I wanted to review the roundup.



I arrived with my crew on Saturday around 12:20pm. There was a noticeable traffic disturbance in the area as people looked for parking. The small amount of parking that was available was fully taken up by that time. We parked a few blocks down on the street.



There were easily 150 people in line at any given time.



My goal, which wasn't satisfied, was to buy every menu item at every truck....



There was one line per truck, as expected. (although the oh my grill morphed with the pierogis a little)



BRGR: Line had under 20 people pretty much the whole time, 12p-4p. We didn't make it because we spent so much time in the other lines. No clue about the quality of the food.



Pgh Pierogi: Their line had no more than 10 people in it, and was very accessible. I ordered the stuffed cabbage, the haluski(sp?), and of course the pierogies. I think the food was good, but not great. Having been married into an Eastern European family, and having grown up in Pittsburgh, everything was just mediocre. Our family sometimes makes our own pierogis, or we buy them from Pierogies Plus in the 'Rocks. I prefer dumplings over regular egg noodles in my haluski.



Oh My Grill: I waited probably 1.5 hours in line to only be turned away two people from the front of the line. They ran out of food. No sandwiches left. No apologies -- just turn your back and hide in the truck until the people disperse. The two things they need to be successful are BREAD and CHEESE. Ok. maybe two types of bread, and a couple types of cheese. And THIS is what they ran out of? It would be like McDonalds running out of hamburgers.



They don't have a runner? There are two grocery stores within 5 minutes of the Coffee Buddha. They can't go buy a dozen loaves and some cheese? Seems absurd to me.



Pgh Taco Truck: The other half of my party waited about three hours to get tacos. Pretty long for a half dozen, but what do I know? The Korean Beef with kimchi was very good -- great spices, great flavors, very good. The vegetarian, butternut squash, was also very good. Sweet, but good. The traditional "american" taco with ground beef was good --- but nothing special. Overall, pretty happy with what come off this truck.



So, OVERALL, was The North Hills Food Truck Roundup worth the price of admission? (time, trouble, gas, parking, waiting?)



Coffee Buddha: While this hosting location seemed busy, it wasn't crushed like the food trucks outside. The cashier was either new, young, both, but generally gave deer-in-the-headlight looks to you when you ordered. Was confused with a "Caramel Macchiato" order? Overall taste? No one in our party liked the taste of coffee/expresso.



I'm not sure. I might go visit the Pgh Taco Truck again. The others? The same venue? No, I don't think so.......