COURTESY OF THE MELTING TRUCK
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ith Spring upon us, a wide array of food trucks will be hitting the road and taking their mobile goodies to Milford’s beaches, farmer’s markets, breweries, weddings, graduations, and birthdays. But before we talk about that…lets travel back to understand the origins of our collective affection for food on wheels.
The Melting Truck offers cheesy goodness including grilled cheese sandwiches, soup, chili, and of course, mac & cheese. Follow them on Facebook to see where they’ll be. specializes and elevates a very homey comfort
parked truck, pictures of ice cream ringing the
food: the grilled cheese sandwich. Founded
we are born reaching out for sustenance, to be
From the very minute we come into existence,
window. Children clutching wrinkled dollars
in 2020 by partners Tim Bristol and Michael
satiated. From liquids to veggie slurries to solids,
and annoyed parents form a rough line. A
Young, the Melting Truck itself originally
moving up the food ladder are a child’s first
man steps away from his seat, slides open the
began as a humble FedEx truck. The original
milestones. We eventually learn that Mom or
window, and says to the first kid, “Ok, whaddya
concept was a lobster roll truck, but as the
Dad goes to the store, buys food, brings it home,
want?” Delicious food from a truck, your life is
price of lobster soared during the first year of
and cooks it. We like that set up; it works. Then
forever changed.
the pandemic, the idea of something down to
one day, something magical happens. Maybe
While the humble Bomb Pop, Choco Taco,
we’re playing in the yard or on a swing at the
and ice cream sandwich will forever hold a
sense. It’s simple, cost efficient, and more
park. All is calm until we hear, very faintly, the
place in our hearts, the world of food trucks
important, unique around here. The most
sound of music. It sounds kind of warped and
has evolved to incorporate every type of
popular sandwich the Melting Truck serves is
muffled as if it is coming from a broken toy.
cuisine. If it can be cooked in a tight space,
the classic grilled cheese with American and
It’s an old nursery rhyme, it’s on repeat, and
someone has put it on wheels.
cheddar cheese. Some of the possible add-ons
it’s getting closer. You see the other children, as if in a trance, start to stumble toward the direction of the music, until finally one of the
THE MELTING TRUCK
earth like grilled cheese made more financial
include jalapenos, kielbasa, chicken, pepperoni, avocado, bacon, pickles, Irish sausage, sliced apples, mushrooms, pulled pork, peppers and
older kids shouts out in knowing, rapturous
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glee, “ICE CREAM MAN!” A sudden stampede
One food truck well-known to Milford’s
and mac and cheese. Want to find them? Check
raises clouds of dust that waft around the
residents is The Melting Truck, which
out their Facebook page.
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more. They also serve an assortment of soups