Reader: When Applebee’s rolls in, the food truck trend is over

Just as a few entrepreneurs have put their food trucks in park, permanently, Applebee's has rolled one out right here in Denver. Is this a sign that this trend has jumped the shark? "Trend. Over," says Kafromet. 'Damn you Applebee's!!! Damn you! Frickin' chain's have to ruin everything......," says Henry...

By Patricia CalhounAugust 10, 2011

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Just as a few entrepreneurs have put their food trucks in park, permanently, Applebee’s has rolled one out right here in Denver. Is this a sign that this trend has jumped the shark?

“Trend. Over,” says Kafromet.

‘Damn you Applebee’s!!! Damn you! Frickin’ chain’s have to ruin everything……,” says Henry.

Carly has a slightly kinder take:

I think it’s kind of cute. I wouldn’t eat at it, nor do I think it’ll remain in business for very long (patrons of Applebee’s don’t strike me as the type to eat off of a food truck and the type that eat off of a food truck are not really Applebee’s patrons)…but the “chef” just looks so darn proud of it.

Is this the end of the line for food trucks?

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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