The 2026 Food Truck Awards are coming up soon – November 10, the day before Veteran’s Day. We’re excited to make it a true industry night – no food trucks will have to serve anything… the event will be catered! It will also be a celebration of Veterans and will have a kids area to keep the little ones engaged. In another space on the other side of this gigantic event facility, there will be a playground for those over 21, with hearty hemp drinks, a burlesque show, and more. And of course, we’ll be presenting the awards to the trucks you, dear readers, have voted up.
These are the categories this year:
Asian-Influenced Cuisine
BBQ
Cheesesteaks
Grilled Cheese
Chicken Wings
Empanada
Burger/Slider
Coffee
French Fries
Dessert
Ice Cream
Hot Dogs
Sausage
Most Creative Menu Item
Italian-Influenced Cuisine
Latin Influenced Cuisine
Bowl
Pizza
Potatoes
Sandwich
Seafood
Tacos
Vegan/Vegetarian
Winter Warrior
Graphics
Portable Not-Quite-Truck
Mobile Bar or Alcohol Truck
Truck with Storefront
Late Night Truck
New truck (last 18 months)
Gluten-Free/Allergy-Safe Options
Farms
RI Food Product
New RI Food Product
We do have a few multiple choice questions – thanks to Hope & Main for consulting on some of the off-truck culinary adventurers!
Mobile Bar or Alcohol Truck
Alaina’s Mobile
The Bow Bar
Cosmo’s Fresh & Frozen Treats
Good Vibes Beverages
Rhody Beverages
RI Cruisin’ Cocktails
Sip Mobile Bar Truck
Truck with Storefront
Burrito Bowl
Dee’s Deli
Friskie Fries
Hook & Ladder Pizza
Incred-a-Bowl
Nanu Burmese Fusion
Poco Loco Taco
Sam’s NY System
Smashed and Sauced by Alainas
Toila
Favorite New Truck
Camacho Food Truck
CAPP Cafe
Chifa Truck
The Chubby Chickpea
Cider and Spice Donuts
Domi Fried Chicken
Falcons on the Fly
La Gatta Salata
Off the Rhode BBQ
El Punto Venezolano
El Taco Guerrero
Tanks Hotdogs
Wagu’s Flavor Mix
Gluten Free/Allergy Safe Options
Blount Clam Shack
Chick’d Out Nuggs
Greenwood Pastures Chicken Truck
Hometown Poke
JA Patty
Nanu Burmese Fusion
Sarcastic Sweets
Teddi’s Food Truck
Favorite Farm
Appleland Orchard
Baffoni Poultry Farm
Blackbird Farm
Dame Farm
Jaswell Farms
Phantom Farm
Pippin Orchard
Schartner Farm
Sunset Farms
Favorite RI-Produced Food Product
Anchor Toffee
Granny Squibb’s (iced tea)
Kay’s Curries
Ocean State Pepper Company (spices)
Rainbow Nuts by Kristi’s Kraftails
Rhed’s Hot Sauce
Tito’s Salsa
Venda Ravioli lobster ravioli
Yacht Club Soda
Z Pita Chipz
Here’s a list of all the food trucks we could find, which you can match with any category. Please don’t suggest one truck for more than 3 categories, or we’ll disqualify it.
Thank you to Rhody Food Trucks, PVD Food Truck Events, and the RI Secretary of State Office for helping with this list!
1. A & K’s Food Truck
2. A Mano Pizza + Gelato
3. ABCD Brother’s Kitchen
4. Alaina’s Mobile
5. Alien Ice Cream/Rollin Ice Cream
6. Alison’s Wonderland
7. Almonte Ice Cream
8. Angkor Boba Tea House
9. Antojitos y Delicias Kamila’s
10. Atomic Blonde Ice Cream
11. Baked and Brewed (previously called Sweet Daddy Joe’s)
12. BBQ y Mas
13. Bem Bōm Portuguese/American Culinary Fusion
14. BerrySweets
15. Big Dog Eats
16. Binge BBQ
17. Bird’s Nest Italian Street Food
18. Bitter Sweet
19. Black Dog Donuts
20. Blount Clam Shack Food Truck
21. Bo’s wings n rings
22. Boba Wave
23. Bomb Smoothies
24. Braised
25. Burgundian
26. Burrito Bowl
27. California Taco Food Truck
28. Camacho Food Truck
29. CAPP Cafe
30. La Carreta
31. La Casa Del Chimi
32. Casa Tia Rosa
33. Championship Melt
34. Chicked Out Nuggz
35. Chifa Truck
36. The Chubby Chickpea
37. Churrasquitos
38. Cider and Spice Donuts
39. Cluck Truck
40. Corner Market Cafe Truck
41. La Costa Lobster & Tacos
42. The Craving Spot
43. Cultro
44. Curbside Creperie
45. The Daily Grind
46. De la Cruz Ice Cream
47. Dee’s Deli
48. Del’s Lemonade
49. Digity Dogs
50. Dinolicious Food Truck
51. Domi Fried Chicken
52. Dr. Doughboys
53. Dukes Chicken and Waffles
54. Dulce Secreto
55. East Landing RI
56. Falcons on the Fly
57. Fancheezical
58. Farm to Sandwich
59. Food Vibes
60. Fragolas
61. Friskie Fries
62. Full House Q Mobile BBQ
63. FYR Grill
64. The Galley
65. La Gatta Salata
66. GG’s Pretzels
67. Gnarly Vines Farm
68. González Food Truck
69. Good Vibes Beverages
70. Granizadas Xoyita
71. Greenwood Chicken Truck
72. Griddle Me This
73. The Grub Guru
74. La Guaguita Del Sabor
75. Haitian.ish LLC
76. The Hangry Italian
77. Hank’s Down South
78. Haven Brothers Ice Cream
79. Haven Brothers
80. Hawaiian Jim’s Shave Ice & Co.
81. Hometown Poke
82. Hook N Ladder
83. Hope in Jesus Ministries
84. The Hot Potato
85. Iggy’s Food Truck
86. In the Pink Acai & Smoothies
87. Incred-a-Bowl
88. J&M Delights
89. JA Patty
90. Jees Shack
91. Jerry’s Food Concessions
92. Johnny’s Chimi Place
93. JoJo’s Cupcakes
94. Juice Junkie
95. Kavity Kravings
96. Kay’s Ice Cream
97. Kim’s kitchen
98. Kona Ice
99. Kroffle Kreations
100. Latte Love Coffee
101. The Lemon Bar
102. Lemon Lane
103. Little B’s BBQ
104. Lobster Lovers
105. La Loncherita Food Truck
106. Lulu’s Little Pancakes
107. The Luxe Lemon
108. Mac N Cheese Please Mobile
109. Mac’n Me Crazy
110. Mac’s Screaming Corn & Tacos
111. Macray’s Seafood
112. Mason & Twine
113. Matilda
114. Maxeñita Café Food Truck
115. Meat Sweats
116. La Melaza Sea Food
117. Methods of a Madwoman
118. Mia Cane
119. Mike’s City Dogs
120. Milk Caffe & Catering
121. Ming’s Asian Street Food
122. The MOO-Mobile Ice Cream & Frozen Lemonade Truck
123. Moving Dough Wood Fired Pizza Co.
124. Mumsy’s Ice Cream Delights
125. Nanu Burmese Fusion
126. Nessa Snack Shop
127. New England Frozen Lemonade
128. Newport Chowder Company
129. Newport Creamery
130. Not Your Average Popcorn
131. Off The Rhode BBQ
132. Orale Taqueria
133. Palagis Brothers Ice Cream & Frozen Lemonade
134. Pam’s Grill on the Go
135. Papa Oso
136. The Perky Turkey
137. Pit Stop
138. Pitapocket
139. Poco Loco Taco Truck
140. Poppin Minis RI
141. Presto Strange O Coffee Truck
142. Pretty in Pink
143. El Punto Venezolano
144. La Real Hamburguesa
145. Red’s
146. Rhode Rage
147. Rhode Soda Shoppe
148. Ricuras Food Truck
149. Rise and Grind Coffee Truck
150. Rocket Fine Street Food
151. Rockwell Amusements Food Truck
152. The Rolling Italian
153. Sabor Guanaco Pupuseria
154. Sabrosa Venezuela
155. Sam’s New York System
156. Sarcastic Sweets
157. Saugy Foodtrucks
158. Shawarma Brothers
159. Shuckin’ Truck RI
160. The Snack Bar
161. South County Barbeque
162. Southeast Light Delights
163. Sprinkles Ice Cream
164. Sunset Farm
165. Supa Dupa Food Truck
166. El Taco Guerrero
167. Tacos Rosa
168. Tacofied
169. El Taconazo
170. Tag Team Treats
171. Tanks Hotdogs
172. Teddi’s Food Truck
173. Tolia Food Truck
174. Tricycle Ice Cream
175. Turner Bros LLC
176. Twisted Churros
177. Twisted T’s
178. Udder Delights Mobile Ice Cream
179. Uhlman’s Ice Cream
180. Venta De Frutas el Eden
181. Vetrano’s Wood Fired
182. Village Greek
183. Vinnie’s Mobile Food Shack
184. W’s Wood Fired Pizza
185. Wagu’s flavor mix
186. Wally’s Weenie Wagon
187. What’s up Cupcake
188. Woof Wagon