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e Food Truck Mafia comes to Pleasanton each Tuesday eveg, setting up shop in the parking lot at Amador Valley High d contributing a percentage of its profits to the school’s rching Band, which is raising money to participate in the Fia Bowl Band Competition and Parade on Jan. 1 in Arizona. e trucks are known for their colorful graphics outside, and the cious eats they cook up inside.
cks from setting up within one half mile of all schools,â€? said oodward. “But when they started to map that out, it literally no place for a truck to park. The idea was that they were otecting schools and kids from unhealthy food, but it really rt our feelings given what we are trying to do for the comunity and the school programs.â€? Members of the Amador Marching Band would agree that Food Truck Mafia has been instrumental in helping the usic program meet its fundraising goals. Ellen McGraw, VP fundraising, first contacted Woodman in February, just hopto find a way to feed those participating in the school’s jazz tival. It was a complete success,â€? McGraw recalled. “Everyone ed the variety of food and the program made some money the same time.â€? A few months later, the Food Truck Mafia was looking to a weekly Tuesday night spot on its calendar and, recalling school’s excellent downtown location, asked McGraw if mador would like to host the Mafia dinner events. Having recently accepted an invitation to play at the Fiesta wl, the band was already looking for fundraising opportunis. The Food Truck Mafia has made all the difference. We are on track to meet our financial goals,â€? McGraw rerted. “No matter how many scarves or reusable bags we sell, Tuesday night events are going to get us through.â€? The Food Truck Mafia and its mobile gatherings will remain ulars in the downtown food scene until the rains come and tdoor dining isn’t so fun. So what will a true truck foodie do till the skies clear? mply take a short drive to the best kept food truck secret Pleasanton: Just outside of Ruby Hill, west of the Isabelle/ neyard intersection, is an old fashioned, unassuming truck, ering some of the best Mexican food in the valley. Adrian and Nelly Flores have been setting up shop and eparing fresh sopes, tacos and salsa for people who live and rk in Pleasanton — or pass through on their commutes — more than 10 years. La Cocina may not be fancy, but it good, and the Floreses are guaranteed to be there, rain or ne, no Facebook update needed. â–
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