GIGA GRANADA HILLS

Tonight at 5pm, enjoy some of L.A.'s best-reviewed food trucks at a special event at the VFW. What's so special about it, you ask? So what, you say, we've got food trucks every Friday? First, you can enjoy your food not just standing on the sidewalk, but on the lovely, waterfall-equipped back patio of the VFW Hall. Second, the VFW has a full bar. Third, the lineup is heavy hitting: Komodo, The Grilled Cheese Truck, Grill 'Em All, White Rabbit, Gourmet Genie, and O.G. Tempura. How often do you get to enjoy delicious food while SITTING in CHAIRS? Seize this opportunity while you can.

Twice-weekly event in Granada Hills a buffet on wheels - LA Daily News

A group of black-shirted staffers of Numero Uno Pizzeria stand in a cluster in front of their store, surveying the Friday night scene on Chatsworth Street. Over the course of the last several months, they've watched the number of food trucks — or as they call them, "roach coaches" — burgeon on the stretch between Yarmouth and Zelzah, growing from one or two, parked only in front of Menchie's, to tonight's herd of fifteen trucks, spread up and down the street. And they're not happy. "Obviously it's a nuisance. You see nothing but wrappers, and cans, just trash. Why would Granada Hills want catering trucks to damage the place and destroy it? Not one of these trucks is from Granada Hills, not one. Why not pump up businesses that have been here, that support the Little Leagues, the Devonshire Police Station pasta night, instead of this little fad with catering trucks?" Numero Uno's staff says they're not alone in their frustration...

Looking around Old Town Granada Hills last Friday night at 7:00, you'd swear this town had a vibrant nightlife. Chatsworth's sidewalks were buzzing with activity, from Zelzah to a few blocks eastward. Kids rolling down the street on heelies dodged adults standing in clusters, eating tacos and sliders, chatting, texting, arranging rendezvous with friends. Pedestrians crisscrossed the street, ducking into storefront businesses -- Menchie's, Blis Hookah Lounge, Sweet Design and others -- as well as sampling the wares from scattered food trucks parked on either side of the street. Then, by 8:15, it was all over. "One or two trucks is okay, but eight -- that's ridiculous," said an employee of Numero Uno Pizza who refused to give his name. "It's not fair." Friday night, usually a busy night for the pizzeria, the employee said, saw a drop off in business and numerous complaints from takeout and dine in customers who couldn't find the easy pa...