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Food Truck Strip Malls and Open Lots Catering in Washington DC

Times are tough and sometimes it seems people only head out to pick up food. Maybe you manage a strip mall where daily visits have decreased significantly, or you've got a business with ample parking space but not a lot of traffic or you sell alcohol but not food and plenty of your customers get hungry. Whatever your needs for traffic are, Best Food Trucks has your back with the best catering for your strip malls!
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Best Catering Expertise

By managing food truck daily life from event booking, to online ordering and catering we have cultivated an intimate relationship with great vendors throughout the country and know exactly which truck(s) will suit your needs, from a small neighborhood party to massive corporate events.

Cities
1900+
Caterings
2,000+
Attendees
300,000+
Cuisines
80+

Food Truck Catering for Washington DC Neighborhood Events

Whether you’re the ANC rep planning an Adams Morgan street fair, the activities director at a Ward 7 recreation center, or the block captain putting together a Petworth porch fest, you already have plenty on your plate. Let Best Food Trucks handle the food so you can focus on the rest. Our Washington DC neighborhood catering service brings chef-driven trucks right to your curb, feeding guests quickly with zero stress and zero dishes.

Forget chasing down private chefs who ghost, juggling multiple invoices, or worrying that the food won’t live up to District standards. Best Food Trucks is the nation’s leader in food-truck logistics, and we’ve perfected neighborhood food truck catering in Washington DC. One online request gets you fully licensed trucks, real-time GPS tracking, and our slick digital ordering system that ends the “whose order is this?” chaos. Need one truck for a Cleveland Park block party or five for a Southwest waterfront festival? We scale to fit your crowd.

Popular local partners include DC favorites like District Small Bites serving elevated American comfort fare, the always-crowd-pleasing Two Smooth Dudes with their loaded gourmet tots and pineapple smoothies, and Roaming Coyote rolling up Tex-Mex tacos that rival anything on U Street. Looking for something different? WOW the neighborhood with hand-pleated dumplings from Himalayan Soul Foods or pan-Asian fusion from New Gourmet Delight.

From Columbia Heights stoop parties to Navy Yard movie nights, Best Food Trucks turns every DC neighborhood gathering into a mini food festival. Book today and see why our food truck catering for neighborhoods in Washington DC gets five-star love from locals across all eight wards.

Strip Malls and Open Lots catering

Skip the Line and Soak Up Your D.C. Neighborhood Event

Best Food Trucks brings more than just great eats to Washington, DC block parties and street festivals—we bring the tech. Our cutting-edge online ordering platform lets Mount Pleasant porch-fest fans, H Street parade goers, and Brookland art-walk browsers grab food without ever standing in a long queue.

Here’s how it works: guests scan a QR code posted on the truck or your event flyer, order from their phones, and receive a text the moment their half-smoke sliders or mumbo-sauce wings are ready. No line, no chaos, no missing that go-go band hitting the stage.

Hosting a Capitol Hill alley party at 5 p.m.? Send a pre-order link in the RSVP email and neighbors can select a pick-up window before the first cooler is even cracked open. Running a Saturday morning farmers market in Shaw? Stagger pick-ups so visitors can shop veggies while their breakfast tacos cook.

Food-truck catering plus online ordering is the smartest way to keep District events moving, your guests happy, and your workload light. Let Best Food Trucks handle the clicks and the kitchen while you focus on building community from Tenleytown to Congress Heights.

Strip Malls and Open Lots catering

Hire a Food Truck for your Strip Malls and Open Lotsin Washington DC today

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Our Food Truck Catering Cuisines

With more than 80 food truck cuisines available, these are just a few of the favorites our clients love:

How We Make Food Truck Catering Easy

Streamlined Requests

With our quick and simple online catering form, you can request food trucks for your next event in a matter of minutes, specifying your guest count, budget and dates.

Choose Your Favorites

After you submit a catering request to us, our team will check availability for you and send over a list of amazing food truck menus to browse through (try not to drool).

Simplified Payments

Once you've decided on which truck you'd like to book, confirming them is as easy as clicking a button. All payments are handled securely on our website for ease of booking.

Pre-Ordering

If your meal time is limited, our staff will work with you to coordinate an online pre-order system where meals are predetermined and handed out hot during service.

Support Team

Our dedicated support team will be with you every step of the way from planning to organizing to grubbing your little heart out. With every event you'll have a dedicated member of our team available in case anything should arise.

Corporate Portal

With customizable features, executives can set up their own account, add a credit card and let their employees order as they want from the food truck or set spending limits.

They talk about us

4.64 (165,892 reviews)

Lauren T.

10 June 2025

They were amazing!! The food and the service was impeccable. Thank you for making our event a successful one!

Debra L.

11 January 2025

Our guests loved the "Little Italy in the USA. The owner was so nice and the food was delicious!

Emery G.

16 October 2023

Jordan's did a great job for our event. We would recommend them!

Angela A.

5 October 2023

I never heard any complaints about the food. I had the Philly Cheesesteak and it was delicious.

Tracy G.

12 September 2023

Guest Driven BBQ was delicious. We loved it, they were very friendly and professional.

Maddie R.

18 July 2023

The staff were so awesome. They spoke multiple languages, which was incredibly helpful for our attendees. People loved the food!

Ryan C.

9 January 2026

We did a pre order online and didn't know the burgers came with fries - not an issue just something that would be nice to know because we ordered additional fries then

Caroline P.

28 August 2025

The bao buns are amazing and so are the pork belly tacos. Me and my coworkers look forward to this truck more than any of the others!

Marcia B.

21 July 2025

Amazing food and wonderful staff!!!

Beth B.

9 July 2025

Outstanding food and great service. They showed up two hours early to prepare the food fresh.

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