of people were parking almost a mile away; that’s a good problem to have.”
Just before 11:30 a.m. Friday, Hsu told the AJC that he had already had to turn away several dozen people because none of the trucks had arrived to begin serving lunch.
“They’re all sending me text messages saying, ‘hey, we’re prepping, hopefully we can get there by 12 or 1,’” he said.
Once the opening jitters are worked out, the park should be open at 11 a.m. daily. On the weekends, the park will also host the Howell Mill Farmers Market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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